National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The Strengthening Local Processing Act (SLPA) is the most comprehensive meat processing bill around, with specific provisions that address competition, demand for local products, and access to value added services in the meat processing sector.

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Processing Poultry Farming Farming 110

ATTRA

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Tomatoes: Versatile Crop : Tomatoes can be sold fresh, used for canning or sauce-making, or even processed into other products, offering flexibility for small farmers. Storage and Preservation : Peppers can be stored for longer periods than leafy greens, reducing the pressure to sell quickly and allowing for value-added processing.

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Farming Farming Harvest Harvester 98

Agric4profits

AUGUST 17, 2024

Simple, low-cost, traditional food processing techniques are the bedrock of small-scale food processing enterprises that are crucial to rural development

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Processing Food Rural Development Ruralism 40

NASDA

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is currently recruiting for a State Administrative Manager 15 – Chief Science Officer within the Executive Office. This position is located at Constitution Hall, 525 W. Allegan St.,

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Science Rural Development Ruralism Processing 130

Food Tank

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In 2013, when GAIN formed a partnership with Nidan and the Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society— JEEViKA , which is an autonomous body under the Government of Bihar’s Department of Rural Development. That guarantees both the continued production and long-term employment. It is a win-win.

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Food Ruralism Rural Development Mechanics 82

NASDA

JANUARY 22, 2024

EPA has stated that the agency faces several challenges in developing timely and effective strategies that protect listed endangered species in a way that is both practical for pesticide users to implement and timely to protect species.

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Agriculture Agriculture Pesticide Food 312

Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

the FDAs 2002 advisory, which labels kava as an unapproved food additive with potential health risks, still rules, lumping traditional preparations together with processed products. The state ruling recognizes noble kava cultivars brewed with water or coconut water as safe, while warning against alcohol-based extracts and processed products.

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Food Plantation Acre Production 129

ATTRA

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This how-to video explains the process of building your own vacuum seeder from start to finish at a fraction of the cost of commercial models. This how-to video explains the process of building your own vacuum seeder from start to finish at a fraction of the cost of commercial models. Department of Agriculture.

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Greenhouse Rural Development Seeding Processing 98

ATTRA

AUGUST 6, 2024

Farmers deal with a complex web of processes in diverse areas that may be under their purvue, including crops, livestock, finance, recordkeeping, harvesting, marketing, etc. Let’s create a table of processes that are found underneath those categories to keep track of errors that occur. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Crop Yield Yield Processing Harvest 98

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The combination of programs ensures they each have permanent funding and encourages coordination between the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and Rural Development. This new application seeks to simplify applications and reporting processes to increase the accessibility of the program for small and rural organizations.

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Farming Farming Crop Marketing 52

ATTRA

APRIL 8, 2024

In this video, Russell Hollander of Care2Grow Farm in Naples, Florida, guides us through the captivating journey of medicinal and gourmet mushroom cultivation, unveiling the intricate process from substrate to harvest. Explore the incredible potential of mushrooms and discover additional streams of income that mushroom production can offer!

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Rural Development Production Farming Farming 52

ATTRA

APRIL 16, 2024

By Cody Brown and Darron Gaus , NCAT Agriculture Specialists Carbon Farm Planning is a rewarding process for producers and conservation planners, as we “dig deep” and find all the potential carbon sinks and soil health practices that can be implemented across the landscape. To answer that question, we use a tool called COMET-Planner.

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Greenhouse Ranching Processing Acre 98

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The complicated and unique FY2024 appropriations process was a product of the times. As we have noted before, Congress has developed an increasing inability to enact appropriations legislation on time.

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Farming Farming Agriculture Agriculture 132

NASDA

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Our producers need federal agencies who oversee the H-2A and H-2B process, specifically the Department of Labor and Department of Homeland Security, to work collaboratively with USDA to develop a long-term strategy for addressing these challenges.”

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Agriculture Agriculture Supply Chain Food 147

NASDA

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

NASDA also requests that DHS clarify how the agency proposes to investigate and confirm whistleblower accounts and claims, as well as what due process protections will be provided to the agricultural employer. NASDA requests that the agency clarify the details of this immigration process in the final rulemaking.

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Supply Chain Agriculture Agriculture Processing 130

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MARCH 14, 2024

LAMP was established in the 2018 Farm Bill to streamline program administration for these three programs and the Value-Added Producer Grant program (which is administered by Rural Development) and provide permanent baseline funding status for existing efforts to build and expand local and regional food and agriculture markets.

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Marketing Food Agriculture Agriculture 116

ATTRA

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

By Hakeem Holmes, NCAT Agriculture Specialist Lean is a business process improvement concept that focuses on the elimination of non-value-added activities from processes, which are defined as waste. Producing more than is needed or producing faster than the next stage of value-added processing can lead to overproduction.

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Farming Farming Processing Livestock 75

ATTRA

JANUARY 8, 2024

He shares the process of creating a grazing plan for The Piney Woods School Farm and discusses the ways that having a grazing plan can benefit the land and benefit farmers financially. In this video, NCAT Grazing Specialist Lee Rinehart talks about the importance of writing and following a grazing plan.

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Technology Rural Development Ruralism Processing 52

ATTRA

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Harvesting salad greens can be a slow and labor-intensive process. This video is produced by the National Center for Appropriate Technology through the ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture program, under a cooperative agreement with USDA Rural Development. Department of Agriculture.

