NASDA

JANUARY 31, 2024

During her time in this position, Josie spearheaded NASDA’s Plant and Pesticides Policy Committee and Rural Development & Financial Security Policy Committee. food and beverage companies reach new global markets. Josie Montoney-Crawford also joined the public policy team in December 2022 as manager of public policy.

Beverage 246

Beverage Pesticide Rural Development Ruralism 246

Real Agriculture

JUNE 26, 2023

We will hear an interview with Kelvin Heppner of RealAgriculture and the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Marie Claude Bibeau on the decisions made on MRLs and cosmetic pesticide use. Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio with host Shaun Haney! Read More

Pesticide 130

Pesticide Manure Yield Food 130

NASDA

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

“As co-regulatory partners with EPA committed to preserving environmental stewardship, protecting the rural economy and securing a healthy food supply chain, NASDA commends EPA on issuing an existing stocks order for dicamba that is inclusive of products that are in the possession of growers or in the channels of trade. territories.

Agriculture 278

Agriculture Agriculture Supply Chain Ruralism 278

NASDA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

territories to advance agriculture and support farmers and ranchers in producing a safe, affordable and abundant food supply for all.” NASDA enhances American food and agricultural communities through policy, partnerships and public engagement. territories. territories. territories.

Rural Development 221

Rural Development Agriculture Agriculture Animal Agriculture 221

NASDA

MAY 10, 2024

Letter Dear Chairman Simpson and Ranking Member Pingree: The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) commends the subcommittee for its work in support of farmers, ranchers, and rural communities. FIFRA STAG – Pesticide Enforcement Program: $25.58

Pesticide 130

Pesticide Ruralism Agriculture Agriculture 130

NASDA

MAY 10, 2024

Letter Dear Chairman Merkley and Ranking Member Murkowski: The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) commends the subcommittee for its work in support of farmers, ranchers, and rural communities. FIFRA STAG – Pesticide Enforcement Program: $25.58

Pesticide 130

Pesticide Ruralism Agriculture Agriculture 130

Civil Eats

JANUARY 7, 2025

When Michael Kotutwa Johnson goes out to the acreage behind his stone house to harvest his corn, his fields look vastly different from the endless rows you see in much of rural North America. To me, this is the original harm: the disruption of our traditional foods. By bringing back the food, you also bring back the culture.

Seeding 140

Seeding Farming Farming Crop 140

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Last year, in the lead-up to COP27, the biggest global convening on climate change, many groups worked to call attention to the fact that governments and businesses were not doing nearly enough to address food and agriculture in their plans to tackle the crisis. Food Systems Summit in 2021. consumers of all kinds,” said Nabarro.

Food 142

Food Pesticide Agroecology Agriculture 142

Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

From planting to harvest, farm machinery such as tractors and combines burn diesel fuel to churn out the raw materials for our food system. 1) Agrochemical production consumes fossil fuels to generate pesticides, fertilizers, and other inputs. 4) Transport accounts for about 19% of total food-system emissions. (5)

Pesticide 143

Pesticide Fertilizer Industrial Agriculture Food 143

Food Environment and Reporting Network

OCTOBER 24, 2024

For smallholding farmers in developing nations, who grow more than a third of the world’s food, having Plantix on your phone was like having a highly accurate plant pathologist in your back pocket, one who would also present afflicted farmers with options for treatment. million from a group of venture capital investors.

Pesticide 86

Pesticide Crop Agriculture Agriculture 86

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The governor of North Carolina had authorized the dumping of the soil, contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, which had been linked to cancer, in the rural county. In the rural Hecks Grove communityless than a mile from where Robert E. Our payment was food, clothing, and a comfortable place to live.

Plantation 144

Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

NASDA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

NASDA enhances American food and agricultural communities through policy, partnerships and public engagement. territories. territories. territories. To learn more about NASDA, please visit www.nasda.org.

Rural Development 189

Rural Development Agriculture Agriculture Animal Agriculture 189

The Equation

JUNE 20, 2023

Farmworkers face many hazards while performing the labor that props up the $1.264 trillion US food and farm economy, yet a new analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) found that federal agencies focused on agriculture and health invested an average of only $16.2 The original conversation has been condensed and edited for clarity.

