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Local Activists in Animal Agriculture-Heavy Areas Fight Nitrate Pollution

Daily Yonder

There was one [Sunnyside] family that had built an outdoor swimming pool for their grandchildren to enjoy, and one of the dairies came in and built a manure lagoon right next to the swimming pool,” she said. The community wanted to avoid the issues they’d heard about in Sunnyside, a small town about 50 miles east of the Yakima Reservation.

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Rural Drinking Water Has a Nitrate Problem

Modern Farmer

There was one [Sunnyside] family that had built an outdoor swimming pool for their grandchildren to enjoy, and one of the dairies came in and built a manure lagoon right next to the swimming pool,” she said. The community wanted to avoid the issues they’d heard about in Sunnyside, a small town about 50 miles east of the Yakima Reservation.

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Sustainability Project Transforms Cafeteria Waste into Usable Compost

ATTRA

Biochar is a charcoal-like substance made by burning organic material from agricultural and forestry wastes (wood chips, logging slash, manure, or other plant byproducts) in a low-oxygen environment. To increase the value and effectiveness of the compost, they add 10% biochar into the mix.

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Virginia Tech Receives Record $80m Towards Climate-Smart Farming

World Agri-Tech

The initiative will help agriculture and forestry — the largest private sector industries in Virginia — continue to thrive. Agriculture and forestry combine for an annual economic impact of over $90 billion. They are a crucial component of Virginia’s economy, especially in our rural areas.

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PFAS Shut Maine Farms Down. Now, Some Are Rebounding.

Civil Eats

Others have been able to relieve the problem through water treatments and removal of affected hay and manure. We are trying to be as optimistic as possible that there will be feasible scientific strategies in the future,” says Nancy McBrady, deputy commissioner of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry (DACF).

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Transfarmation: The Movement to Free Us From Factory Farming

Modern Farmer

Agricultural work is some of the most dangerous work in the country, ranking third among all occupations in fatal injuries together with forestry, fishing, and hunting. Black communities in the South, many of whom are descendants of enslaved people, are also disproportionately affected by factory farms.

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Using Grazing Animals to Reduce the Risk of Wildfires

CalCAN

By converting vegetation into food, fiber, and manure, prescribed grazing also naturally cycles nutrients and removes fine fuels more effectively than the two most common vegetation management alternatives: fossil fuel powered mechanical equipment and chemical herbicide treatments.