Food Tank

JUNE 12, 2024

Meats is working to create opportunities for small farms and ranches to support a more localized food system. “We’re We’re living in a time when the health of our planet is in peril, and regenerative agriculture offers a beacon of hope,” Pollard tells Food Tank. “By

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Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

As such, his grandfather, who lived through the 1955 deluge, often stressed the proper maintenance of the berms protecting the ranch from the nearby Tule River—a lesson echoed by his father, who faced a similar event in 1983. But the epic flooding this past March was simply unprecedented, says the owner of Lerda-Goni Farms.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Patrick Brown, who was named North Carolinas Small Farmer of the Year by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University this year, grows almost 200 acres of industrial hemp for both oil and fiber, and 11 acres and several greenhouses of vegetablesbeets, kale, radishes, peppers, okra, and bok choy.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 13, 2023

Department of Agriculture (USDA) program, this amalgam of farming methods aims to keep the American agricultural juggernaut steaming ahead while slashing the sector’s immense greenhouse gas footprint. billion to hundreds of agriculture organizations, corporations, universities, and nonprofits for climate-smart projects.

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Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 31, 2023

The film unravels some of the issues that have driven our present-day problems, and points to a way forward that draws on the time-honoured practices of mixed rotational farming, eschewing extractive industrial food production for a more hopeful, sustainable future. Film poster courtesy of Mystic Arts. on Amazon Prime/Apple TV/iTunes.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

This frequency with which polluting industries are built in these communities is evidence of ongoing environmental injustice. Growing up i n Michigan, the rapid consolidation of dairy farms due to industrialized agriculture led her family to the very difficult decision to sell their dairy.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 12, 2024

Here in Wauchula, a small farming town in Central Florida, cattle ranching is king. We’re here today to sign the bill that continues our commitment to having a vibrant agriculture industry,” DeSantis announced. The potential to make meat, only without the ranch, has felt like a blow to generational farmers like Holley.

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