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Harvest Harvester Harvesting Mechanics 52

Agwired

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Wade will be the staff lead for NASDA’s Plant Agriculture and Pesticide Regulations and Rural Development and Financial Security Committees. Beck’s , the largest family-owned retail seed company in the United States, is excited to announce the groundbreaking of its new soybean processing facility in New Madrid, Missouri.

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Agriculture Agriculture Rural Development Ruralism 45

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

APRIL 25, 2024

Photo credit: USDA Last week, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) announced that it will partner with Reinvestment Fund, a national mission-driven financial institution, to fund 16 public-private partnerships. Example: NSAC member Coastal Enterprises, Inc.

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Finance Food Rural Development Ruralism 64

ATTRA

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Not only do roots mechanically help to open the soil by pushing their way through the soil, but more importantly they release hundreds of carbon-based compounds like sugars and amino acids, a process known as root exudation. Root exudates are a food source for bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi. Coincidence? I don’t think so. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Soil Compaction Livestock Forage Pasture 103

NASDA

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This raises concerns with due process and NASDA encourages DOL to at least maintain the current 30-day threshold and form a distinction between the severity and frequency of any infraction. This damages American competitiveness and overall food and national security. gross domestic product in 2021, a 5.4%

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Agriculture Agriculture Supply Chain Food 130

ATTRA

MAY 24, 2024

Funds will support expanded capacity for the aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling, and distribution of locally and regionally produced food products, including specialty crops, dairy, grains for human consumption, aquaculture, and other food products, excluding meat and poultry.

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Food Supply Chain Rural Development Aquaculture 40

NASDA

MAY 7, 2024

As you begin the fiscal year (FY) 2025 appropriations process, NASDA asks you to prioritize the following programs that enhance farmers, ranchers, and rural communities and ensure a safe, affordable, and abundant food supply. NASDA members are co-regulators with the federal government and strong advocates for American agriculture.

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Agriculture Agriculture Food Ruralism 130

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The declaration is key to what will be a two-year process through which countries will converge their work on climate and their work on food in ways that serve the interests of farmers and. consumers of all kinds,” said Nabarro. There is built into the declaration the notion that there will also be accountability.” On Thursday, the U.S.

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Food Pesticide Agroecology Agriculture 142

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 20, 2024

5102, 5103, 5019, 5110, 5202, 5503, 5402, 112205 ) Title 6 – Rural Development Includes the Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program.

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Agriculture Agriculture Farming Farming 102

Civil Eats

AUGUST 12, 2024

So large grocery chains in the region often fill their shelves with heavily processed foods that are transported from thousands of miles away. Farms supplying Argus, by contrast, produce a wide range of crops, including heirloom varieties. All of it travels only a few miles to arrive on the shelf.

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Farming Farming Marketing Food 143

NASDA

JANUARY 25, 2024

Farmers, agribusinesses, lenders and lawmakers agree that crop insurance is a linchpin of the farm safety net and is crucial to the economic and food and fiber security of urban and rural America. We urge you to continue to support America’s farmers and ranchers and oppose cuts to crop insurance during this year’s budget process.

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Crop Ruralism Forestry Agriculture 130

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This year, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) offered a new ‘ turnkey’ application process for applicants seeking funding for a specific set of marketing and promotion activities for Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion grants. Turnkey’ is a term for simplified federal grants with short applications and lower barriers to entry.

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Food Marketing Ruralism Rural Development 59

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

“Minibus” refers to a small package of different appropriations bills, which in this case consists of Military Construction and Veterans Affairs; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development; and Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration.

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Agriculture Agriculture Rural Development Ruralism 81

ATTRA

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

” The group is in the beginning stages of development and will continue to meet to identify existing hard data and analysis of Montana local food consumption, existing distribution networks, processing capacity, and gaps that need to be addressed. .” ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Food Ruralism Marketing Production 75

ATTRA

OCTOBER 17, 2023

I think about food a lot because I love to eat and value the effort and beauty of the growing process. Biochar and Sustainable Agriculture This blog is produced by the National Center for Appropriate Technology through the ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture program, under a cooperative agreement with USDA Rural Development.

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Food Production Compost Rural Development 97

ATTRA

APRIL 30, 2024

The process of anaerobic digestion for production of natural gas is straightforward. The methane gas given off from the microbes in this process rises to the top of the tank to an outlet tube where it can be collected and used as a fuel source for heat or electric production. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Farming Farming Manure Ruralism 52

NASDA

JULY 25, 2024

If Congress does not come together this year to enact a bipartisan farm bill, the legislative process will begin anew in the 119th Congress.

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Farming Farming Seeding Ruralism 130

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JUNE 30, 2023

Larsen/Diadem Images On June 22, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill in what has become a rare occurrence – unanimous, bipartisan approval. Credit: Jonathan P.

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Agriculture Agriculture Marketing Food 98

The Equation

AUGUST 27, 2024

Black farmers have been subject to other systematic barriers such as longer processing times for operation loan applications and higher loan default rates, and they have been denied access to information and resources. Many experienced tremendous economic loss and lost their land as a result. billion to eligible farmers.

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Sharecropping Farming Farming Acre 115