…further complicated by the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). Some of the sustainability goals set forth under SGMA include addressing water quality in aquifers, managing seawater intrusion…
National Cooperative Month Looks to the Future of Agriculture
…value of sustainable practices. According to the Co-op Month website, farming cooperatives provide more than 190,000 jobs with more than $8 billion in annual wages. Agricultural cooperatives also account for…
Corporate Leaders and National FFA Announce Transformational Initiative Addressing Emergent Agricultural Challenges
…sustainability, innovative efficiency and providing sustainable nutrition to a growing and changing global population. This partnership includes top sponsors Microsoft and AgriNovus Indiana, as well as some of agriculture’s most…
Water Works: Getting Involved with Your GSA
…Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) that was passed in 2014. The newly created agencies are taking input from various sectors of the community on what the plans will look like,…
Global Hunger Continues to Increase
…the report, “sends a clear warning that more must be done and urgently if the Sustainable Development Goal of Zero Hunger is to be achieved by 2030.” The annual UN…
OTA Moving Forward with Voluntary Checkoff
…Laura Batcha says the organic community is “committed to enabling a sound, resilient and sustainable future,” through the checkoff and other efforts. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
The only thing a $15.00 an hour wage has done is made everything in automation that more affordable.
Jeff Klein, Jack Klein Partnership
How, and Best Time, to Plant the “Three Sisters”
…Vegetable gardening…How to plant a three sisters garden. Sustainable prepper garden. Companion gardening and sustainable! Planting organic corn, squash and beans! First Nations Permaculture garden technique or design. “How to…
USDA Scientist Receives the Borlaug Field Award
…endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation, at the Sustainable Development Goals Conference in the Netherlands. Rouse The award recognizes exceptional, science-based achievements of individuals under the age of 40, who have…
Citrus Study Says Regulation Costs to Increase
…Initiative compliant). The impact of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) is hard to predict, according to Babcock. “It will not be possible to calculate the impact of SGMA until…
Capitol Water Rally ‘Worth Your Fight’
…percent of unimpaired flows in the Tuolumne, Stanislaus and Merced rivers is especially troubling with the ag industry also preparing for the constraints of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. “When…
Concerns Growing over USDA Reorganization
…located in Washington. The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition charges further, suggesting that the move “fundamentally endangers, our country’s capacity for agricultural research and development.” Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting…
Environmental Group: Food Companies are Flunking the Planet
…industry to address the environmental impacts of the meat supply chain. The report is called “Flunking the Planet: Scoring America’s Food Companies on Sustainable Meat.” Calling meat one of the…
Study: Farmers Will Buy Less Crop Insurance if it Costs More
…hinder farmers ability to run sustainable operations, it will push many farmers out of crop insurance and out of the business.” The findings are quite a bit different from past…