Food Tank

MARCH 19, 2025

Dodge County, Incorporated: Big Ag and the Undoing of Rural America by Sonja Trom Eayrs Attorney and farmers daughter Eayrs chronicles the long history of havoc wreaked by corporate farms on rural communities. And Hawken reveals what possibilities the element may open up in the future.

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Sustainable Food Trust

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

To others, they represent an inefficient use of land and would be much better put under forestry or bioenergy crops to help the nation meet its net zero targets. ” We know that we can manage our grasslands in a way that works for rural communities and the environment alike. more nuanced positions.

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Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 1, 2024

As well as growing food, farmers are tasked with delivering a broad spectrum of ‘public goods’ – from wildlife habitat and healthy soils to public access and rural employment. Is it the period 1750-1850 when most of the present rural features were planted or built? The money to sustain the rural environment. What of the Future?

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National Young Farmers Coalition

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) introduced the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024, S.5335 5335 , sharing a detailed vision for keeping farmers farming, families fed, and rural communities strong. (November 25, 2024) On Monday, November 18th, U.S.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The funding opportunities listed below are broken down into three categories: Research and Education Local Food (including urban and rural-focused programs) and Nutrition Climate, Conservation, and Energy The Requests for Applications (RFA) in this post are organized by category and then by application date, from earliest deadline to furthest out.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MARCH 7, 2024

They will be joined by Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow , who will make remarks, and by USDA Under Secretary of Conservation Robert Bonnie, who will lead a roundtable discussion. Light refreshments will be provided at the event.

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NASDA

JULY 25, 2024

We write to express our gratitude for your efforts to advance the 2024 farm bill within your jurisdictions and to seek your continued support for passing this critical legislation before the end of the year. If Congress does not come together this year to enact a bipartisan farm bill, the legislative process will begin anew in the 119th Congress.

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The Equation

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Although the documentary highlights the plight of Black heirs’ property owners, heirs’ property is not just an issue associated with Black folks who live in rural areas. The issue of heirs’ property can be seen as an equal opportunity employer.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

APRIL 25, 2024

Photo credit: USDA Last week, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) announced that it will partner with Reinvestment Fund, a national mission-driven financial institution, to fund 16 public-private partnerships. Example: NSAC member Coastal Enterprises, Inc.

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Daily Yonder

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This story was produced through a collaboration between the Daily Yonder, which covers rural America, and Modern Farmer , a a nonprofit covering equity and resiliency in the food system. Most activities associated with farming, ranching, and forestry can be exempted from the Clean Water Act if the operator obtains a permit to pollute.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Senate Proposal Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Debbie Stabenow’s (D-MI) proposal, the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act , offers several provisions that would help address some barriers that exist for farmers to access capital to begin and grow their operations.

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Todays Farmer Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2023

Value-added agricultural producers now have access to a variety of hands-on assistance and resources through the new Missouri Agriculture, Food and Forestry Innovation Center (MAFFIC). Supported by a two-year, $1.3

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We appreciate the efforts of committee leaders to develop a farm bill and their recognition of farmers’ contributions to provide food, feed, fuel, and fiber to consumers here at home and abroad.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Accelerating Biochar To replicate partnerships like Soil Cycle and Bad Goat Lumber’s and scale up biochar production for use in agriculture and forestry, the country needs a coordinated research program to inform farmers, ranchers, foresters, and gardeners on which types of biochar will work in their conditions. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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ATTRA

APRIL 16, 2024

Related ATTRA Resources ATTRA Climate Primer Carbon Farm Planning Other Resources COMET-Planner website Climate- Smart Agriculture and Forestry (CSAF) Mitigation Activities List for FY2024 Start Using COMET-Planner COMET-Planner Companion Report/Guide Soil Carbon Debt of 12,000 Years of Human Land Use This blog is produced by the National Center for (..)

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Todays Farmer Magazine

MAY 24, 2024

million acres of oak that could be severely damaged or killed if infested with spongy moths, which would greatly impact the state’s forestry economy. Nearly 3,200 traps are set out each summer, both in urban and rural settings. The Show-Me State has approximately 12.5 Temporary traps are set in May each year.

