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The eighth annual Feeding the Economy report shows that the total economic impact for food and agriculture-related industries in the United States grew 11.8% over the last year, reaching $63 trillion. 9.This represents 20.01% of total U.S. output. The report is the result of a nationwide study commissioned by 30 food and agriculture groups to […]
The Nebraska Association of Conservation Districts reported on a Regenerative Agriculture Conference that took place in Seward, Nebraska, in January. Presenter and Green Cover Seed co-owner Keith Berns used an economic metaphor to illustrate the importance of carbon in the soil economy. Another keynote speaker, Mitchell Hora, founder and CEO of Continuum Ag, explained how […]
Applications will be received until available funding is exhausted. Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for Farm Vitality Planning Grants to help fund professional services for those planning for the future of a farm. Eligible projects include business plans for expansion or to enhance economic viability, transition plans, or planning for public investment in […]
A study led by an assistant professor at MIT and published in the journal Nature Climate Change showed that properly managed grazing can increase the amount of carbon that gets stored in the ground and sequestered. However, grazing too intensely causes soil erosion that results in grazing land becoming a net carbon source, rather than […]
WWNO – New Orleans Public Radio reports on the challenges faced by small farmers dealing with extreme weather. While USDA paid more than $16 billion over the past two years to farmers who lost crops due to extreme weather, some say that insurance and compensation programs are hard for small farmers who raise diverse crops […]
Exploring Soils: Resources to understand the role of soil health in sustainable food systems is a new soil health curriculum available from the Integrated Rocky Mountain-region Innovation Center for Healthy Soils (IN-RICHES). The 16-page publication provides a starting point from which to think critically and holistically about the soils as the foundation for sustainable and […]
USDA announced the award of approximately $40.5 million for 60 grant projects through the Organic Market Development Grant program on March 14, 2024. These projects will support the development of new and existing organic markets, support the infrastructure to improve processing capacity, explore emerging technologies to promote organic products, and purchase equipment to help meet […]
The Rhode Island Food Policy Council has released a first-of-its-kind resource designed to help Rhode Islanders make sense of critical trends affecting the state’s food system. The RI Food System Factbook shares data on over 40 different indicators across five areas of food system health and well-being: Food Economy, Food Access & Security, Agriculture & […]
The Yale Center for Business and Environment released two new reports examining options to improve and advance regenerative agriculture practices, Bridging the Regenerative Agriculture Financing Gap and Surf to Turf: Linking Regenerative Agriculture and Restorative Aquaculture in Coastal Foodscapes. The first report proposes a new foundation for financing regenerative farms that takes into account the […]
The National Organic Program (NOP) has posted a new Transitional Production Plan (TPP) template developed under the Organic Transition Initiative’s (OTI) Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP). The TPP template helps new crop producers who are transitioning to organic production develop the supporting documentation needed to qualify for OTI services provided through the USDA’s Risk […]
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