Civil Eats

OCTOBER 23, 2023

At the island’s solid waste facility—hidden away in the hills and surrounded by forestland—piles of food scraps, manure, and green waste slowly turn to soil. Workers collect horse manure by bike along the streets of downtown Mackinac Island. The “slop wagon,” a dray carrying food scraps, travels down Market St.

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Food Politics

JANUARY 16, 2024

appeared first on Food Politics by Marion Nestle. We used on-farm data collected from the Michigan State University Lake City AgBioResearch Center for AMP [adaptive multi-paddock] grazing. Thanks Kris, for raising the issue so thoughtfully. The post Is pasture-raised beef better for the environment? It sure could be.

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Food Tank

JUNE 18, 2024

School cafeterias are notorious for serving up chicken nuggets and pizza that resemble fast food more than nutrition, but millions of schoolchildren across the nation will soon have a better chance of eating healthy, sustainable meals. Cattle are the leading contributor of food-based emissions and the top agricultural source of water use.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 24, 2023

Two organizations want to put an end to the wild west of claims and prove, through certification, that food labeled regenerative is genuinely the gold standard of sustainability and not just another marketing buzzword. But outcomes of the land don’t show the whole picture in a globalized food system. But it’s not quite that simple.

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Daily Yonder

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Currently, CAFOs in Wisconsin must obtain a Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (WPDES) permit before disposing of manure and waste. According to a report by the National Association of Local Boards of Health, CAFO manure contains plant nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus, but it also contains pathogens like E.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 10, 2025

Now that he raises pigs, he can apply nutrient-rich solid manure to the familys grain fields, helping to build soil health further and reduce the use of synthetic fertilizersa benefit for both the environment and his wallet. Hutton feeds his grain crops to the pigs, which produce manure that he uses to nourish the ground and repeat the cycle.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 29, 2024

The USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) currently requires compost to be derived from plant and animal materials, such as manure, food scraps, leaves, and straw. The petition frames the move as advancing “climate-smart” agriculture by helping states, specifically California and Washington, achieve food-waste diversion goals.

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Food Tank

MAY 1, 2024

By taking legal action, researching, and building campaigns around the world, CIEL hopes to expose the hold that fossil fuels have on industries, including the food system. The Global Alliance for the Future of Food (GAFF) reports that the food system contributes to 15 percent of the total fossil fuel consumption every year.

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Daily Yonder

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This story was produced through a collaboration between the Daily Yonder, which covers rural America, and Modern Farmer , a a nonprofit covering equity and resiliency in the food system. Across the board, farms have been merged into just a few big companies that control most food sectors.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Farm income, yields and food availability have all increased tremendously since the inception of the Farm Bill in 1933, in line with its original intent. But a closer look at our food system reveals many challenges. The efforts to truly create sustainable food systems do not go far enough.

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Farmbrite

OCTOBER 8, 2024

By prioritizing animal wellness, farmers not only ensure the ethical treatment of their livestock but also contribute to the long-term viability of their operations and the overall health of the food system. Manure can serve as a reservoir for pathogens, making its handling and disposal a critical aspect of employing biosecurity protocols.

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The Lunatic Farmer

APRIL 20, 2021

His basic thesis in the piece is that the current war on real food and the ascendency of fake and manufactured food-like substances create a deep soul-level mentality that we are not dependent on food. Seen in that light, the assault on real food is an assault on real spiritual life. We need thousands like him.

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Food Tank

MAY 3, 2024

They learn about animal welfare and biosecurity in addition to checking feeders and water, inspecting the animals, and managing manure. They want to work hard, they want to sweat, and they want to know where the food comes from.” Articles like the one you just read are made possible through the generosity of Food Tank members.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 22, 2024

The title of Maisie Ganzler’s new book, You Can’t Market Manure at Lunchtime: And Other Lessons from the Food Industry for Creating a More Sustainable Company , was born out of an experience Ganzler had while operating as chief strategy and brand officer at Bon App é tit Management Company. Why did you push on regardless?

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 12, 2024

Concentrated animal feeding operations CAFOs are defined by the EPA as intensive feeding operations where many animals are confined and fed for at least 45 days per year (though it can be much more) and inevitably their manure and waste come in contact with ground and surface water. A large CAFO is at least 1,000 “animal units.”An

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ATTRA

JULY 2, 2024

Farm ponds and slow-moving creeks and streams that are enriched with fertilizer runoff and directly deposited manure are the perfect place to find cyanobacteria thriving. Do not let livestock loiter in ponds because they contaminate it with manure. But blooming blue-green algae or cyanobacteria can turn toxic from June to September.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

There was one [Sunnyside] family that had built an outdoor swimming pool for their grandchildren to enjoy, and one of the dairies came in and built a manure lagoon right next to the swimming pool,” she said. Across the board, farms have been merged into just a few big companies that control most food sectors.

