Manure Pasture Science 
Food Politics
JANUARY 16, 2024
A reader, Kris, sent me this query: I hope in a future writing you can help sort out the mixed statements I’m reading about how pasture-raised meat lines up in terms of environmental/climate change concerns, (particularly if it doesn’t involve extensive shipping). So, I’m all for pasture grazing.
USDA Blog
MARCH 27, 2024
Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist Sheri Spiegal received an exciting award recognizing her pioneering work integrating social science and biophysical science with stakeholder engagement to help animal producers and crop farmers improve the redistribution of manure nutrients from farms with an excess to fields and pastures that can use it sustainably. (..)
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Civil Eats
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
The impact that the drought is having on pasture is forcing the culling of cattle and reducing the cattle herd.” As a result, farmers have had to make hard choices to prevent the overgrazing of this limited green pasture. And this year, the most influential group in American agriculture has been pointing to big strides made.
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. And though the science is inconclusive around the health impacts , dairy products remain a staple in food assistance programs as a source of protein and other essential nutrients.
Food Politics
AUGUST 15, 2023
The COWS Act would fund upgrades to manure management systems on dairies and other livestock operations, such as implementing composting instead of liquid lagoons and increasing the time cows spend on pasture, to prevent water pollution and reduce methane emissions.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
JANUARY 17, 2024
Table of Contents The Physical Science Focus on Solutions Strong Environmental Justice Discussions Regional Chapters Northern Great Plains Northeast Southeast Caribbean Midwest Southern Great Plains Northwest Southwest Alaska Hawai’i and the U.S.-Affiliated high-efficiency irrigation and genetic modification) rather than systems approaches.
Civil Eats
AUGUST 9, 2023
The COWS Act would fund upgrades to manure management systems on dairies and other livestock operations, such as implementing composting instead of liquid lagoons and increasing the time cows spend on pasture, to prevent water pollution and reduce methane emissions.
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