Modern Farmer

JANUARY 30, 2025

Years ago, author Paula Whyman left her DC-area home in search of a rural spot, hoping to get back to nature. The forest encroached on the meadow, pioneer poplar, locust, and sassafras saplings taking the lead. It would serve as a living example of how to restore native meadows! An old pasture filled in with blackberry.

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Meadow Farming Farming Orchard 46

RR2CS

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Based on my experience working with Rural Routes to Climate Solutions over the last six years, agriculture has enough humility and modesty when it comes to belief in one’s self. The differences between South Glanton and Bla-Kar weren’t as big as the differences between the three farms I wrote about in Regenerating Rural Opportunities.

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Meadow Ruralism Pasture Agriculture 52

RR2CS

APRIL 4, 2023

Welcome back to the Rural Routes to Climate Solutions podcast’s Getting Through Drought series, which looks at the best management practices cow-calf producers in Alberta can use to build up the resiliency of their ranch against drought. The post EP60 Grazing & People appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions.

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Meadow Ranching Ruralism Food 52

The Lunatic Farmer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

They don’t watch TV all evening; they can tomatoes and chase fireflies in the meadow. Many have zero rural experience, connections, or history. We need more people in rural America to make a critical mass that will keep the livestock, equipment, and feed suppliers in business. These newcomers need a why.

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Ruralism Livestock Supply Chain Meadow 101

Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Typical wildflower meadows being grazed in southern Albania Outside the major cities, fresh fruit and vegetables still make up a significant proportion of the diet, and local varieties continue to retain a foothold, although their future is uncertain.

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Seeding Food Maize Cultivation 124

Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 12, 2023

While these networks remain strong in many ways, there are also vulnerabilities due to the erosion of local services and infrastructure within rural communities. He sees it as a way of revitalising rural communities and giving space for new enterprises to develop. Straus feels that “ collaborating with the next generation is essential.”

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Farming Farming Meadow Pasture 52

Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

But solar projects are increasingly being refused planning permission and faced with pushback from rural communities and farmers, who are worried that PV arrays will " blight " the local landscape and take fertile farmland out of production.

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