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Daily Yonder

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A few days after moving in, concerned neighbors informed her that Ledgeview Farms, a large dairy farm behind her home, was planning to expand, which included building a manure pit to store millions of gallons of waste next to the subdivision. Over the next several years, Porter began noticing manure runoff in the creek her kids would play in.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

In short: Fertilizer is plant food. Fertilizer basics The concept of soil fertilization likely extends back 8,000 years, when early farmers added manure and bones to their crops. But fertilizers—substances that make soil more fertile—are essential to plant health because not all soils are equally nutritious.

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UnderstandingAg

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

It is important to note that the plants will produce far less root exudates if they are being fed routinely with applied fertilizers and manures. A living plant is the only thing that can provide the conditions for aggregate formation – root exudation and a food source for AMF. If the soil microbes are not fed, then they (i.e.,

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

I loved the process of moving the tractor, getting them food and water and raising them,” he says. Siewicki started Vital Mission Farm with the hopes of helping to create a more sustainable food industry. Industrial farming contributes around 11 percent of total US greenhouse gas emissions, not including the transportation of the food.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

To help you find a winemaker, distiller, or brewer to support, Food Tank is highlighting 20 producers and programs bringing sustainable sips to glasses around the world. The vineyards are weeded only using hoes, never herbicides, and fertilized with manure. It’s impossible to overstate the importance of that.”

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Carbon Capture through Composting New Earth collects food surplus from three school cafeterias and combines it with woody biomass, agricultural byproducts, and biochar in Johnson-Su compost bioreactors. Every week, they fill these bioreactors with this waste and divert approximately 1200 pounds of food waste from the local landfill.

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UnderstandingAg

MAY 3, 2024

Living ground cover is especially critical on acres receiving manure from confinement operations. Industry groups should make it clear to members that cover crops and more in-season application must become part of all manure management plans and programs. This is hands-down the best, most profitable use case for cover crops.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 7, 2024

Legumes, such as alfalfa, trefoil, and sainfoin, are a great feed source, are excellent for soil health and play a role in sequestering carbon in the soil. According to emerging research by Dr. Bart Lardner, legumes in the bovine diet also lowers methane emissions, one of the components being measured in an on-going research project.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 16, 2023

Two weeks of dry weather conditions across Ontario has helped move a lot of manure over fields across the province.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2024

If Taylor, Graham, and the neighboring farmers can create a resilient, Black-led agricultural community as the planet burns , biodiversity plummets , and the larger food system continues to become increasingly industrialized and commodified, they will have charted a course for others to follow. At the same time, she’s transitioning the D.C.

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ATTRA

JULY 25, 2023

The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s 2023 Dairy Plus Program will award $1.25 million in competitive grants to California dairy farms for the implementation of advanced manure management practices that address both methane emissions and nutrient surplus. Applications are due August 28, 2023.

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The Lunatic Farmer

JANUARY 4, 2024

The Wall Street Journal over the weekend ran a big story on the number of start-ups getting into the food waste business, trying to keep it out of landfills. What does a person living in an urban condo do with food scraps? What do you do with food scraps? That’s the extreme, of course. And you should have house plants.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 16, 2024

Scientists from the University of Maryland published the results of their research on improving urban soils with treated manure and compost amendments.

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UnderstandingAg

JANUARY 28, 2024

There are some restrictions on timing and amount of manure and/or nitrogen application in some locations, but enforcement is minimal and the 4Rs are voluntary. We already do this for pesticide and manure applicators. Soil does not function properly without an intact soil food web. That brings us to in-field management.

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Caff

JUNE 13, 2023

Introduction In 2011 the Food Safety Modernization Act was signed into law. Of the many rules in this law, the Produce Safety Rule (PSR) was created to address federal food safety requirements at the farm level, specifically for produce crops. Why is this important? Biological Pathogens may include bacteria, parasites, and viruses.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 22, 2024

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is accepting grant applications from commercial dairies and livestock operations for the installation of equipment and implementation of practices that result in long-term methane emissions reductions and maximize environmental co-benefits. Applications are due by October 18, 2024.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 26, 2023

Dairy farmers are working to implement climate-smart manure management practices, and the COWS Act will offer the needed resources to enhance both air and water quality,” said Rob Larew, National Farmers Union President. “Getting the AMMP award sped up our plans to modernize our manure management system by about 10 years.

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The Lunatic Farmer

JANUARY 10, 2022

Those rights were enshrined in British law as a result of wars and realizing that ultimate food security begins in the home and as proximate as possible. Those Brits have seen food vulnerability up close. One dog generates more manure than 11 chickens, and dog manure is nasty. Perhaps America's time for that will come.

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The Lunatic Farmer

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The real kicker is that they eat waste food: bakery wastes, slaughterhouse wastes, broken pasta. But beyond that, isn’t it fascinating that this outfit is claiming a no-cost feed situation that is predicated on a wasteful food system? Oh, the manure will be dehydrated, packaged, and sold as organic fertilizer.

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UnderstandingAg

MAY 23, 2024

As a bonus, carbon-based forms of nitrogen do not leach or volatilize, and they do not contribute to water quality problems, but rather stay in the soil and cycle through the soil food web. Use biology-friendly fertilizers and stabilize nutrients and manures with humates. It says living microbes. This may sound crazy, but it’s true.

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