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Understanding the COMET-Planner Tool

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Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), this tool is intended for initial farm and/or ranch conservation planning purposes and is now available in the contiguous United States. Designed by Colorado State University, in partnership with the U.S. tonnes per year, not zero. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Farmers in Hurricane Helene’s Path Face Hard Winter – But We Can Help

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I live outside of Boone, North Carolina, and have driven past many farms and witnessed firsthand the destruction of farmland and forests. Weve experienced nothing like this before, said New River Conservancy Executive Director Andrew Downs.This is due to fuel, pesticides, and sewage that has polluted the streams. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Farm Bill Coalition Letter

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Georgia Wildlife Federation Ginkgo Bioworks Golden Sands Resource Conservation & Development Council , Inc. We write to express our gratitude for your efforts to advance the 2024 farm bill within your jurisdictions and to seek your continued support for passing this critical legislation before the end of the year.

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Young Farmers Appropriations Priorities for the Fiscal Year of 2025

National Young Farmers Coalition

Participating in appropriations means advocating for funding specific programs or initiatives related to agriculture, rural development, and food policy. The Farm Bill is a piece of legislation that is reauthorized every five to six years, impacting various issues related to agriculture, nutrition, and rural development.

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125 Food and Agriculture Organizations to Watch in 2025

Food Tank

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. American Farmland Trust (AFT) , United States AFT is dedicated to protecting and preserving farmland and ranchland in the U.S.,

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Elementor #747575

National Young Farmers Coalition

This new generation of farmers deserve USDA programs that better address the real needs for their farms and ranches. The approach to addressing speculative ownership of farmland misses the mark. Instead, the Senate bill includes provisions focused on data collection and research of foreign ownership of farmland (Sec.

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Ask a Scientist: Will the New Farm Bill Transform the US Food System?

The Equation

A product of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, the first farm bills were enacted in the 1930s in response to the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl drought, which ruined farmland across the Great Plains.

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