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Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Given its recent explosion in popularity, and the genuine concern this has caused in rural communities, I think it is worth highlighting a few of the more valid concerns about rewilding, as well as some of its limitations. Concerns about rewilding Many rewilding advocates are supportive of hill farming when practised in a nature-friendly way.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 2, 2024

That day, I’d driven from my home in Atlanta to Craig’s home in rural North Carolina. 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. I’d failed every previous attempt. But it ended up being so much more.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MARCH 14, 2025

USDA staff in all agencies provide essential services to farmers, ranchers, and rural communities. In many cases, they are hard working, valued members of the rural communities they serve all across the country. Further, NRCS, and FSA staff located in county service centers are hardworking, respected members of rural communities.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 3, 2024

Last Month, Chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), published a detailed preview of the Senate draft Farm Bill, the “Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024.” Young Farmers member and Land Stewardship Project advocate, Tessa Parks , will be testifying.

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World Agri-Tech

OCTOBER 13, 2023

According to Thompson, the credit for the pilot concept belongs to RIPE (Rural Investment to Protect our Environment). agriculture both domestically and internationally, build wealth that stays in rural communities, and support a diverse range of producers and operation types.” billion in funding for 70 climate-smart projects.

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Agwired

APRIL 10, 2024

Department of Agriculture published the second edition of Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Agriculture and Forestry: Methods for Entity Scale Inventory. startup companies developing innovative solutions to challenges faced by America’s farmers, ranchers and rural communities.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, National Agroforestry Center, under the authority of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978. This publication was also made possible in part by a cooperative agreement with the United States Botanic Garden, and by a grant from the U.S.

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Food Tank

JULY 2, 2024

Barefoot Biodynamics: How Cows, Compost, and Community Help Us Understand Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture Course by Jeff Poppen In Barefoot Biodynamics , Jeff Poppen integrates stories from his time in rural Tennessee in his guide to biodynamic principles and practices.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Perhaps ironically, the mixes have sold best not in rural Virginia but at markets in Washington, D.C. Like eating wild nuts itself, Holt says, such an approach to forestry would represent a return to older patterns of life. “I Acorn is a wildness supplement—Vitamin W.”

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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. Photo credit: Cathy Day Editor’s Note: This post is the second in a two-part series.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

September 28, 2023) – Yesterday morning, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry held a hearing titled “Foreign Ownership in U.S. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Yahaira Cáceres, Policy Team Manager National Young Farmers Coalition yahaira@youngfarmers.org Washington D.C. Agriculture.” The hearing, chaired by U.S.

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Coalition Against Hunger

MAY 5, 2023

The farm bill consists of 12 “titles”, covering topics such as conservation, rural development, and forestry. Approximately every five years, Congress reauthorizes the Farm Bill, a large piece of legislation that authorizes most federal policies governing food and agriculture programs.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 12, 2023

Visitors to the rural area will notice that cattle ranches dominate the landscape, once covered by Amazonian forests. For almost 17 years, Amazonian Farms has been transforming local methods for the appropriation and use of Amazonian resources, with rural families actively participating.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

NSAC welcomed the pragmatic Senate bill, the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024 (RPFSA) , as an important step toward completing a bipartisan farm bill reauthorization this year. There are several dedicated rural partnership investments with the potential to dramatically increase support for regional food enterprises.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry to detail the current economic situation that family farmers and ranchers are facing. Discussing the uncertainty stemming from recent federal funding freezes, he stressed the need for clear, stable policies to support rural communities.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) , Asia AFA empowers small-scale farmers, fishers, Indigenous peoples, and rural communities across Asia through advocacy, capacity building, and knowledge sharing. There is no life limit on healthy soil, says farmer Gerardo Martinez, CEO of GALA. agricultural policy.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) , Asia AFA works to empower and strengthen the capacities of leaders and technical staff to increase resilience and combat hunger. Nobody wants farmers in urban and rural contexts to go hungry,” Reverend Eugene Cho, CEO and President of Bread for the World tells Food Tank.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Private investment in food and agriculture systems are designed to maximize a narrow concept of economic efficiency which fails to prioritize the well-being of small family farmers, rural communities, or the land. “In In 2019, US farmers spent $118 billion to purchase seed and plants, fertilizers, animal feed, and agricultural chemicals.

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The Lunatic Farmer

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Agriculture and forestry represent Virginia’s largest economic sector, accounting for 442,000 jobs and a yearly economic impact of $91 billion. A Spanish idiom our family learned during our time in Venezuela during the 1950s roughly translates to “tell them any old silly.” I appreciate hearing from you on this issue.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Specifically, NSAC priorities include investing in healthy urban and rural communities, leveling the playing field for small and mid-sized farms, and building a climate resilient future.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 4, 2023

By strengthening connections between rural and urban areas, the Regional Food Business Centers will drive economic opportunities across the region, creating a more diversified and resilient food system. Lead Organization Selected for Each Center: Appalachia USDA Regional Food Business Center , Rural Action Inc. territories.

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