Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Farmers Weekly Defra has indicated that it is likely to take several weeks before most farmers in England can apply for the new Sustainable Farming Incentive as the Rural Payments Agency seeks to iron out any errors in the application process. The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) is scheduled to open next Monday (18 September).

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Food Politics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The USDA’s Healthy School Meals Incentives Lifting Up School Meals Resources: Media Toolkit , School Meals Webpage , Support for Schools webpage List of the Healthy Meals Incentives small/rural school district grantees III. Districts are serving higher quality, whole plant-based entrees. pepperoni pizza).

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Trimble Agriculture

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Learn about the seven most common rural land loan financing mistakes and how to avoid them. Securing the right rural land loan can help you expand your agricultural operation or invest in a dream property. However, rural land loans differ from traditional home loans, requiring unique financial considerations.

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Finance Ruralism Real Estate Processing 59

NASDA

MARCH 15, 2024

Barbara Rater, Director of the Census and Survey Division at USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), is at the forefront of data collection processes and initiatives. Given the time constraints faced by producers, there’s a continuous need to streamline data collection processes.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

MARCH 6, 2024

Edgewood Locker got its start in rural northeast Iowa in 1966. The business now spans over three generations, and it's largely thanks to Joan Kerns who helped start the family business that's now seen phenomenal growth.

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Daily Yonder

APRIL 3, 2024

Photo provided by Grayson LandCare) Grayson Landcare also acts as an incubator for rural innovation. There was a lot of sheep farming in this community and the wool would come there for processing,” Pridgen said. The post Profile: Grayson LandCare – Incubating Rural Innovation appeared first on The Daily Yonder.

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Agric4profits

MARCH 6, 2025

This article examines the management of rural development efforts, focusing on the historical context, the conduct, and performance of rural development enterprises, particularly those related to agricultural activities.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 26, 2023

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) applauds the introduction of the Enabling Farmers to Benefit from Processing Nutrition Programs Act, which takes significant steps to increase opportunities for local farmers to benefit from nutrition benefits.

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NASDA

JULY 2, 2024

Other duties include managing training events for enumerators, processing payroll, managing staffing for the designated regions, and overseeing the work of up to 400 employees, providing guidance and support to ensure high performance and adherence to organizational policies and standards. All applications are due by August 31.

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Daily Yonder

JULY 31, 2023

Rural communities of color like Sultana, which is majority Hispanic, are disproportionately affected by this crisis. The racial and rural water gap has its roots in historic neglect. I keep telling the state: what they need to do is get off their chair, come to the valley, and see all the rural communities,” Prado said.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Immigrant food system workers toil in the nation’s restaurants, farms, and food processing facilities, and have some of the least visible but most strenuous and dangerous jobs in the country. As part of our mission, Civil Eats reports on the U.S. food system’s disproportionate impact on immigrants and communities of color.

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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 serves as the head of the Office of Chief Scientist within the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Executive Office.

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Sustainable Food Trust

MARCH 4, 2025

However, the decline in people opting to work in the local meat sector and the loss of heritage and artisan skills such as butchery, has widespread implications for food security, sustainability and rural economies. This makes it economically unviable for training providers, particularly if they must travel to remote rural abattoirs.

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Processing Supply Chain Agroecology Food 52

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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NASDA

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

After graduating from Iowa State University in May with bachelor’s degrees in agriculture and rural policy and international agriculture, I was excited to join NASDA as a policy intern for the fall semester. Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research on school meal programs.

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NASDA

JANUARY 25, 2024

As the challenges for America’s farmers and ranchers continue to grow, we believe crop insurance as a safety net is only becoming more important to stability in rural America and a secure domestic food supply. USDA and Congress have taken extraordinary ad hoc measures over the past few years to ensure the financial security of rural America.

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Food Politics

OCTOBER 22, 2024

He noted the disparities in health status, particularly singling out the declining health of rural Americans. We have to deal with the marketing of ultra-processed foods designed to make you hungry for more. We have to deal with the marketing of ultra-processed foods designed to make you hungry for more.

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NASDA

AUGUST 2, 2023

State departments of agriculture are responsible for a wide range of programs, including conservation and environmental protection, food safety, combating the spread of plant and animal diseases and fostering the economic vitality of our rural communities. Justice Alito’s majority opinion in Sackett v.

