Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Cage Free: This term refers to poultry that is allowed to roam indoors without cages and have access to food and water. This certification is only provided to small independent or family farms, and the AGW does not charge a fee to award this certification, making it unique among certification standards.

Food 123

Food Free Range Pasture Poultry 123

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

NSAC encourages Congress to adopt this change in a final farm bill, as well as similar climate-targeting language for all major conservation programs. Without robust funding for public research that promotes ecologically-based production systems, scientific and technical innovation is stifled, and U.S.

Farming 84

Farming Farming Agriculture Agriculture 84

ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Bramble Hollow Farm: A Soil for Water Case Study Brent and Anna Wills Bedford County, Virginia Bramble Hollow Farm is owned and operated by Brent and Anna Wills and is located along the eastern foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Bedford County. Brent and Anna and their family raise pork and chicken on pasture.

Cattle 69

Cattle Pasture Poultry Family Farming 69

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

Expands the types of “new or innovative conservation approaches” funded through On-Farm Conservation Innovation Trials to include on-farm nutrient recycling, perennial production systems including agroforestry and perennial forages and grain crops, and livestock-related practices that reduce GHG emissions including enteric methane emissions.

Ruralism 110

Ruralism Food Farming Farming 110

Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

Brazil’s national requirement that 30 percent of school food ingredients be sourced from local and regional family farms helps empower and fund women agroecological producers. In Into the Weeds , however, Tama Matsuoka Wong introduces readers to the anthropological concept of the “ middle ground ” between foraging and farming.

Food 145

Food Farming Farming Forage 145

NASDA

JANUARY 16, 2025

Rollins spent summers working on her familys farm in Minnesota and participated in all levels of 4-H and FFA. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Rollins has been engaged in American agriculture since an early age, baling hay and raising livestock in Glen Rose, Texas. Apple Association U.S.

Grain 147

Grain Seeding Ruralism Poultry 147