Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Despite having nearly a billion acres of prime farmland and a population of only 330 million people, the U.S. agriculture system, often claimed to be able to feed the world, can no longer feed its own population. The number of U.S. At the same time, small and mid-sized farms are being driven out of existence.

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Food Production Crop Farming 133

Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The film is set in Cornwall, England, where farming livestock is integral to the region’s agriculture. As Reichl travels the United States, moving from fine dining rooms to rural farmlands, she unveils a series of riveting narratives. Watch it on YouTube. Watch it on Financial Times or YouTube.

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Food Agriculture Agriculture Farming 131

Daily Yonder

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

She later became the executive director of the nonprofit Friends of Toppenish Creek , which advocates for improved oversight of industrial agriculture. The companies produce nitrate-rich wastewater and funnel it into open-air irrigation ditches that water the area’s farmland.

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Animal Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture Manure 105

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

She later became the executive director of the nonprofit Friends of Toppenish Creek , which advocates for improved oversight of industrial agriculture. The companies produce nitrate-rich wastewater and funnel it into open-air irrigation ditches that water the area’s farmland. A wellhead in Boardman, Oregon.

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Ruralism Manure Farming Farming 88

Modern Farmer

JULY 12, 2024

Meanwhile, in the Netherlands, the same farmers struggling with the effects of climate change, like drought, are revolting against stricter regulations on pollution from livestock manure. The argument that cultivated meat threatens agriculture is paradoxical, says Madre Brava’s Muzi, whose parents are Argentinian ranchers.

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Cultivation Cattle Science Ranching 67

National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

Young Farmers opposed the bill when it was initially released and mobilized hundreds of advocates in direct and grassroots action to encourage House Agriculture Committee members to vote against it. 12301) A step back in federal farmland conservation tools for land access. The Farmland Access Act (S.2507)

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Food Farming Farming Farmland 40

Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

As westward expansion swept across the region in the late 1800s, settlers began draining the 40-foot deep lake for farmland. Within decades, a network of dams, levees and canals had dried up the basin, transforming the fertile crater into an agricultural hub.

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Farming Farming Manure Agriculture 98