Greenhouse Manure Ruralism 
Food Tank
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
It can also promote healthier soil, reduce pest problems, and boost rural economies. Securing seeds and equipment and building climate-smart infrastructure like greenhouses, requires funding. Integrating livestock with crops can create a closed-loop system where manure provides fertilizer and reduces reliance on external inputs.
Civil Eats
JULY 2, 2024
Since taking over the dairy a decade ago and branding it Foggy Bottoms Boys , the couple has been bucking convention and helping their rural community navigate changing economic tides. A lot of people don’t understand why my cheese costs [four times more than] Walmart’s.” “We’re an important fabric of these rural communities.”
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ATTRA
APRIL 30, 2024
So, when I heard of the mid-scale anaerobic digester being installed at Dickenson College Organic Farm as a demonstration of how small dairy farms can utilize manure and other waste streams to produce on farm energy, I was eager for the opportunity to visit the farm and help spread the word to other farms.
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. In addition, it included increased funds for the Rural Energy for America Program.
RR2CS
JANUARY 13, 2022
They grow a wide range of field and greenhouse vegetables and herbs, and sell their organic produce to customers through a summer and fall Farm Share program , and as well, at Edmonton’s Strathcona Farmer’s Market. A typical manure spreader, what folks call a “honey wagon”, typically sprays manure on the field.
Civil Eats
JANUARY 8, 2024
In this sense, California Plowshares is a return to the kind of rural sharing economies that once arose naturally between farmers in tight-knit communities but have become much less common in recent years. Every year, they pool funds to add to their growing collection of tools.
Modern Farmer
AUGUST 28, 2023
Researchers and farmers say silvopastures help improve the health of the soil by protecting it from wind and water, while encouraging an increase of nutrient-rich organic matter, like cow manure, onto the land. The sector accounts for roughly 11 percent of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to the USDA.
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