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Extreme Heat: Don’t Let Summer Be a Bummer

ATTRA

Just like us, livestock and plants need extra care during these longer periods of higher temperatures. Livestock performance goes down. Incorporating silvopasture into your operation is a great way to provide livestock with critical shade and shelter while also bringing more carbon into the agroecosystem. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Good Goats Make Good Neighbors

Civil Eats

The goats are part of a growing trend of using livestock to mitigate wildfire risks across the West. Beyond general grazing permits, which the Forest Service has issued since its inception, Thibideau says that last year his region used livestock to graze 4,544 acres specifically to mitigate wildfire.

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A Mid-Scale Anaerobic Biodigester Creates On-Farm Renewable Energy

ATTRA

We traveled to Dickenson College Organic Farm in Carlisle, PA to visit Matt Steiman, Farm Energy and Livestock Manager at the farm. In addition, the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) is a grant program administered through USDA’s Rural Development office. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Carbon Farming in Central and Southern Appalachia

ATTRA

This region has great potential to store atmospheric carbon (greenhouse gases), which is the driver of climate extremes, e.g., more frequent droughts, prolonged heat, higher average daily temperatures, and changes in rain intensity, timing, and amounts (flooding events). and the world. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Saturday, Dec. 9

Food Tank

Víctor Manuel Villalobos Arámbula , Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mexico 10:00AM–10:30AM @ The Food Systems Pavilion: Fireside chat discussion about methane. Breakfast, coffee, networking 9–9:30; briefing 9:30–10. LIVESTREAM HERE! Speakers include: H.E. LIVESTREAM HERE !

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Waste and Water Woes

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

CAFOs — specifically their large manure lagoons — are also a huge source of methane , a potent greenhouse gas, as well as ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and particulate matter, 3 all of which pose risks to human health. Livestock have the potential to be valued less for meat, dairy and wool and more for the waste they produce.

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125 Food and Agriculture Organizations to Watch in 2025

Food Tank

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. agricultural policy.

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