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How Syntropic Agriculture Restores Soil and Farms

ATTRA

Regular pruning to manage plant succession and promote vigorous growth. ‘Chop and drop’ mulching, where pruned biomass becomes ground cover to build organic matter and protect the soil. Livestock integration, particularly with poultry and ruminants, to enhance nutrient cycling and manage undergrowth.

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Milk from the desert: How grazing camels boost environmental and human health in water-stressed regions

Sustainable Food Trust

Grazing livestock are a key focus of the SFT’s work and the subject of our next report, due out later this year. The Raika state that camel foraging has a positive pruning effect on the acacias and other trees, inducing them to branch out stronger. While weeding the fields, the camels also fertilise them with their manure.

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Coalition Letter Supporting USDA Secretary Nominee Brooke Rollins

NASDA

Rollins has been engaged in American agriculture since an early age, baling hay and raising livestock in Glen Rose, Texas. She continues to raise livestock today and is now passing her passion for agriculture on to her children, who are also involved in FFA and showing steers.

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Coalition letter supporting Luke Lindberg’s nomination to be the next Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs

NASDA

California Date Commission California Fresh Fruit Association California Prune Board Cayuga Milk Ingredients CHS Inc. Livestock Genetics Export U.S. Blue Diamond Growers California Citrus Mutual California Dairies, Inc. Growth Energy Hadrick Ranch Hilmar Cheese Company HP Hood LLC Idaho Dairymen’s Association, Inc.