Pesticide 115

Pesticide Mechanics Food Science 115

Food Tank

MARCH 29, 2024

A version of this piece was featured in Food Tank’s newsletter, released weekly on Thursdays. Here’s a trivia question: Where are the most important transformations in the food system taking place right now? And as Food Tankers know, we don’t just do this work for ourselves. Just take food waste, for example.

Food 98

Food Compost Agricultural equipment Agriculture 98

The Equation

MAY 13, 2024

Especially when it means I can breathe outside because there is no pesticide drift, wildfire smoke, vehicle exhaust, or pungent odors. In addition, Merced County applies more than 10 million pounds of pesticides per year that contribute to the area’s poor air quality. I am into air quality. These particles are categorized by size.

Ruralism 118

Ruralism Pesticide Agriculture Agriculture 118

NASDA

MAY 7, 2024

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) commends the subcommittee for its work in support of farmers, ranchers, and rural communities. Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) a. State and Local Food Safety Regulatory Activities – $170 million i. Food Safety Inspection Service a.

Agriculture 130

Agriculture Agriculture Food Ruralism 130

The Equation

MARCH 28, 2023

I may be a romantic, but I firmly believe that we can reimagine agriculture, rural disadvantaged communities and the environment in a way that makes everyone happy. I have engaged with hundreds of stakeholders in rural California, agreeing often and disagreeing sometimes. Who benefits when cropland is retired?

Ruralism 95

Ruralism Pesticide Agriculture Agriculture 95

The Equation

AUGUST 24, 2023

Farmworkers contribute back-breaking labor to put food on our plates while being exposed to numerous health hazards like heat,  toxic pesticide exposure , and  food insecurity. For comparison, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) distributed $1.8 But that could all change with the next food and farm bill.

Food 90

Food Farming Farming Processing 90

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Available funding and supportive policy foster longer-lasting urban agriculture facilities, which can employ sustainable practices that reduce carbon emissions and decrease dependence on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides,” added Hawes.

Agriculture 40

Agriculture Agriculture Food Farming 40

ATTRA

AUGUST 9, 2024

According to a press release, the report shows that organic produce and agriculture benefit human health, the planet, and the farmers and farmworkers who grow our food in a multitude of ways. Finally, the higher premiums associated with organic products enhance farmers’ livelihoods and boost rural economies.

Pesticide 75

Pesticide Greenhouse Ruralism Production 75

Civil Eats

MAY 6, 2024

They play critical roles in their ecosystems, sustaining and keeping in check species higher and lower on the food chain. First of all, farmland reduces mammals’ natural habitats and diminishes their ability to find shelter as well as food and prey, explained Koen Kuipers, a researcher at Radboud University in the Netherlands.

Farming 143

Farming Farming Pesticide Agriculture 143

NASDA

JANUARY 25, 2024

As the challenges for America’s farmers and ranchers continue to grow, we believe crop insurance as a safety net is only becoming more important to stability in rural America and a secure domestic food supply. Given the challenges faced by rural America and the critical nature of crop insurance, cuts to the program should be avoided.

Crop 130

Crop Ruralism Forestry Agriculture 130

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 7, 2025

When Michael Kotutwa Johnson goes out to the acreage behind his stone house to harvest his corn, his fields look vastly different from the endless rows of corn you see in much of rural North America. To me, this is the original harm: the disruption of our traditional foods. By bringing back the food, you also bring back the culture.

Seeding 82

Seeding Crop Farming Farming 82

The Equation

MAY 11, 2023

The volatility of wet and dry years, the lack of water infrastructure, and the continued depletion of groundwater resources adds up to California losing its resilience to cope with future droughts and to preserve future food security. Example of cropland within and one mile around several rural disadvantaged communities in Tulare County.

Ruralism 108

Ruralism Pesticide Agriculture Agriculture 108

UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Undoubtedly, good things have come from needing fewer people to produce food, fuel, and fiber. However, on balance I would argue that this has not been good for rural America. Resilience, livelihoods, and a rural way of life have been sacrificed on the altar of efficiency and progress.

