National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

This series was created in collaboration with the Ujamaa Cooperative Farming Alliance. Support for resilient and diversified seed systems is critical in the upcoming Farm Bill and can also be a direct pathway to support BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) communities and climate change strategies.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 recently passed by the House Agriculture Committee does not serve the new generation of farmers and ranchers in this country. Just before midnight on May 24, 2024, the House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture voted on the bill. The committee considered the bill in a 13.5-hour

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Sometimes the people designing our policies don’t know the reality” of those whose livelihoods are in fishing and farming, she says. “We Having good seed won’t help you if your entire farm gets flooded,” says Sara Scherr, President and CEO of EcoAgriculture Partners. emits greenhouse gas equal to that of 50 million gas-powered cars.

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ATTRA

JANUARY 2, 2024

When you step into a high tunnel, you’re moving off your farm in terms of temperature, humidity, and frost dates. In this installment in my blog series on high tunnel season extension, I’ll talk about approaches to managing soil health and fertility. Higher temperatures can speed crop growth and increase demands on the soil.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JUNE 14, 2023

Photo credit: USDA Editor’s Note: This guest post by Michael Happ, Program Associate for Climate and Rural Communities at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, (IATP), discusses how popular conservation programs should focus on small-scale and sustainable farms, not industrial-scale farms.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

More than 4,000 elementary schools are located within 200 feet of farm fields. And while many states have acted to restrict farms’ ability to spray pesticides near those schools, Congressional lawmakers are considering multiple proposals that could block them from doing so in the future. companies have made on climate goals.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

40 Acres & A Mule Project , United States 40 Acres & A Mule seeks to acquire Black-owned farmland to be used to celebrate and preserve the history, food, and stories of Black culture in food and farming. promoting environmentally sound farming practices, and keeping farmers on their land.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) , Asia AFA works to empower and strengthen the capacities of leaders and technical staff to increase resilience and combat hunger. Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) , United States FLOC empowers farm workers to have a voice in decisions that impact them.

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Agwired

MARCH 1, 2024

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Dr. Basil Gooden as USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development. The Agribusiness Association of Iowa (AAI) Foundation announced that its building will be named after Bill Northey and simply called “The Northey Building”. cotton acres.

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Sustainable Harvest International

OCTOBER 8, 2024

New York, United States - Small-scale farmers in the global south hold the key to over 50% of the United Nations’ goal for net greenhouse gas reductions. Since 1997, SHI has empowered farmers to make a difference in their communities through innovative farming methods.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 7, 2024

For example, livestock production, fertilizer use and deforestation for farm expansion exacerbate greenhouse gas emissions. Food systems both contribute to and are impacted by climate change, noted Oliver Oliveros, Coordinator of the Agroecology Coalition.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024 was recently introduced by U.S. This marks the latest step in the ongoing process of shaping the next Farm Bill. This bill builds on the framework she shared earlier this year, with even more concrete proposals aimed at boosting rural communities and supporting farmers.

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Member farmers in the SCVFA grow food using sustainable farming practices and sell directly from the farm to consumers. In addition, the SCVFA is working to expand access to farm goods in schools, hospitals, food banks, and other wholesale outlets. Locally grown food is a powerful driver of sustainable rural development.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Many now face an unplanned expense so large it could destroy their farm businesses. These are all classic conservation activities that address a wide variety of farm-site and environmental challenges, above and beyond limiting a farms greenhouse gas emissions. million to the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

I didnt go in there with the mindset that we were going to flip the USDA upside down, said Ammons, now the co-executive director of Farm Aid , a nonprofit organization and festival that supports small family farms. Ammons spoke to Civil Eats from a farm conference in D.C., Its just cruel and inhumane.

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