Asked to cut herds, move or even shut down to help meet E.U. environmental goals, agricultural workers say too much is demanded of them. Their anger is reshaping the political landscape.
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Asked to cut herds, move or even shut down to help meet E.U. environmental goals, agricultural workers say too much is demanded of them. Their anger is reshaping the political landscape.
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Advancing organic agriculture in federal climate change policy could provide openings for more legislative support.
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Foote Brook Farm, an organic vegetable farm in Vermont, lost over 80% of its crop to the July 2023 floods.
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Investing in soil health is not just environmentally responsible. It is also a smart business decision.
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About a third of America’s organic dairies have gone out of business in the last four years, and the situation appears to be worsening.
Read Article Better farming techniques across the world could lead to storage of 31 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide a year, data shows.
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Transitioning to regenerative agriculture systems from conventional systems should increase profitability for farmers in the long run, but they will need assistance for three to five years.
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The USDA’s Transition to Organic Partnership Program will provide more direct support and technical assistance to transitioning producers across the United States.
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A crackdown is coming on animal-raising claims, such as “grass-fed” and “free-range.”
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Professional athletes, well-known billionaires and the Mormon Church are all pushing prices of Iowa farmland to record levels.
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The school also discovered that cover cropping showed an increase in crop yield by about 60%.
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Across the Sacramento Valley, organic farmers have reported harvest and planting delays, which will be felt for months.
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Natural Prairie Dairy is upcycling manure into clean water, ammonia and fertilizer, allowing it to become more self-sufficient in a tumultuous market.
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Mexico has found unexpected allies as it tries to limit imports of GMO corn: some U.S. farmers who grow the crops.
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The bill will help Pennsylvania farmers transition to — and promote — growing organic crops. It would also be a permanent fixture in the state budget.
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The amount of organic farmland in the European Union reached 14.8 million hectares.
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If the USDA hadn’t turned a blind eye to ‘factory farm’ organic dairies for so many years, would this program have even been necessary?
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Without some financial relief — and soon — organic dairy farmers may lose their livelihood.
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Is anyone surprised?
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A great op-ed in the NYT about how Farmland LP and others groups are doing good and making money.
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There are 153 organic dairy farms left in Vermont, and if federal help does not arrive soon, that number is guaranteed to drop.
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And what about the super-toxic neonicotinoid insecticides that are causing such harm to the bees?
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In the face of intensifying weather patterns like the series of storms pounding the West, regenerative organic farms are demonstrating that the key to resilience is working with nature.
Read Article Another argument against industrial GMO farming.
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