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

Civil Eats

They disperse seeds, pollinate, and transfer nutrients across landscapes, supporting healthy plant populations, and they alter their environments in ways that enhance biodiversity. In addition to every species’ inherent value, mammals are vital in the natural order. They even mitigate climate change. Runoff from U.S.

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How Crop Insurance Prevents Some Farmers From Adapting to Climate Change

Civil Eats

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. I just seed the minimal level of 10 pounds [of flax] an acre with my peas.

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Fifty years of nurturing nature

Sustainable Food Trust

Patrick has been using diverse seed mixes since he started at Bwlchwernen in 1973. 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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