Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In addition, they may have been told that the carbon emissions for each litre of milk produced by intensively managed ‘fully housed’ cows, is less than the emissions from lower-yielding, mainly grass-fed cows – in other words, the cows that I and thousands of other dairy farmers look after on our family farms.

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

AUGUST 10, 2023

However, Attorney General Kaul asserts that increased collaboration between federal and state experts will yield better results in addressing the issue. Critics may argue that antitrust enforcement is merely shifting responsibility to the states. We are proud to see Kaul’s office stepping up and into the fray.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 14, 2023

For Paddock, maximizing “ crop per drop ”—getting the most yield with the least amount of water—is important. It’a not just because it’s cheaper and not just because Capay Hills Orchard , his farm just north of Sacramento, is in an area of California that is increasingly drought-prone. Photography courtesy of Burroughs Family Farms.

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UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

My paradigm assumed that I was helping to feed the world, and as a result I thought that academia, industry, and government were all invested in the survival of our family farm. I came to realize that the paradigm I was operating in was exactly what contributed to the exponential decay in the graph above.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Now, with the Farm Bill debate continuing at least through September of this year, pricing policy reforms could take center stage. Some farm groups, such as the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) with its dozens of member organizations, have made pricing policy reform central to their Farm Bill platform.

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UnderstandingAg

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

An example from our family farm is shown below. This nitrogen loss may not be noticeable year to year, just like soil erosion is not noticeable in the short term, but farmers are indeed paying the cost of soil and nutrient loss in the form of higher fertility bills and lost yield.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

We can leverage love for the land into strategies and policies that support right-sized farming, rural communities and the environment—which in turn helps us all. One such way to yield progress is through the creation of an Office of Small Farms within the United States Department of Agriculture. Press, 2023).

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Civil Eats

MAY 1, 2024

Corn produces lower yields if it is nitrogen deficient, so farmers apply nitrogen-heavy fertilizer to the crop. As Jones explains in his blog , even with “insurance” fertilizer use, yields can often turn out the same: “What happened to that extra 56 pounds of nitrogen that you bought? Fertilizer as Poison The U.S. Tesdell’s is 80.

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Fertilizer Farming Farming Acre 145

Modern Farmer

JUNE 30, 2023

But Black farm ownership has dropped dramatically over the years, with just 1,500 estimated to remain in Arkansas today. Among those is the Williams family farm, a fourth-generation operation that has been able to beat the odds and find inspiration in an unlikely place: its own fields.

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UnderstandingAg

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Below is a basic diagram showing how carbon cycles through a corn field yielding around 200 bu/acre. Our family farm in Northeast Iowa with 3% SOM in the top six inches has about 67,000 lbs. In part 1, we reviewed the important role that carbon plays in the soil. The box represents the carbon stored in your soil.

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Food Tank

MAY 29, 2024

Part of the crops will rot and be lost; others will have lower yields than expected.” Julia Catão Dias, a Specialist in the Sustainable Consumption Program at the Institute for Consumer Protection, tells Food Tank that the large-scale destruction will be especially felt by family farms. The floods’ effects may persist.

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

MARCH 6, 2023

The Horse Creek Area Farmer-Led Watershed Council will be hosting their annual farmer education forum and lunch on March 23rd from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Carlson Family Farm. He will talk about his work to reduce inputs while increasing yield through nitrogen placement, nutrient testing, and product use.

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Caff

MAY 1, 2023

Photo by Nolan Kirby) The Community Alliance with Family Farms (CAFF) held a Biologically Integrated Orchard System (BIOS) field day at Chinchiolo Farms on April 20th. He highlighted a block that suffers from nematodes and crown gall, resulting in stunted tree growth and reduced yields.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The conditions impacted crop yields, livestock, the transportation of goods, and the larger supply chain. This [farm] has been in my family for over 125 years, she said. So its all on me, and its my family farm. Keeping her farm well-managed is a responsibility she doesnt take lightly.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

But where Bergen Community College aims to foster new farmers in a suburban-urban environment through vertical farms and hydroponics, Walla Walla’s program will expand upon an existing agroecology curriculum geared toward its rural students, many of whom may be seeking to bring their education back to family farms or other local agriculture.

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Agwired

JULY 21, 2023

Those policy actions, combined with depleted consumer savings, tighter commercial bank lending standards and the persistently inverted yield curve are likely to result in a mild recession by the fourth quarter of 2023. This year’s event was held at Montana Farmers Union’s Arrowpeak Lodge in Highwood, MT.

