Farmbrite

DECEMBER 11, 2023

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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Pasture Ranching Forage Cattle 52

Civil Eats

MAY 6, 2024

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. Runoff from U.S. farms is also a main source of pollution for rivers, lakes, and wetlands.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 12, 2023

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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Farming Farming Meadow Pasture 52

Sustainable Food Trust

AUGUST 6, 2024

The author’s journey into landscapes of the past and the foods they provide takes him far and wide – starting in Çatalhöyük where humans first settled on the land becoming place-based, cultivating emmer wheat and barley, yet still hunting and foraging their food. Agriculture had not yet quite arrived as a practice and food was abundant.

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Food Farming Farming Processing 98

Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 28, 2023

The diversity that the cows graze and eat as forage and the cereals in the parlour, is the ‘blas y tir’ or ‘terroir’ that makes their milk taste sweet and our cheese unique.

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Farming Farming Meadow Straw 52

Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

He planted wheat and other grains directly into the meadows and relied solely on rainfall for much of his acreage. In Grotegut’s case, wheat grown in grasslands is certified as “mixed-species forage” by the USDA’s Farm Service Agency. It soon proved worth it. Water runs right off dry soil, but healthy soil is absorbent.

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Crop Yield Farming Farming 145

Civil Eats

JANUARY 28, 2025

Afterward, they turn the herd out onto organically managed pasture, where the animals eat freely from clover, alfalfa, and a blend of perennial grasses like meadow bromegrass, orchard grass, and fescue. Her first apprenticeship, with mentor grazier Jeff Biddle at Bear Meadows Farm , threw her into a demanding daily routine.

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Farming Farming Pasture Meadow 127