Food Tank

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Víctor Manuel Villalobos Arámbula , Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mexico 10:00AM–10:30AM @ The Food Systems Pavilion: Fireside chat discussion about methane. As multiple crises converge — from climate change to pandemics to conflict — rural people need us to invest in them more than ever before.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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