National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

NSAC welcomed the pragmatic Senate bill, the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024 (RPFSA) , as an important step toward completing a bipartisan farm bill reauthorization this year. Alternative Manure Management Program (AMMP) The RPFSA does not contain a proposal to support AMMP technologies as envisioned in the ARA or the COWS Act.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

Many of the issues can be boiled down to the sheer concentration of manure they produce. Foster Farms is a poultry company that sells chicken and chicken products in chain grocery stores across the country. In 2002, Kalbach lived on a small farm in Adair County, Iowa—a rural community that today has a population of less than 8,000.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

Many of the issues can be boiled down to the sheer concentration of manure they produce. Foster Farms is a poultry company that sells chicken and chicken products in chain grocery stores across the country. In 2002, Kalbach lived on a small farm in Adair County, Iowa—a rural community that today has a population of less than 8,000.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

Rebel Ventures puts youth at the center of innovating nutritious, enjoyable meals for Philadelphia students, while the Yum Yum Bus , the brainchild of school nutrition workers, ensures that all children who need summer meals get them in rural North Carolina. Meanwhile, in the U.S.,

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

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. Other posts explore how the next farm bill can tackle issues in regional market development, crop insurance access, and more.

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The Equation

AUGUST 10, 2023

Last fall, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and more than 150 other organizations, including nutrition, sustainable farming, rural development, racial equity, labor, and environmental groups, sent a joint letter to President Biden, urging him to prod Congress to pass a new farm bill this year that transforms the US food system.

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Civil Eats

JULY 12, 2023

Last year, a Civil Eats investigation revealed the scope of the rider’s reach: It exempts the vast majority— 96 percent —of meat, dairy, and poultry operations that hire workers in the U.S. Since 2003, our investigation found, more than 13 people have drowned or asphyxiated in manure pits at dairies. from OSHA oversight.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Share Tweet This Story’s Impact 152 MILLION UNIQUE BROWSERS WORLDWIDE High Country News This article is part of FERN’s series Livestock and Rural Communities /.slide-intro By Chris Collins , February 13, 2020 Here are the rural residents who sued the world’s largest hog producer over waste and odors – and won.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Share Tweet This Story’s Impact 152 MILLION UNIQUE BROWSERS WORLDWIDE High Country News This article is part of FERN’s series Livestock and Rural Communities /.slide-intro By Chris Collins , February 13, 2020 Here are the rural residents who sued the world’s largest hog producer over waste and odors – and won.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 15, 2025

Vilsack pushed the third and potentially most significant over the finish line j ust yesterday , making substantive changes to the poultry industrys notorious tournament system. billion in 7,200 on-farm renewable energy projects, including installing manure digesters and solar panels and $6 billion in rural electric coops.

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