Ranching 98

Ranching Farming Ruralism Farming 98

UnderstandingAg

MAY 3, 2024

This sets up a situation where a pesticide treatment may be needed, which knocks out beneficial biology that could keep pathogens in check, which leads to a downward spiral of degradation. Improving nitrogen management would reduce our reliance on pesticides, and the entire system would function better. This is nonsense.

Pesticide 98

Pesticide Crop Manure Fertilizer 98

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

After years of philanthropic support for fisheries, water, and education, members of his generation (along with some of their elders) are not only accelerating that environmental focus, they’re applying it to food and agriculture in new ways. Then there’s the Walmart Foundation, which last year gave the Nature Conservancy $1.5

Supply Chain 145

Supply Chain Food Agriculture Agriculture 145

Agwired

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

USDA is making the investments through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) , a program that has seen record demand in response to historic funding provided by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. Food & Agriculture Career Guide. Department of Agriculture’s FoodData Central Database.

Agriculture 45

Agriculture Agriculture Rural Development Ruralism 45

Agwired

JANUARY 31, 2025

Key topics ranged from labor to rural broadband to trade. They include the farm bill , food systems , pesticide regulations , PFAS and state cooperative agreement funding. Farmer and rancher delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation s 106th Convention adopted policies to guide the organizations work in 2025. billion.

Pesticide 45

Pesticide Agriculture Agriculture Farming 45

Sustainable Food Trust

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This is because the subsidies have been unconditional and the market has been brutal; they have used, as the NFU likes to say, ‘all the tools in the toolbox’, i.e., nitrogen fertiliser and pesticides, to continuously increase their food production in order to stay in business. Of course, this is not the end of the story.

Food 141

Food Farming Farming Tractor 141

World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 28, 2025

AgPlenus is a pesticide discovery company implementing cutting-edge AI and deep-learning to discover novel sustainable crop protection solutions. Platypus transforms the pest control industry with a unique material, providing economical, effective, and sustainable solutions across the agri-food supply chain.

Supply Chain 40

Supply Chain Technology Pesticide Real Estate 40

The Equation

MARCH 4, 2024

Those corporations spray pesticides that often drifts over people and sensitive environmental areas. What they do need are huge amounts of water, huge amounts of pesticides to artificially correct the unnatural monoculture, and huge amounts of fertilizers because industrial agriculture practices deplete nutrients from the soil.

Agriculture 119

Agriculture Agriculture Pesticide Ruralism 119

Modern Farmer

MARCH 20, 2024

As a researcher of urban agriculture, I was shocked to see a recent news article bearing the headline “ Food from urban agriculture has a carbon footprint six times larger than conventional produce, study shows.” with the Berkeley Food Institute, and this conclusion seemed to fly in the face of all that I’d read.

Agroecology 99

Agroecology Yield Food Acre 99

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

It’s a great gateway crop,” says Don DiLillo, owner of Finest Foods in Huntington, New York, for ushering in a new breed of novice farmers. Photography submitted by Don DiLillo, Finest Foods. Photography submitted by Don DiLillo, Finest Foods. Plus, he adds, “I can do farm chores in my pajamas.”

Cultivation 125

Cultivation Crop Real Estate Food 125

NASDA

MARCH 8, 2024

State departments of agriculture are responsible for a wide range of programs, including food safety, combating the spread of plant and animal diseases, and fostering the economic vitality of our rural communities. territories. Management Increasing competitiveness encompasses a spectrum of outcomes.

Crop 130

Crop Supply Chain Marketing Agriculture 130

NASDA

JANUARY 30, 2024

Without the savings from the MTB, it could lead to increased prices of final agricultural commodities, raising the cost of food and jeopardizing global competitiveness. Or it could lead to less use of inputs and, without the use of pesticides, farmers can lose up to 80% of their crops annually due to pests and disease.

Supply Chain 130

Supply Chain Manufacturing Fertilizer Production 130

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 25, 2023

The rest are beneficial to the ecosystem, devouring invasive weeds and providing food for prairie birds like the endangered burrowing owl. Unfortunately, prevention isn’t as easy as spraying the larvae with pesticides. “The irony,” says Johnson, “is that there are about 80 common species of grasshoppers and only a handful are bad guys.

Pesticide 98

Pesticide Crop Cash Crop Harvester 98