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Black Earth: A Family’s Journey from Enslavement to Reclamation

Civil Eats

The clouds hang dark gray in the sky, and tender new leaves emerge from the towering willow oak behind the brick ranch farmhouse at the center of the farms production area. In 2021, he carried out the ultimate act of reclamation, purchasing the plantation house and surrounding 2.5 Hes serious, measured, and focused, but also kind.

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In Fire-Stricken Maui, Sustainable Land Management Is Key

Modern Farmer

Surveying the aftermath of the Kula Upcountry Fire—one of three devastating wildfires that raged across Maui last month—Brendan Balthazar noticed a striking pattern emerge across his cattle ranch. Some areas of grazed pasture on Diamond B Ranch went unburned. It’s all grazed pasture,” he says, spared “because the fuel load was low.”

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These State Lawmakers Are Collaborating on Policies that Support Regenerative Agriculture

Civil Eats

On a crisp weekend this past fall, 30 state legislators from across the nation descended on TomKat Ranch , an 1,800-acre ranch focused on regenerative agriculture in Pescadero, California, an hour south of San Francisco. Attendees at the TomKat Ranch tour organized by the State Innovation Exchange (SiX).

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In Oaxaca, a State Fair That Celebrates Native Crops’ Rich Legacy

Modern Farmer

“The aim of the fair is to strengthen and maintain the biodiversity of the region’s gardens, milpas , coffee plantations and cacao plantations,” said Martínez in an interview a few days after the most recent edition of the fair, which he helped fundraise.

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

Civil Eats

Deer, for example, help cycle nutrients and fertilize soil. We found that when these natural elements were included in croplands, and also for forest plantations, that species abundance and species richness can be similar. It helps with resilience to extreme weather conditions such as drought and floods.”

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Soil Builds Prosperity From the Ground Up

Modern Farmer

And today, even when the soil stays on the ground, we’re actively destroying it through the use of pesticides, herbicides, synthetic fertilizers, and more. Latrice Tatsey sifting soils from her sample collections from the Blackfeet Buffalo Ranch, with her daughter Baeley and her son Terrance. Soil is alive.

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