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Sustainable Harvest International: Empowering Central American Farmers

Food Tank

Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) is an organization working in Central America to provide technical assistance and training to rural farming families that will help them produce food in a more sustainable way. SHI is also undergoing a review process to assess how they can achieve their goals.

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For Farmers, Fitness Programs Can Improve Mental Health, Too

Civil Eats

Rural Response Hotline : 1-800-464-0258. Haskins is the behavioral health lead at AgriSafe , an agricultural health care network formed by rural nurses in 2003. Cramped muscles or a frazzled circulatory system from absorbing combine vibrations all day during harvest season. AgriStress Helpline : 1-833-897-2474.

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Op-Ed | Why the World’s Food Systems Need to Transition Away from Industrial Agriculture

Food Tank

The country has pioneered a move towards agroecology for two decades and has already seen a 4 percent improvement in rural food security. By creating mechanisms that connect farmers, seed providers, trainers, financers, innovators, retailers and other players in the food sector across the world, COP28 can build the momentum for agroecology.

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Ag Efficiency: Focus on the 20%

ATTRA

Farmers deal with a complex web of processes in diverse areas that may be under their purvue, including crops, livestock, finance, recordkeeping, harvesting, marketing, etc. As farmers, we probably ask ourselves this question often, when we are confronted with the many challenges that arise within our agribusiness operations.

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The Case for Tractor Farming

ATTRA

Using tractors increases productivity and efficiency, leading to bigger harvests, better quality produce, and access to lucrative markets that require a larger volume of products. I am all too aware of the back pain that planting, weeding, and harvesting crops can lead to. Rural Sociology, 89: 3-39. Another barrier is knowledge.

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How to Start an Agritourism Business to Diversify Farm Income 

Trimble Agriculture

Agritourism is any venture on a farm or ranch that’s not directly related to raising and harvesting produce or livestock commercially. By inviting them to the farm, operators provide important education and awareness of rural traditions. What is agritourism? Generally, it complements the farm or ranch’s usual undertakings.

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Farmers on the Frontlines of Climate Change: Challenges and Solutions

Sustainable Harvest International

SHI-Panama partner farmer Bartolo Gutiérrez weeding with his daughter Climate Change in Central America Sustainable Harvest International (SHI), a nonprofit with over 27 years of experience in sustainable farming practices, partners with family farmers in Central America who face the impacts of climate change every day.

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