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Processing Agriculture Agriculture Ruralism 130

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

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

These investments focus in areas of production, processing, aggregation/distribution, market opportunities, and consumer access. These particular business development activities described below are essential elements for processing, aggregating, and distributing local products through new or growing regional markets.

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Food Supply Chain Poultry Processing 110

The Equation

MAY 13, 2024

One very important piece of information missing from the State of the Air report is air quality data for farmworker communities and other rural areas in the United States or California. These monitors are very expensive and largely absent from small rural communities. Source: California Natural Resources Agency.

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

USDA is awarding more than $35 million in grants to 15 independent meat processors in 12 states to increase processing capacity, spur competition to expand market opportunities for U.S. farmers, and create jobs in rural areas.

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NASDA

MAY 10, 2024

Letter Dear Chairman Simpson and Ranking Member Pingree: The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) commends the subcommittee for its work in support of farmers, ranchers, and rural communities. Courts have ruled that the process EPA has utilized to meet the consultation requirement is inadequate.

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NASDA

MAY 10, 2024

Letter Dear Chairman Merkley and Ranking Member Murkowski: The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) commends the subcommittee for its work in support of farmers, ranchers, and rural communities. Courts have ruled that the process EPA has utilized to meet the consultation requirement is inadequate.

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Daily Yonder

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Some CAFOs can produce as much waste as a small city, but without comparable waste management infrastructure, rural communities face health, economic, and environmental hazards. Large cities are often cited as major culprits when it comes to waste and pollution, but a CAFO in a rural area can compete with even a midsize metropolis. “A

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Manure Ruralism Fertilizer Animal Unit 122

Real Agriculture

MAY 18, 2023

The weed can play havoc with the crop as mature berries produced by the eastern black nightshade plant cause edible bean staining and mud tagging, and can even gum up cleaning equipment at the processing plant. On this episode of the RealAgriculture Edible Bean School, Ontario. Read More Nightshade can be a nightmare for edible bean growers.

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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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Agric4profits

MARCH 6, 2025

To this end, agricultural development and rural development can be viewed as a process whereby concerted efforts are made in order to facilitate significant increases in rural resource productivity with the overall objectives of enhancing rural incomes and… Read More » Definition and Basic Concept of Agrarian Institution

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Agricultural Biodiversity

MAY 28, 2023

Seaweed’s contribution to food security in low- and middle-income countries: Benefits from production, processing and trade. Fruit and vegetable processing and consumption: Knowledge, attitude, and practices among rural women in East Africa. It’s the income. Again, more knowledge, less consumption.

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The Equation

MAY 11, 2023

To significantly reduce the land sinking process, there needs to be a significant increase in groundwater levels. The team estimated the environmental and socioeconomic costs and benefits of retiring and repurposing cropland within a mile of 154 rural disadvantaged communities in the Central Valley. square miles).

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NASDA

MAY 7, 2024

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) commends the subcommittee for its work in support of farmers, ranchers, and rural communities. Of those who completed service, 80% remained in underserved rural communities. Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) a. Food Safety Inspection Service a.

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Earlier this week it was reported that Pure Prairie Poultry had declared bankruptcy and shut down with very little notice, affecting workers at the processing plant in Charles City, Iowa, as well as contract growers across Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. There are 1.3 We will continue working toward a more just and sustainable food system.

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RR2CS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Rural Routes to Climate Solutions (RR2CS) shines a spotlight on the climate solutions that Alberta’s farmers, ranchers and rural communities can benefit from. Celebrating, widely sharing and learning from Blackfoot success stories in land stewardship by using Rural Routes’ tried and tested communications tools (e.g.

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Civil Eats

JULY 2, 2024

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. As the last DBII to be established, in 2019, the region has received significantly less funding, so it has only focused on dairy processing.

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Food Politics

AUGUST 16, 2024

Urban stockyard workers had been unionized since the 1930s; employees of the new rural processing plants were not: they were and are paid much less. The ripple effect of this transformation shapes the geography and economics of American meat to this day.

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Mechanics Food Ruralism Seeding 147

Food Tank

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The interdisciplinary curriculum introduces students to a variety of food systems fields, including food production and processing, food science, economics, and energy and technology. In 2018, EARTH Futures—a global solutions center that enables sustainable development in rural communities—was created.

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