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Farming and Food Narrative Project
Farmers know farming is a complex endeavor with competing demands and economic pressures. The non-farming public thinks farming is hard labor but otherwise simple. Farmers know that crop-destroying pests take...
www.sare.org publications our-farms-our-future-podcast-series farming-as-heritage
Farming as Heritage
...and drive the tractors or do the basic functions. And I don't think we were really in the right place to understand what farming was about. You know, farming isn't...
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Rediscovering Dry Farming
...yields and better fruit quality. “So, rather than depleting the soil, farming with fewer inputs might actually sustain continued growth in dry-farm systems,” Socolar said. “Perhaps when farming systems best...
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Chapter 10: Anti-Corporate Farming Laws
...a group. Both of these examples can lead to inadvertent violations of anti-corporate farming laws, as this chapter will illustrate. Why Do these Laws Exist? Most anti-corporate farming laws were...
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Farming Practices that Support Soil Health
...undisturbed forest soils in their richness of soil life. Ley Farming Ley farming, in which annual crop fields are not tilled but rather are sown with a perennial cover of...
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Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems Project
...the exploration of alternative, more sustainable approaches to growing food. In 1988, the Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems (SAFS) project was established at the University of California’s Davis campus to study...
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Clean Energy Farming
...the farm, farmers are making their operations more profitable, efficient and cleaner. Clean Energy Farming: Cutting Costs, Improving Efficiencies, Harnessing Renewables features innovative SARE-funded research and examples of farmers who are...
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Fostering Community Well-Being in Farming Practices
A Story Map Exploring Farming and Community Well-Being Embracing the concept of community well-being in farming practices creates a lasting and positive impact on agricultural communities. Developed with support through...
www.sare.org resources farming-with-soil-life
Farming with Soil Life
This handbook, created by The Xerces Society, dives into soil biology. It provides a connection between healthy soils and healthy invertebrates found in temperate agricultural soils. Farming with Soil Life...
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Farming Matters Video Series
In 2022, NCR-SARE launched a storytelling video series, “Farming Matters,” featuring SARE grantees. Join NCR-SARE staff members Erin Schneider and Marie Flanagan as they learn more about what inspires and motivates...