Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

It’s all grazed pasture,” he says, spared “because the fuel load was low.” Some areas of grazed pasture on Diamond B Ranch went unburned. The privatization of land in the 1850s gave rise to large sugarcane and pineapple plantations—a huge divergence from Native practices of sustainable and diverse farming on communally held plots.

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Plantation Pasture Acre Ranching 124

Civil Eats

MAY 6, 2024

Strips of trees, bushes, grasses, or flowers around agricultural or pasture fields can house higher numbers of small mammals than cropland. For instance, mountain lions, deer, coyotes, foxes, and bobcats can die by ingesting bait meant for pests or by eating pesticide-contaminated prey. And that’s not the only bad news.

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Farming Farming Pesticide Agriculture 143

Civil Eats

JANUARY 23, 2024

Against the backdrop of a carefully managed perennial pasture, the gathering focused on legislative approaches to promoting regenerative farming and ranching practices, which the group believes can galvanize support across partisan and rural-urban divides.

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Agriculture Agriculture Ranching Food 136