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“Bristol’s last working farm”: A farm for the future

Sustainable Food Trust

Hundreds of acres of Bristol farmland, with its meadows and hedges and resident wildlife, was swept away by the concrete sprawl and the ambitions of its new owners. The constant threat of loss This year, for the first time in probably hundreds of years, hay has not been made on Yew Tree Farm’s 13 acres of meadow.

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Changing How We Farm Might Protect Wild Mammals—and Fight Climate Change

Civil Eats

They play critical roles in their ecosystems, sustaining and keeping in check species higher and lower on the food chain. First of all, farmland reduces mammals’ natural habitats and diminishes their ability to find shelter as well as food and prey, explained Koen Kuipers, a researcher at Radboud University in the Netherlands.

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Albania: A lesson in localism

Sustainable Food Trust

My idea of heaven is the 100 hectares of cultivated ground that provide a livelihood for the 50 plus families who work the land in Miras and who produce more than enough food to feed the entire community of 600 families. Although processed foods are gaining ground, urban Albanians remain deeply connected to the land.

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What Do Fish, Butterflies, and Bats Have to Do With Booze?

Modern Farmer

In the following decades, the farm-to-table movement has championed and codified this understanding of our food systems through numerous certifications that aim to help us make more sustainable choices. Your personal bar cart may seem far removed from forests and farmlands, but they are inextricably linked. Mijenta Tequila.

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Vineyards Are Laying the Groundwork for a Regenerative Farm Future

Civil Eats

Three acres of meadows provide habitat for insects. Compared to staple crops like corn and rice, wine grapes barely occupy a speck of the world’s farmland, at about 18 million acres. Long, diverse grasses blanket the ground around and between the vines. If we take this as a holistic system.

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How Crop Insurance Prevents Some Farmers From Adapting to Climate Change

Civil Eats

He planted wheat and other grains directly into the meadows and relied solely on rainfall for much of his acreage. food supply. This narrow segment receives over half of all crop insurance subsidies, funding their capacity to further expand in a cycle of farmland consolidation associated with greater climate vulnerability.

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Agrivoltaic solar farms offer "shocking" benefits beyond producing energy

Agritecture Blog

CONTENT SOURCED FROM DE ZEEN Written by: Jennifer Hahn January 5, 2023 Next-gen solar parks that enable energy and food production as well as water conservation to work in synergy on the same plot can help to solve solar 's growing land-use issue, according to the researchers making them a reality. It's getting a lot of flack."

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