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RFA Roundup: Spring 2024 Sustainable Agriculture Funding Opportunities 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

This blog post outlines the funding guidelines, application deadlines, and program requirements for a range of food and farm system grants funded through USDA that are currently accepting applications. Apply here ; additional details for applicants here and Rural Development priorities here.

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Release: National Young Farmers Coalition Advocates for Land Access in Senate Hearing

National Young Farmers Coalition

September 28, 2023) – Yesterday morning, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry held a hearing titled “Foreign Ownership in U.S. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Yahaira Cáceres, Policy Team Manager National Young Farmers Coalition yahaira@youngfarmers.org Washington D.C. Agriculture.” The hearing, chaired by U.S.

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Farmer Conservation Stories: Why Inflation Reduction Act Funding Must Remain Focused on Climate Change

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Last week’s post highlighted the stories of farmers who have used practices from the Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry practice list to build climate resilience and mitigation solutions. The farm is profiled along with other conservation-minded farmers here.

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Colombian Farmers Turn Deforested Land into Sustainable Amazonian Farms

Agritecture Blog

Visitors to the rural area will notice that cattle ranches dominate the landscape, once covered by Amazonian forests. A typical farm in the foothills of the Amazon in southern Caquetá. As one gets closer to the Quimbayo Gutiérrez family farm, the landscape begins to change. Agroforestry systems on the Amazonian Farms.

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A Deep Dive on the Senate’s Farm Bill Proposal: the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

On May 1, 2024 – after months of stalled farm bill negotiations on both sides of Capitol Hill – Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) released a detailed section-by-section summary of her farm bill proposal. Conservation and Climate The benefits of on-farm conservation programs are widespread.

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