Civil Eats

DECEMBER 11, 2023

It was on Janssen’s family farm in the state’s Ozark Mountains where her uncle rolled his tractor—which had no ROPS—into a ravine in the 1980s. The six tons of grain he was towing suddenly piled forward in the wagon. trillion farm bill. Missouri has the highest number of fatal tractor incidents nationwide.

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Daily Yonder

APRIL 11, 2023

In a nutshell, Borlaug’s Green Revolution was America’s investment in industrial models for food production after WW2: hybrid seeds, genetic modification, mono-culture, selective breeding, mechanization, and chemicals. The 1980s Farm Crisis cemented the elimination of the sustainable American family farm.

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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.

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Farming Farming Agriculture Agriculture 83

Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Agricultural aid is the only substantial support for the farming, and in turn, the rural environment. In the past the farming industry has provided: The bulk of jobs in the countryside – farmworkers, contractors, wagon drivers and mechanics. INTENSIFICATION Modern farming is intensive.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Where to Get Local Grain Looking for a supplier of local grain near you? Ajamian and others established the guild in 2020 to provide a community for a new generation of millers who draw inspiration from historic practices and try to help restore regional grain economies that have been lost to industrialization.

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