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The Rancher's Guide to Sustainable Grazing Practices

Farmbrite

As the sun sets over the rolling hills and the cattle graze peacefully in the meadows, it's easy to appreciate the timeless beauty of ranching. Animal Welfare: Well-managed grazing practices ensure that cattle have access to fresh forage and clean water, which directly impacts their health and well-being.

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Changing How We Farm Might Protect Wild Mammals—and Fight Climate Change

Civil Eats

For instance, agriculture can destroy forest habitats that certain bat species, like the endangered Indiana bat or northern long-eared bat , use for roosting and foraging. One of the main examples is the wolf population in the American West—and you have in Montana, Idaho, and California issues with predation of livestock by predators.”

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Measuring and Valuing: Farmers, workers and community

Sustainable Food Trust

During the pilot, a six-week programme of farm-based activities was offered to participants, including spending time with farm animals, farm walks, foraging and harvesting, healthy cooking demonstrations, collecting honey and getting occupational experience.

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Summer reading 2024: Our recommended food and farming reads

Sustainable Food Trust

Graves looks at how the country-wide shift from traditional mixed farms with carefully managed infield-outfield systems to mass livestock farming – primarily of sheep – has taken its toll. Agriculture had not yet quite arrived as a practice and food was abundant.

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Op-ed: Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer?

Civil Eats

Altogether, more than 159 million poultry livestock in the U.S. The ability [of] birds to forage and express natural behaviors also helps reduce stress, so the bird has a healthier immune system. In December, some 13.2 In the first six weeks of this year, 23.5 million have already died. So far, the risks to humans remains low.

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