Caff

JANUARY 17, 2023

Currently our programming is focused in four areas: Farm to Market, Policy & Advocacy, Farmer Services, and Ecological Farming. This position will be an integral member of the CAFF Small-Farm Tech Hub team and will serve other farmers across California as available and appropriate.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Technology is transforming many traditional industries, and farming is no exception. Lets explore the landscape of modern farming and uncover the role data plays. Understanding Data-Driven Farming Farming today is more than just relying on instinct or what was done in the past. What Kind of Data is Being Used?

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Trimble Agriculture

APRIL 23, 2024

As much as 78 percent of all their produce comes from family farms and cooperatives. Sell Directly to Consumers Roadside produce stands and farmers markets help some farms, particularly smaller operations, reduce food waste by cutting out transportation issues and overbearing grocer requirements. .”

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Caff

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

CAFF’s mission is to build sustainable food and farming systems through policy advocacy and on-the-ground programs that create more resilient family farms, communities, and ecosystems. CAFF works on-the-ground with family farmers to assist them with climate smart farming, food safety plans, and introductions to new markets.

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The Farmers Daughter USA

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The lawsuit, brought by anti-bioengineering activists (pretending to be worried about family farms), reinstates a regulatory framework in place since 1986, while the technology was only in its infancy and not yet even commercially available. So what does this mean for the future of bioengineered crops?

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Food Tank

JANUARY 31, 2024

Suzie Jones from Jones Family Farm was one of LFMV’s first vendors. Jones Family Farm has been a vendor at Clinton’s in person market for over ten years. “You are only harvesting or packaging what you’re selling, you’re only dropping off, not standing and waiting to see if a customer comes or doesn’t come,” says Riffle.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 2, 2024

In one of the greenhouses on the Lundberg Family Farms acreage in northern California, there sits a binder. Rice growing in one of the Lundberg Family Farms test greenhouses. Cross-breeding rice at Lundberg Family Farms. The view from a combine at Lundberg Family Farms. Hence, the binder.

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Farm QA

AUGUST 6, 2020

She is spending her summer internship using drone technology to scout field health and stand counts, along with some scouting on foot, for a seed company representative in southern Minnesota. After graduation, Sadie will most likely continue her work in agronomy and also put it to use on the family farm.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

I’m sure that farmers would have been delighted with each technological leap. It’s no wonder that many farmers do not want their kids to take over the family farm, encouraging them to go to university and get a ‘real job’. Many people still do not realise how powerful today’s AI technology is.

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NASDA

JUNE 22, 2023

Sincerely, 2 Blades Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Alliance to End Hunger American Association of Mycobacterial Diseases American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges American Dairy Science Association American Feed Industry Association American Institute of Biological Sciences American Malting Barley Association American Phytopathological (..)

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Modern Farmer

APRIL 4, 2024

Oddwood is also sourcing its malt from TexMalt, a locally based supplier that works with nearby farms to reduce the carbon footprint of malt supply. For startups and minority-owned breweries, sponsor Arryved, which specializes in point-of-sale technology, has provided a stipend so cost doesn’t prohibit participation.

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Trimble Agriculture

JULY 17, 2024

The debate surrounding industrial agriculture and farm consolidation is complex and multifaceted. On one hand, industrial agriculture is criticized for contributing to the decline of small family farms and promoting unsustainable practices. The greater the consolidation, the more “industrialized” our food system becomes.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

Given the extreme weather that farmers and ranchers are experiencing nationwide, the farm bill should preserve the original intent of the IRA by reallocating funding only to those conservation programs that have the greatest potential to help farmers mitigate climate change right now. 2202, 2204, 2302).

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ATTRA

JANUARY 23, 2024

By Hakeem Holmes, NCAT Agriculture Specialist Farming—one of the world’s oldest professions—encompasses enterprises that individuals start for multitude of different purposes, whether for desire for self-sufficiency, environmental stewardship, family tradition, or entrepreneurial ventures. According to the U.S

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Modern Farmer

JULY 14, 2023

Treehouse Almonds sources nuts from roughly 50,000 acres in California’s Central Valley, and Gardiner’s family farm provides about 20,000 of them. The farm has changed a lot since his grandfather ran it and grew tomatoes and potatoes. Photography courtesy of Burroughs Family Farms. Sheep grazing in almond groves.

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Food Tank

AUGUST 23, 2023

Wild Kid Acres in Edgewater, Maryland is a farm dedicated to responsible livestock and land stewardship. The farm is becoming a hub for agricultural education, local farm products, and shared technological resources.

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Modern Farmer

JUNE 28, 2024

I named my business Diamond B Show Stock, a nod to my family farm, Diamond B farms. The family business started in the 1970s and is still running strong today. I’m proud to be the next link in the chain for my family’s agricultural business, and I hope to keep it going for the generations that come after me.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Yes, I’m currently actively involved in farming, but in defined ways. I’m a beekeeper and I love all those momma bees that go out and gather pollen and nectar on our 15-acre pollinator conservation project as part of our 30-acre family farm. I currently [have] about 30 fruit trees with most every kind of fruit growing.

