Food Tank

JANUARY 10, 2025

Many small-scale farmers struggle to make ends meet: in 2022, 40 percent of American farmers worked 200 or more days off the farm. Our area is very big into poultry. In 2016, they began pig farming by joining Niman Ranch, a network of more than 600 small to mid-sized, independent U.S. family farmers and ranchers.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Joshua Cave, Cave Family Farm in Pilot Mountain, North Carolina. While the number of farms selling fruit and tree nuts directly to consumers remained steady (just over 19,500 farms), the value of fruit and tree nuts direct sales increased by 48% since 2017.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 14, 2025

Farm advocates, often farmers themselves, help their neighbors navigate codes and regulationspertaining to things like zoning, food safety, and property rightsthat can save their operations. Bunting, now 79, runs a family farm with his son in Oak City, North Carolina, where he once raised poultry and hogs and now grows hemp and corn.

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Farming Farming Crop Ruralism 137

Farmbrite

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Monitor Livestock: Many ranches utilize livestock RFID tags to track their herd movements and easily scan and understand their health and wellness. The Small Farm Case Study A small family farm in the western U.S. The superior wine quality led this vineyard to elevate its market standing with award-winning products.

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Farming Farming Technology Yield 92

Agwired

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

USPOULTRY will host its annual Poultry Market Intelligence Forum at the 2025 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, Ga. The program will feature economic industry experts offering their insights on the current state of the global poultry industry and their forecasts for 2025. on Wednesday, Jan.

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Logistics Cattle Manure Poultry 45

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

This is a major loss, as the ARA proposed retargeting two-thirds of this carveout towards sustainable grazing practices, which have been shown to help mitigate climate change and build increased resilience to drought and floods on farms and ranches around the nation.

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Farming Farming Agriculture Agriculture 93

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In the book, we meet Brandon Kaufman, a Kansas farmer who, after generations of family farming, plans “to get a divorce from wheat” to focus on perennials as a way to nurture the soil and the vital underground network of insects and microorganisms within it. Does the author ultimately take on the family farm?

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