Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Forest Service committed last fall to urban and small-scale forestry projects across the United States, aiming to make communities more resilient to climate change and extreme heat. Merchant’s initiative fits into a national trend of combining forestry — and Forest Service funding — with efforts to feed people.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

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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Agritech NZ

APRIL 19, 2023

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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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 6, 2023

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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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 15, 2023

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.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 3, 2023

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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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 19, 2023

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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