ATTRA

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

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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Food Tank

DECEMBER 10, 2023

emits greenhouse gas equal to that of 50 million gas-powered cars. Climate-resilient rural communities. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Concrete Ways to Take Action: Add your name for human rights: via UNEP : A clean & healthy environment is a human right. Start composting: via NRDC : Food waste in the U.S. Read more HERE.

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ATTRA

JANUARY 2, 2024

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JUNE 14, 2023

Photo credit: USDA Editor’s Note: This guest post by Michael Happ, Program Associate for Climate and Rural Communities at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, (IATP), discusses how popular conservation programs should focus on small-scale and sustainable farms, not industrial-scale farms. Accessed May 3, 2023. NRCS Protracts.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

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. There is no life limit on healthy soil, says farmer Gerardo Martinez, CEO of GALA.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) , Asia AFA works to empower and strengthen the capacities of leaders and technical staff to increase resilience and combat hunger. They currently have 13 urban agricultural facilities, school gardens, hydroponic greenhouses, and soil-based farms.

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Agwired

MARCH 1, 2024

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Dr. Basil Gooden as USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development. The Agribusiness Association of Iowa (AAI) Foundation announced that its building will be named after Bill Northey and simply called “The Northey Building”. cotton acres. Saying U.S.

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Sustainable Harvest International

OCTOBER 8, 2024

New York, United States - Small-scale farmers in the global south hold the key to over 50% of the United Nations’ goal for net greenhouse gas reductions. Other organizations featured included Patagonia Provisions, Amazon Frontlines, and the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA).

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Moreover, they have more potential to contribute to greenhouse gas mitigation via carbon sequestration. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions means moving away from the use of high-energy and polluting nitrogenous fertilizers. Diverse plants and manure must take their place. USDA agencies, such as ARS perform the remainder.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 7, 2024

For example, livestock production, fertilizer use and deforestation for farm expansion exacerbate greenhouse gas emissions. Food systems both contribute to and are impacted by climate change, noted Oliver Oliveros, Coordinator of the Agroecology Coalition. And food systems are vulnerable to volatile weather patterns and land degradation.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024 was recently introduced by U.S. This bill builds on the framework she shared earlier this year, with even more concrete proposals aimed at boosting rural communities and supporting farmers. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI).

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Locally grown food is a powerful driver of sustainable rural development. " The SCVFA is also hosting two more of its popular winter farmers markets on February 16 and March 16 from noon-3pm in the greenhouses of the Acreage in Osceola. Paul markets just to generate enough sales to stay in business.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Other posts explore how the next farm bill can tackle issues in regional market development, crop insurance access, and more. In comparison to the enormous opportunity that sustainable and organic agriculture represents for farmers and rural communities, federal investment in related research, education, and extension has been minuscule.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

As it reads now, the bill fails to prioritize equitable farmland access, divests from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and strikes climate provisions that would assist farmers in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preparing for extreme weather events. The committee considered the bill in a 13.5-hour

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

By threatening to renege on these contracts, the Trump Administration is breaking commitments to farmers and threatening the economic stability of rural America. The nations farmers, and rural America as a whole, deserve the certainty that the USDA will honor its commitments and immediately release funds on all signed contracts.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Meanwhile, the German Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, (Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau, or FiBL), evaluated nitrogen use in agriculture and found that 85 to 95 percent of the nitrogen fertilizer used is wasted—at which point it enters the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas or pollutes nearby waterways.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

In February 2024, after three years of research, public meetings, and subcommittee meetings, the commissionwhich included civil rights advocates, diverse farm group representatives, and rural development experts presented its final report to former Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.

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