The Equation

MAY 15, 2023

While a small number of winter crops such as small grains (wheat, oats, barley) and forage and pasture crops such as alfalfa can use some winter rain and snow, western agriculture largely depends on a steady supply of irrigated water that has led to extreme groundwater mining.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Since the 1940s , oats, wheat, hay, and pasture have been replaced by a duoculture of corn and soybeans. Farmers would often plow the cover under early in the spring before it could provide optimal soil health benefits, and USDA restrictions didn’t allow much flexibility.

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The Lunatic Farmer

JULY 7, 2021

From a distance, the field looked like it had been plowed. But, like others, he convened them at hotel conference centers where food, logistics, and setting were always an issue. Here on the farm, we don't have to vie with other organizations in the same space or fight with the dining services to offer decent food.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 19, 2023

However, industrial agriculture — characterized by the use of heavy tillage, intensive monocropping, and excessive grazing — has resulted in the degradation of the very soils that sustain our food supply. Credit: Green Left. Not only this, but these deep-rooted ground covers sequester carbon and more readily recycle nutrients in the soil.

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Farming Farming Livestock Crop 52

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 30, 2024

She has a trailer that can fit some of her animals and enough pasture that she’s hopeful she’ll be able to find space for her cows. This has impacts on the health of soils and coastal waters , both of which are critical to the health and prosperity of our food supply. But the trauma of that fire stays with her, even now. “If

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Farming Farming Livestock Cattle 82

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

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. Under the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities, a nascent U.S. Both warm the atmosphere far more, per molecule, than carbon dioxide. 28, 2019. “I

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