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Bringing Youth Back to the Farm in Rural America

Food Tank

Even though we live in rural Iowa, kids don’t have access,” says Melissa Beermann, Monona County Director for Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. Everybody assumes that it’s just farm country, but most kids live in town or if they do live rural, they don’t own property.

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Rural Drinking Water Has a Nitrate Problem

Modern Farmer

This story was produced through a collaboration between the Daily Yonder, which covers rural America, and Climate Central, a nonadvocacy science and news group. And that waste is kept in manure lagoons that are built to leak, according to Adam Voskuil, a staff attorney for Midwest Environmental Advocates.

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Local Activists in Animal Agriculture-Heavy Areas Fight Nitrate Pollution

Daily Yonder

This story was produced through a collaboration between the Daily Yonder, which covers rural America, and Modern Farmer , a a nonprofit covering equity and resiliency in the food system. And that waste is kept in manure lagoons that are built to leak, according to Adam Voskuil, a staff attorney for Midwest Environmental Advocates.

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From Symptoms to Solutions: Addressing the Underlying Causes of Water Quality Degradation – Part 4

UnderstandingAg

Living ground cover is especially critical on acres receiving manure from confinement operations. Industry groups should make it clear to members that cover crops and more in-season application must become part of all manure management plans and programs. This is hands-down the best, most profitable use case for cover crops.

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All Chopped Up with Somewhere to Grow

ATTRA

By Justin Duncan, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Recently we held a goat production class out in Luling, Texas, at the marvelous S3 Legacy Ranch. Both “cut and carry” and “chop and drop” allow for nutrient cycling, especially if the goat manure can be collected and used to fertilize the trees they are eating, closing that loop.

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Can Virtual Fences Help More Ranchers Adopt Regenerative Grazing Practices?

Civil Eats

based Vence , which was acquired by veterinary pharmaceutical giant Merck Animal Health in 2022, has been slowly rolling out a similar system on larger cattle ranches across the West since 2019. That could be a major issue in lots of rural places, including Alvez’s neck of the woods in Vermont, where cell service often cuts in and out.

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Bringing Back Local Milk, Ice Cream, and Cheese

Civil Eats

Since taking over the dairy a decade ago and branding it Foggy Bottoms Boys , the couple has been bucking convention and helping their rural community navigate changing economic tides. A lot of people don’t understand why my cheese costs [four times more than] Walmart’s.” “We’re an important fabric of these rural communities.”

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