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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. Imagination leads to affection, and affection yields fidelity. We tended the land, crops, and animals together. My accent resembles theirs.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 29, 2024

He plants nitrogen-rich legumes and other perennial cover crops amongst his pear, apple, plum, peach, and cherry trees, but he buys a commercial compost product to keep his 100-acre, fourth-generation family farm thriving. Ela knows first-hand how central compost is to his organic farm—and all organic agriculture.

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Todays Farmer Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

When his father, Randy, equipped his combine with a yield monitor in the early 1990s, teenage Ryan thought it was a huge step forward for the family farm. Mea­suring the effects of each change guides decision making for their farm and others.

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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. .” These tiny animals yield high-quality protein , can eat food waste, and can be eaten as food.

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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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Caff

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Kendra Altnow shares the history of the LangeTwins Family Winery & Vineyards. On December 5th, the Community Alliance with Family Farms (CAFF) held a field day at the LangeTwins Family Winery & Vineyard in Acampo, CA.

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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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CalCAN

AUGUST 15, 2023

CalCAN is one of hundreds of sustainable, organic, and family farming organizations across the country that is engaged in farm bill advocacy this year. Not only will this effort increase hardiness and yields for farmers, but it will also enable the U.S. to maintain a robust and resilient food and agricultural system.

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Daily Yonder

APRIL 11, 2023

The bulletin says, “Iowa State University researchers generally recommend terminating the cover crop with herbicide 10-14 days prior to planting corn to protect yield; however, that time frame is less critical for soybeans.” These contemporaries knew that their methods and policies would eliminate farms like the ones of their childhoods.

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RR2CS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The Gelowitz’s chose to grow two different varieties, including Northline Saskatoons, which produces larger round berries known for their sweet taste, along with Smokey Saskatoons, a high yielding variety, producing a slightly smaller berry with a more pronounced apple flavour.

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Orchard Farming Farming Harvest 52

UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

My paradigm assumed that I was helping to feed the world, and as a result I thought that academia, industry, and government were all invested in the survival of our family farm. I came to realize that the paradigm I was operating in was exactly what contributed to the exponential decay in the graph above.

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RR2CS

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The dugouts remained low throughout most of the summer, not only on their family farm, but on the majority of farms in southern and central Alberta. But Tim observed that the rested paddock yielded twice what the neighbouring pastures did, even though they’d been managed the same for 15 years. “It

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 11, 2023

Jack’s Solar Farm is the largest active produce-producing agrivoltaics project in the United States, (some grazing-based arrays can be larger.) They are doing ongoing and important research into crop varieties, yields, soil health, and much more in the context of co-locating solar panels and food production.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 8, 2024

Manske runs conventional crop operations in Iowa and Minnesota, including managing a 1,000-acre family farm in northern Iowa, and primarily plants a rotation of corn and soybeans. We talk about yield all the time, but what’s our [return on investment] per acre? He also raises cattle and hogs—“and two boys,” he says.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

At a time when the effects of climate change on farmers are becoming ever more apparent and the country is losing small and mid-sized family farms at a rapidly increasing rate, the FFNSA maintains the status quo. farmers and ranchers are unable to fully participate in and benefit from emerging markets for sustainably-produced foods.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Prioritizing ecological integrity and community health over yield, these farmers stay profitable by diversifying their crops, producing value-added products like jams and sauces, and building community support and social capital. Does the author ultimately take on the family farm? The read is well worth finding out.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

National Association of Smallholder Farmers (NASFAM) , Malawi NASFAM empowers over 130,000 smallholder farmers to improve crop yields, adapt to climate challenges, and access better markets. World Rural Forum (WRF) , International WRF is a global network dedicated to advancing family farming and sustainable rural development.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

Improved cost-share accounting for income forgone when farmers experience losses in revenue due to production changes, anticipated reductions in yield, transitioning to an organic resource-conserving system, or acreage converted to conservation uses. Commodities and Crop Insurance Farming is a uniquely risky business.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

These big facilities adopted new steel roller technology that could process wheat more quickly and easily separate the bran and germ, yielding a flour that was much cheaper to produce and kept longer on the shelf, but had far less flavor and nutrition. Appalachian White Wheat at Brown Family Farms in Warren Co, NC.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

As the National Family Farm Coalition points out, “Focusing only on foreign ownership distracts from an overarching trend of rising corporate investment in farmland, largely driven by U.S-based based multinational corporations, private equity firms, and pension funds. 7125, 7204, 7208, 7305, 7503).

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Will Strader, a county extension director in Rockingham County, North Carolina, who grew up on a tobacco farm, described the situation in 2004 with his father’s words. “He He told me multiple times that our family farm, when he was growing up, supported six families. So, you know, it got to a point where we had to go out.

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