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Caff

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

But wanting to pass on her legacy, she worked with 3 of her mentees, assisting them in raising capital from the community that she helped build to purchase the farm, launching the first worker-owned cooperative CSA on the north coast. Her legacy lives on in how they now care for that land and each other.

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The Equation

APRIL 3, 2023

Despite mandatory conservation efforts and more efficient technologies, total water use in the state has barely changed since 1960. Small- and medium-sized family farms, in particular, often have fewer resources to sustain damages and don’t have the luxury to prepare for the next growing season.

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Caff

AUGUST 22, 2022

When these direct-to-consumer exemptions were initially created there was no internet and so farmers hadn’t yet incorporated internet technology into their marketing nor had ecommerce been explicitly included in these exceptions. USDA has sided with consumer choice and free enterprise.”

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

“I was actually doing a Zoom call with the Farm Bureau, the state board, and we were talking about broadband and connecting people, and those 11,000 missing locations in our state. Haxby and her family farm corn and soybeans and raise cattle and goats. And I kept glitching out, because I didn’t have an internet hotspot.”

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Todays Farmer Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Britt Farms is a true success story of conservation across multi­ple generations, and they are eager to adopt and share new conser­vation technologies,” said Scott Edwards, state conservationist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Ryan works with his two sisters to preserve the family farm for future generations.

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Farm Credit of Southern Colorado

JANUARY 11, 2024

The USDA Conservation Reserve Program is essentially where farmers get rental payments for environmentally sustainable farming practices and the Emergency Conservation Program is on that provides funding and technical help for farmland affected by disasters. Technology : The journey to sustainability can be challenging.

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Caff

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This E-commerce solution simplifies the complicated processes inherent to multi-channel direct-to-consumer sales, all within a model of cooperative ownership to ensure affordable, equitable, and fair access to these technologies. The post 2023 Small Farm Innovation Challenge Winners appeared first on Community Alliance with Family Farmers.

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Caff

JULY 21, 2021

When it comes to our precious water, small farms and the communities they feed must remain a top priority. OUR ASK: In this time of crisis, we call upon the state of California to prevent the loss of our small family farms and to ensure the future of our local food system.

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Todays Farmer Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Produced by the Western Equipment Dealers Association, the show is one of the largest farm events in the Midwest with hundreds of exhibits, acres of things to see and do, the latest in agricultural technology and much more. with Brian Scott, a farm influencer based in Indiana where his family farms multiple crops.

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Daily Yonder

DECEMBER 19, 2023

“I was actually doing a Zoom call with the Farm Bureau, the state board, and we were talking about broadband and connecting people, and those 11,000 missing locations in our state. ” Haxby and her family farm corn and soybeans and raise cattle and goats. And I kept glitching out, because I didn’t have an internet hotspot.”

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Daily Yonder

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

I should mention that our farm was, and still is, a family farm in the strongest sense. A childhood photo from the family farm. We can’t “technology” ourselves out of environmental and social crises. We tended the land, crops, and animals together. My accent resembles theirs. We will have to sacrifice.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The resulting image, a duck and a goose, framed by evergreens, conjures up a small family farm, just like the Tesco brand label. The difference is, for Chase’n Eggs farm, this picture is an accurate reflection. Collage of images from Chase’n Eggs Farm.

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Caff

APRIL 25, 2023

Position Overview CAFF is seeking a key addition to our Administrative team to help oversee the many systems and technologies used behind-the-scenes that keep our dynamic and growing organization functioning efficiently.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

Despite the resilience of family [farms], the mega-trend is undeniable,” says Raudabaugh. They’re currently the only technology in the entire state that reduces methane,” she adds. These state incentive programs all help to keep family farms in business while advancing innovations. “It

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 23, 2024

Farm Hounds Family farms often struggle to stay profitable as agriculture becomes more concentrated. There were 141,733 fewer farms in the US in 2022 than in 2017, according to the Census of Agriculture. .” Is there a way to make healthier dog food that won’t burden the planet so much?

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 28, 2023

Payne’s family farm is a microcosm of American agriculture’s monocrop past and its changing future. This technology acts like a big umbrella that can be moved as a herd moves, but it doesn’t protect animals from reflected heat and sun rays from the sides the same way a tree canopy can.

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Caff

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Major Duties & Responsibilities Essential responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 90% Time Program Implementation Proactively build and maintain relationships with farms, buyers, and other supply chain players throughout CA.

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Caff

JULY 28, 2021

CAFF is a membership organization guided by a board of directors composed of family farmers and others passionate about food, farming and the environment. Familiarity with at least most of the following technologies: WordPress or other website builders Google Suite: docs, sheets, forms, etc.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 12, 2023

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. Family, land, forest, water and the desire to work — that has been our commitment, and be aware that this is not an overnight process. Image by Antonio Paz.

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