National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Anthony, IN, has substantially reduced the impacts of downpours on his farm by adopting managed rotational grazing and improving his pastures. While farmers like Fischer are avid proponents of the need to address greenhouse gas emissions, others may be less certain about that need. A clover crop interseeded into pasture.

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Pasture Crop Orchard Farming 101

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

Greater increases in structural, variety, and species diversity may be created with agroforestry systems, mixing trees and shrubs into annual and perennial grain, legume, and vegetable crops. More diversity within pasture polycultures can enhance the nutritional quality, animal health benefits (e.g.,

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Agriculture Agriculture Pasture Crop Rotation 89

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 23, 2024

. “Dog food” is regulated loosely compared to human fare, allowing even meat deemed unfit for human consumption due to things such as disease and contamination and moldy grains , a recipe for endless pet food recalls. full_link LEARN MORE White Oak Pastures uses “radically traditional” farming methods.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In August 2022, Congress passed the historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a landmark piece of legislation that provided nearly $20 billion dollars to the United States Department of Agriculture for various programs capable of reducing greenhouse gasses across our food and farm system, including CSP.

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UnderstandingAg

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

It reduces greenhouse (GHG) gas emissions. Or have they studied the nutritional profile of regeneratively produced grass fed and pasture raised meats? If we are producing grass-fed beef, then we do not need grains or other feedstuffs? Pasture and range conditions are significantly better.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Furthermore, Scully and her colleagues write, “We choose to call these ‘unnatural disasters’ because they are driven by the increase in greenhouse gases generated by human activities. Moreover, if greenhouse gases are not reduced, extreme weather will continue to cause crop loss, and inflation could rise as much as 3.3

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Last year, the foundation supported the production of a report on greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture , which played a significant role in the national conversation around regenerative agriculture. If Walmart does that, it goes against every grain of their corporate culture.”

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CalCAN

APRIL 6, 2023

Farming is also an important contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Side by side with that loss of diversity was a long growth in greenhouse gas emissions that has only recently begun to be addressed. public, across party lines, is concerned about the impacts of climate change on agriculture and food production.

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Agriculture Agriculture Greenhouse Food 52

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 21, 2023

Although proponents argue that a shift to lab-grown practices can dramatically lower greenhouse gasses, as well as reduce both land and water usage, some detractors claim that cultured meat may actually be worse for the environment than the real thing. Photography by Good Meat.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 3, 2023

The conventional meat industry is one of the leading sources of greenhouse gas emissions. And most estimates have shown that land is a limiting factor if all animal-based protein were to be grazed responsibly on pasture, based on current dietary trends. Controlled Environment Agriculture A CEA farm growing tomatoes.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The previous evening, when I had closed up the greenhouse for the night, there had been a perfect row of beautiful young pepper plants just getting ready to flower. Then I realized that my outside greenhouse light, which automatically turned on at dusk, was negatively impacting the ability of the owls to hunt in the dark.

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Livestock Crop Farming Farming 139

Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

“The impact that the drought is having on pasture is forcing the culling of cattle and reducing the cattle herd.” percent of total greenhouse gas emissions between 2021 and 2022—the sharpest drop of all sectors in 2022. As a result, farmers have had to make hard choices to prevent the overgrazing of this limited green pasture.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

They help farmers and ranchers keep drinking water clean for our urban and rural communities, build soil resilience and limit the impacts of severe drought and flooding, provide healthy habitats for wildlife, mitigate agriculture’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and support farm operations that are productive and sustainable long-term.

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Ruralism Food Farming Farming 110

Civil Eats

JANUARY 23, 2024

Against the backdrop of a carefully managed perennial pasture, the gathering focused on legislative approaches to promoting regenerative farming and ranching practices, which the group believes can galvanize support across partisan and rural-urban divides.

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Agriculture Agriculture Ranching Food 142

Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Some of the farmers decided to plant more cover crops or adopt prescribed grazing plans for healthier pastures. Eventually, the panels would save the farm about $5,000 a year on electricity by powering their heated greenhouses and selling energy back to the grid.

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