ATTRA

OCTOBER 17, 2023

With a bigger staff and a new executive director, they also educate the community, create quality natural fertilizers, and take compost to a new level, all while remaining human-powered. Six years later, Soil Cycle has gone from Lewis picking up scraps from a few clients to six bikers transporting upwards of 60,000 pounds of compost per year.

Food 97

Food Production Compost Rural Development 97

ATTRA

APRIL 16, 2024

This means that one acre of cover crop on irrigated farmland with a 25% reduction in nitrogen fertilizer will sequester 0.27 For example, if you want to know how much CO2 equivalent will be sequestered for cover cropping one acre in Travis County, Texas, entering 1 acre in the model will yield zero. tonnes per year, not zero.

Greenhouse 98

Greenhouse Ranching Processing Acre 98

NASDA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We appreciate the efforts of committee leaders to develop a farm bill and their recognition of farmers’ contributions to provide food, feed, fuel, and fiber to consumers here at home and abroad.

Farming 130

Farming Farming Grain Supply Chain 130

Agwired

APRIL 10, 2024

Department of Agriculture published the second edition of Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Agriculture and Forestry: Methods for Entity Scale Inventory. startup companies developing innovative solutions to challenges faced by America’s farmers, ranchers and rural communities.

Manufacturing 49

Manufacturing Greenhouse Technology Forestry 49

ATTRA

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Urban soils are often nutrient-poor and depleted, but with proper soil management, they can become fertile ground for planting relatively quickly. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, National Agroforestry Center, under the authority of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978. Remediate your soils.

Food 111

Food Distribution Rural Development Forestry 111

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MARCH 14, 2025

USDA staff in all agencies provide essential services to farmers, ranchers, and rural communities. In many cases, they are hard working, valued members of the rural communities they serve all across the country. Further, NRCS, and FSA staff located in county service centers are hardworking, respected members of rural communities.

Ruralism 103

Ruralism Agriculture Agriculture Rural Development 103

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Last week’s post highlighted the stories of farmers who have used practices from the Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry practice list to build climate resilience and mitigation solutions. His fields are managed with multi-species grazing for four or five years to help them rebuild their fertility between other crops.

Pasture 101

Pasture Crop Orchard Farming 101

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. Nobody wants farmers in urban and rural contexts to go hungry,” Reverend Eugene Cho, CEO and President of Bread for the World tells Food Tank.

Food 145

Food Agriculture Agriculture Seeding 145

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

NSAC welcomed the pragmatic Senate bill, the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024 (RPFSA) , as an important step toward completing a bipartisan farm bill reauthorization this year. There are several dedicated rural partnership investments with the potential to dramatically increase support for regional food enterprises.

Ruralism 110

Ruralism Food Farming Farming 110

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions means moving away from the use of high-energy and polluting nitrogenous fertilizers. In contrast, today’s dominant players genetically engineer and mass produce seed alongside complementary inputs including fertilizers and pesticides. Diverse plants and manure must take their place.

Seeding 97

Seeding Food Agriculture Agriculture 97

NASDA

JANUARY 16, 2025

We represent farmers, ranchers, growers, hunters, forest owners, conservationists, cooperatives, state departments of agriculture, renewable fuel producers and agribusinesses nationwide encompassing all aspects of American agriculture, food, nutrition and rural America and we look forward to Ms. Rollins strong leadership at the U.S.

Grain 147

Grain Seeding Ruralism Poultry 147

National Young Farmers Coalition

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024 was recently introduced by U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI). This bill builds on the framework she shared earlier this year, with even more concrete proposals aimed at boosting rural communities and supporting farmers.

Farmland 40

Farmland Ruralism Farming Farming 40

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 18, 2024

They soon discovered the main source: sewage sludge spread as fertilizer. Tests found water in hundreds of rural wells unsafe to drink, and families faced an uncertain future with fear. There were strong critiques of the safety of using sewage sludge as a fertilizer back in the 80s.

Pesticide 134

Pesticide Farming Farming Production 134