Articles Tagged with ''soil health''

Multinational giants in retail, agribusiness, meat processing and food manufacturing, along with the largest restaurant chains and leading apparel brands, want U.S. farmers and ranchers to produce food and fiber more sustainably. This is the first of a five-part Agri-Pulse series that looks in-depth at how reductions in greenhouse gas emissions could have far-reaching effects on American farmers and ranchers.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture announced Sunday that it has distributed $2.97 million in grant requests to 20 Healthy Soils Program Demonstration Projects.

Hundreds of California farmers who have successfully completed prior conservation projects are well positioned to move to the next level of conservation, according to NRCS.

USDA is looking for solutions that address water reuse, water quality, air quality, energy and wildlife habitat as part of the NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant program.

On Earth Day, Mark Heckman, a farmer in Southeast Iowa, invites you to visit his farm through a virtual farm tour to see all the work and practices he has put in place to protect and enhance the environment he lives and works on.

The Newsom administration is quietly exploring specialized trading markets, for both water trading and sustainable agriculture programs.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is proposing a sweeping 10-year plan to carry out the Green New Deal and reshape U.S. agriculture through regulations and subsidies to reduce its environmental impact and push farmers into organic methods and smaller scales of production.