Report: Ag Policies Should Look Beyond Cost of Production
US Approach to Farming Should Change to Meet New Challenges, Expanding Needs, Report Says (From Science Daily) SUMMARY: U.S. farmers are under pressure to produce more, [...]
Research
Excellent Article on the History of Sustainable Agriculture
Reflecting on the “early days” of sustainable agriculture research and education …what can we learn from the past? By John M. Gerber EXCERPT: Today, many public [...]
Farming Research Reports from Science Daily
One clear result from our continuing Reader Survey is that people would like to see more reports on current research. In an attempt to begin moving in that direction, below [...]
Farm Bill Expenditure & U.S. Feed Grain Production Charts
They say “a picture is worth 1000 words”. I’m not sure that’s always true – I’m rather pro-words, myself. But these two pie charts from [...]
Ag Confidence: Producers Positive Now; Cautious About Future
Ag Confidence Index Results: Producers Positive About Current Conditions; Cautious About Future (Click to read full article) (By Linda H. Smith from DTN Progressive Farmer) [...]
Is Local Enough? Some Arguments for Regional Food Systems
By Kate Clancy and Kathryn Ruhf, From Choices Online EXCERPT: The focus on local food systems has been quite strong over the last decade, and the phenomenon has appropriately [...]
USDA Issues 2011 Request for Funding Proposals (CCPI & AWEP)
On Tuesday, December 14, USDA published its FY 2011 Request for Proposals for the Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative (CCPI) and the Agricultural Water [...]
You Know about Peak Oil, but What About Peak Phosphorus?
A Rock and a Hard Place: Peak Phosphorus and the Threat to our Food Security This 23 page publication from the Soil Association is a well written and well researched (with [...]
Article – Vertical farming: Does it really stack up?
Agriculture: Growing crops in vertical farms in the heart of cities is said to be a greener way to produce food. But the idea is still unproven (From The Economist) EXCERPT: [...]
Diverse Business Models Used to Satisfy Local Food Demand
Read the Amber Waves Article: Local Food Supply Chains Use Diverse Business Models To Satisfy Demand Research shows that as demand has increased, local foods are reaching [...]
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