Food Tank

JULY 19, 2024

Today, 22-year-old Roberts is enlisted with the Nebraska Army National Guard while working as a fifth-generation farmer with his parents at Roberts Family Farm in Southwest Iowa. The family’s farm serves as a model for how smaller-scale, humane hog farming can be both environmentally and economically sustainable.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 14, 2025

Their business had been booming in Florida, where they farmed citrus and vegetables. Alvarado hoped they could turn the acreage into a blueberry farm and make a decent profit. He called the number he had been given and soon was connected with a farm advocate named Benny Bunting. But their fresh start quickly turned sour.

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AgriLife Today

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Texas A&M AgriLife Research seeks to fill gaps in veterinary service In communities throughout Texas, the veterinarian serves as the cog of livestock and animal care, yet many rural areas are experiencing a historical lack of veterinary service.

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RR2CS

APRIL 21, 2022

Cattle ranching on the Blood Reserve can be a very rewarding experience and endeavour, however, it does come with challenges in today’s changing times. Useful Links: If you haven’t had a chance, we encourage you to listen to the first episode of this series, Farming at Kainai. Want to learn more?

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AgriLife Today

JANUARY 26, 2024

Read More → The post Statewide workshops to connect new rural landowners with natural resource personnel appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This story was produced through a collaboration between the Daily Yonder, which covers rural America, and Climate Central, a nonadvocacy science and news group. Across the board, farms have been merged into just a few big companies that control most food sectors. dropped by half, but milk production increased, according to USDA data.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Being a naive kid, living in rural America…you get burned out on a community that you know everybody in and you don’t take it for what it is. Today, he’s a sixth-generation pig farmer partnering with Niman Ranch. By his senior year, Williams was trying to figure out how to return home and take over the family farm.

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Food Tank

JULY 28, 2023

In the United States, about three-quarters of farm families have faced childcare challenges over the past five years. The lack of accessible or affordable childcare can affect farm business decisions, from productivity and growth to the allocation of financial resources, according to the researchers. The bill was introduced by U.S.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 4, 2024

Since taking the helm of the facility’s nutrition and dining services in 2018, he has worked to revamp the cuisine, including sourcing almost half of ingredients from farms and ranches within a 250-mile radius of the Sacramento Valley. Diaz is not alone in making this shift, but he may be ahead of the game. Davis Med Center.

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Civil Eats

MAY 6, 2024

Tom Farquhar planted several large plots of beneficial flowers around his vegetable farm in Montgomery County, Maryland. Once a conventional corn and soybean farm, the idea was to control pests at the Certified Naturally Grown operation by increasing the number of beneficial predator insects and spiders. Runoff from U.S.

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Daily Yonder

AUGUST 2, 2023

While the same demands have not been made of Colorado, the risk of potential water cuts there has become a flashpoint in rural-urban tensions over water use in the state. That could permanently dry up some western Colorado farms and ranches. According to Colorado water law, the age of a water right signifies its strength.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Instead, she will return to her roots in rural Nevada. My family has a cattle ranch, and I am sixth generation. She is one of a dwindling number of veterinarians choosing to enter rural animal practice. The only time vets came to the Thompson ranch was for preventative care. I was raised around animals, says Thompson.

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RR2CS

JULY 5, 2023

Location: Irricana Agricultural Society Recreation Centre and Wray Ranch (directions provided after registration) When: August 17 ,th 9AM – 4PM Presenters: Rob Dunn – agricultural research scientist Tim Wray – owner/operator, Wray Ranch Melissa Werkema – owner, Future Analytics Inc. What data is “beautiful”?

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Caff

JUNE 16, 2022

The fire started on August 16th in the hills above their farm. The fire had to travel downhill to get to their farm. There ended up being 5-6 days of active fire fighting on/near their farm property and six weeks of putting out spot fires. Since then , Cole and Verónica have gotten married and all three still run the business.

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Daily Yonder

MARCH 4, 2024

of farm household members had no health insurance, higher than the 9.1% Finding adequate, affordable health insurance can be a huge challenge for people who run small, family farms or ranches, said Alana Knudson, director of the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis. So she quit to help on the farm.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 15, 2024

By Tammy Howard, NCAT Senior Manager With October being National Farm to School month, I was reminded of what the National Farm to School Network refers to as triple bottom line — kids win, farmers win, and communities win with Farm to School.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

California’s Prop 12, and Massachusetts’ similar Question 3, requires that fresh pork sold into the state be raised on farms not using gestation crates. Here are the facts: Prop 12 does not force any farm to go crate-free to comply with the law. Farm Bill negotiations and drafting are well underway. 2019 and H.R.4417),

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Trimble Agriculture

AUGUST 9, 2023

Agritourism is any venture on a farm or ranch that’s not directly related to raising and harvesting produce or livestock commercially. Generally, it complements the farm or ranch’s usual undertakings. Some farms find that agritourism even becomes their primary source of income.

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RR2CS

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Kainai First Nation members Cyrus and Roy Weasel Fat share their success story of farming and ranching on the Blood Reserve in southern Alberta. The father and son team discuss some of the challenges of farming on the reserve and how they built a successful small business and educational outlet for the community.

