Cropaia

DECEMBER 19, 2023

At its core, it’s about working with nature, rather than against it, to achieve sustainable and resilient food production. Excessive or deep plowing disrupts the soil structure, releases stored carbon, and can lead to erosion. By nurturing the land, farmers can continue to produce food for generations to come.

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Agriculture Agriculture Farming Farming 104

Civil Eats

MAY 1, 2024

Tesdell explained that when his European ancestors settled in the Midwest, they plowed the prairie and switched from deeply rooted perennial plants to shallow-rooted annual crops like wheat, oats, and corn instead. The other main factor, manure, is also increasing as CAFOs become more prevalent.

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Fertilizer Farming Farming Acre 145

The Lunatic Farmer

JULY 7, 2021

Allan Savory through Holistic Management began taking pictures of remarkable recoveries when animals at high density for a short period of time (one day) heavily impacted a spot with hooves and manure. From a distance, the field looked like it had been plowed. The following year it was solid weeds.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In addition, large concentrated animal feeding operations, which have become more prevalent there in recent years, add to the problem by disposing millions of gallons of nitrogen-rich liquid manure.

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Crop Farming Farming Acre 140

CalCAN

APRIL 6, 2023

public, across party lines, is concerned about the impacts of climate change on agriculture and food production. The plowing of agricultural land during the 19th and 20th century released vast stores of carbon dioxide , only a small part of which has since been returned to the soil.

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Agriculture Agriculture Greenhouse Food 52

The Counter

APRIL 27, 2022

Eventually, the Cobbs would decide to bring in livestock to graze, mimicking herds of wild buffalo that once roamed these prairies and added nutrients with their manure, and voila: They had meat to market while restoring the earth, storing carbon, and keeping the land farmland. Some of the challenges can be impossible to plan for.

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Farming Farming Farmland Acre 52

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 13, 2023

Share Tweet This Story’s Impact 4 million readers a year 200k social reach Yale Environment 360 A new kind of food may soon be arriving on grocery store shelves: climate smart. Better manure management is among the climate-smart practices the USDA is funding in the partnerships. It also reduces runoff and evaporation.

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Agriculture Agriculture Greenhouse Manure 78