Civil Eats

MAY 1, 2024

The other main factor, manure, is also increasing as CAFOs become more prevalent. A lot of the support was for the polluting farmer, and you know, farming is right there with the American flag and grandma’s apple pie.” Conservation on the Farm One way to do this is by using less fertilizer on the field. Tesdell’s is 80.

Fertilizer 145

Fertilizer Farming Farming Acre 145

Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

Although California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) aims to recharge them by regulating draws, the dried-up lake bed has long been collapsing under the massive weight of industrialized agriculture—to the tune of a couple of inches per month.

Farming 98

Farming Farming Manure Agriculture 98

Daily Yonder

JUNE 28, 2024

However, it is not at all clear that the crop insurance policies disproportionately favor large-scale agribusiness, and indeed nearly all of the political rhetoric around crop insurance is routinely (and generally sincerely) framed around a narrative of saving the “family farm.”

Crop 79

Crop Ruralism Agriculture Agriculture 79

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. Meanwhile, in the U.S., Additionally, they say, children must have a voice in policymaking.

Food 145

Food Farming Farming Forage 145

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In 2014, Lowell and Evelyn Trom learned that a farmer wanted to build a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) across the road from their family farm in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota. By then, there were already 10 CAFOs within a 3-mile radius of their 760-acre farm, so they knew the stench the facility would bring.

Ruralism 138

Ruralism Construction Farming Farming 138

Food Politics

AUGUST 15, 2023

Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) and Representative Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) led the introduction of the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act , which is supported by industrial agriculture groups like the National Pork Producers Council and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.

Farming 189

Farming Farming Food Agriculture 189

Civil Eats

AUGUST 9, 2023

Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) and Representative Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) led the introduction of the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act , which is supported by industrial agriculture groups like the National Pork Producers Council and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.

Food 98

Food Farming Farming Agriculture 98