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Farm Bill Coalition Letter

NASDA

Blackland Cotton & Grain Producers Association Bongards’ Creameries California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association California Association of Wheat Growers California Citrus Mutual California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association California Dairies, Inc.

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Farm Bill Coalition Letter

NASDA

Bayer Bayou Land Conservancy Bernheim Forest and Arboretum Biotechnology Innovation Organization Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Black Appalachian Coalition Blood Origins Bongards’ Creameries Brattset Family Farm Caddo Lake Institute California Beet Growers Association California Citrus Mutual California Dairies, Inc California Farm Bureau California (..)

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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. Brown leaves sagged from the tips of branches, and most of the berries had dried up like prunes, black and wrinkled. English holly’s green and red appearance evokes the Christmas holiday. It’s been a very effective injection,” Mustin said.

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Hot? Hungry? Step Inside These Food Forests

Modern Farmer

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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Why California Wineries are Embracing Fire to Avoid Disaster

Modern Farmer

They’re well pruned. principal forestry program manager for the Napa County Resource Conservation District , which provides technical and financial support to the community and educates people about being better stewards of the land. Grapevines are very resilient,” he says. “I They’re almost like mini-fire breaks on the landscape.”

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Coalition Letter Supporting USDA Secretary Nominee Brooke Rollins

NASDA

We need her leadership now at USDA to advocate for a new farm bill, stabilize an agricultural economy in decline, support the full food and agriculture and forestry value chain, and continue American agricultures long history of providing the most secure, affordable and nutritious food supply in the world.

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