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Building Resilience Through the Conservation Stewardship Program

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

E340C), and bundles start with a B (ex. B000CPL24). Table 1 provides a snapshot of how many CSAF conservation activities were funded through CSP contracts in FY21.

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Correcting the Record: The IRA Made More Money Available for All Conservation Work

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

In practice, separate IRA and Farm Bill funding pools mean that farmers hoping to implement Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry (CSAF) practices, conservation activities that have long been available in EQIP and CSP, will receive funding from the IRA pool created within the conservation program they apply to. Appendix Table 1.

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Farmer Conservation Stories: Why Inflation Reduction Act Funding Must Remain Focused on Climate Change

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Last week’s post highlighted the stories of farmers who have used practices from the Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry practice list to build climate resilience and mitigation solutions. For example, at Eckert’s Farm in Belleville, MO, Chris Eckert has seen extreme freezes killing off parts of his peach orchard.

Pasture 101
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Agritech News: Shared opportunities

Agritech NZ

Ministry for Primary Industries – the public service department of New Zealand charged with overseeing, managing and regulating the farming, fishing, food, animal welfare, biosecurity and forestry sectors of New Zealand’s primary industries.

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How to Start Community Agroforestry Projects: Advice from 11 Forest Gardens

ATTRA

What are the skillsets, knowledge, experiences, and resources that the community could contribute to a forest garden or community orchard? Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, National Agroforestry Center, under the authority of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978. What about forest gardens gets people excited?

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Wild Nuts Are Making a Comeback in Southern Appalachia

Civil Eats

Robust processing capacity could also encourage those who own land to establish new orchards planted with under-appreciated species. Like eating wild nuts itself, Holt says, such an approach to forestry would represent a return to older patterns of life. “I I think it’s important for us to get back to that place,” he says.

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Horrible Holly: A Festive Plant Runs Amok

Modern Farmer

22-caliber shells he’d purchased online from a forestry supply store in Colorado. Plant a holly orchard and let nature do the work for you,” read one brochure. English holly’s green and red appearance evokes the Christmas holiday. Photo: Shutterstock) Mustin knelt and dug into his backpack, pulling out a plastic tube containing.22-caliber

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