Greenhouse Pasture Ranching 
Food Environment and Reporting Network
MARCH 27, 2024
By the early 20 th century, decades of timber-cutting and overgrazing had left the ranching region in southern states barren, its nutrient-rich native grasses replaced by a motley assortment of plants that made poor forage. An overgrazed fescue pasture in Elk Creek, Missouri. It’s a longstanding problem, and it’s spreading.
Civil Eats
JULY 2, 2024
From pasture to parlor, its organic, butterfat-rich milk travels less than 10 miles, produced by a herd of Jerseys pasture-raised on the misty coast. However, critics highlight their outsized environmental impact, including excessive water use and pollution caused by concentrated waste, as well as greenhouse gas emissions.
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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Wild Weather Threatens Farm Viability Although the IRA funds are directed at greenhouse gas mitigation, many forms of agricultural climate mitigation also increase farm resilience. At the same time, they decrease greenhouse gas emissions. Perennial livestock systems have similar capacities to reduce vulnerability to climate impacts.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
JULY 14, 2023
Prairie strips are one means of increasing biodiversity and perennial presence in fields Diversification in practice Diversification may mean a variety of changes in a farm or ranch system. More diversity within pasture polycultures can enhance the nutritional quality, animal health benefits (e.g.,
Civil Eats
AUGUST 29, 2023
He used a conventional approach: He diligently mowed his animals’ pastures to control weeds, added lime to make the soil less acidic, and applied fertilizer to boost productivity. “I’m trying to figure out what it looks like to be wedded to a place with more of a conservation mindset while still producing food.”
Civil Eats
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
His mom, Christy Walton—widow to Sam’s son John—has a net worth of about $11 billion, which she has used to fund restaurants, large ocean aquaculture projects, and a 40,000-acre ranch that offers a “regenerative experience” to tourists and has acted as a site for research on land and livestock management.
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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