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Todays Farmer Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2023

The state’s rural suicide rate is growing faster than in urban counties, increasing 78% between 2003 and 2017. With a four-year grant commitment from the MFA Foundation, University of Missouri Extension will have new avenues to support rural communities in need of mental health assistance.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Across the country, the US has lost both farms and farmland, according to the latest data from the 2022 USDA Census of Agriculture , released this week. The number of farms themselves has also declined from 2017 to 2022, down roughly 142,000 to 1.9 million farms. The last time the country saw numbers this small was 1850.

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Agwired

MARCH 22, 2024

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is preparing to showcase the Future of Food and Farming in the heart of Washington, DC, during the 2nd Celebration of Modern Ag on the National Mall. Blades spoke about the event during the National Ag Day celebration this week in Washington DC.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 8, 2024

Cover crop experiment at Rogers Farm Forage and Crop Research Facility in Orono, Maine. On June 11, 2024, the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee advanced the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2025 on a party-line vote. Photo credit: Reana Kovalcik.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth post in a multi-part blog series analyzing the Farm Food and National Security Act of 2024 (FFNSA), which was reported out of the House Agriculture Committee on Friday, May 24. Overall, FFNSA misses the mark and fails to sufficiently address the most fundamental threat to our food and farm system.

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Daily Yonder

JUNE 18, 2024

Those realities, combined with a dose of pandemic-induced social distancing and a chance to buy an extended family member’s farm, led the couple to venture into the world of Black Angus cattle production in 2020. Each week is dedicated to a different farm-business-health topic,” Buckner said. Certainly, we are not solving that problem.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Founded in 2020, Happy Goat farm sits on a 2,000-acre property in Mariposa County, near Yosemite National Park. The farm also teaches local students about agriculture and conservation—and donates much of the fruits and vegetables it grows to people in need. Cahalin wanted goats to be a big part of the farm.

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AgriLife Today

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Department of Soil and Crop Sciences senior aims to aid rural farms A student choosing to attend Texas A&M University when they come from generations of Aggies is probably no surprise. Read More → The post Clayton Moore: Seventh generation farmer sees future in hemp first appeared on AgriLife Today.

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RR2CS

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

By Trina Moyles Tim Wray grew up on his family’s cattle ranch in Irricana, a small town located 50 kilometres northeast of Calgary in southern Alberta. I was really in tune with the movement of the seasons and the farm cycle—and I enjoyed that.” I lived around farmland and was surrounded by farmers,” says Tim. “I

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RR2CS

JULY 4, 2023

Poly-cropping is a practice that plays an important role in the profitability of mixed farms. REGISTER The post Poly-crops: Harnessing Grazing Power August 10th, 2023 appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions. Event Name: Poly-crops: Harnessing Grazing Power Location: Irish Creek Bison, near Elk Point, AB.

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ATTRA

APRIL 16, 2024

By Cody Brown and Darron Gaus , NCAT Agriculture Specialists Carbon Farm Planning is a rewarding process for producers and conservation planners, as we “dig deep” and find all the potential carbon sinks and soil health practices that can be implemented across the landscape. Image: COMET-Farm and COMET-Planner presentation slide.

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Todays Farmer Magazine

MARCH 6, 2023

The state’s rural suicide rate is growing faster than in urban counties, increasing 78% between 2003 and 2017. With a four-year grant commitment from the MFA Foun- dation, University of Missouri Extension will have new avenues to support rural communities in need of mental health assistance.

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RR2CS

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Rural Routes to Climate Solutions (RR2CS) is an Alberta-based initiative shining a spotlight on the climate solutions that farmers, ranchers and communities in rural Alberta can benefit from. You’re a delight to speak with, thoughtful, flexible, and passionate about empowering rural communities.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

My wife was the Utah ‘Farm Mom of the Year.’ The Arid West (Illustration by Nhatt Nichols) The ‘Soft Path’ of Water for Farmers in the Western US Colorado’s Groundwater Experiment Utah Tries a New Water Strategy In Corinne, Utah, where his family has farmed for 125 years, Ferry, who is 46, raises cows, corn, and alfalfa.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 20, 2024

By Allison Cooley-Agee , NCAT Carbon Farm Planner In today’s world, fast fashion is everywhere, but we often forget about the journey from soil to fabric. On family ranches, taking care of the soil is crucial for producing high-quality wool. These ranches not only produce great wool but also create jobs and support local businesses.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) introduced the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024, S.5335 5335 , sharing a detailed vision for keeping farmers farming, families fed, and rural communities strong. (November 25, 2024) On Monday, November 18th, U.S.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In the months before Patrick Brown was born in November 1982, his father, Arthur, lay down on a road near the familys farm to prevent a caravan of yellow dump trucks from depositing toxic soil in his community. Patrick currently operates Brown Family Farms on the land that Byron worked as a sharecropper once he was freed.

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Civil Eats

JULY 2, 2024

The ice cream shop is an extension of the Nicholson family’s sixth-generation, 120-acre farm in nearby Ferndale. Since taking over the dairy a decade ago and branding it Foggy Bottoms Boys , the couple has been bucking convention and helping their rural community navigate changing economic tides.

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