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Back to SearchFederal fiasco for farmers
Since the new administration took office, programs benefitting farmers have been slashed, frozen, paused, and canceled––and the effect is leaving agrarians in a tough position. Carolina Mueller, Asso…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Let it Flow: Restoring balance to parched and flooded landscapes
Minni Jain and Philip Franses are co-founders of The Flow Partnership, and they are co-authors of the new book, The Language of Water: Ancient Techniques and Community Stories for a Water Secure Futu…
Published on 5 months ago
Landscape restoration: letting nature do the work
Bill Zeedyk restores landscapes—streams, wetlands, even rural roads—by using simple, low-tech tools and letting nature do most of the work. The result is healthy, lush desert ecosystems. Filmmaker Re…
Published on 7 months ago
Ducks, cows, and resilience: Benefiting farmlands by protecting waterfowl habitat
Since the 1930s, Ducks Unlimited has been protecting habitat for ducks and other migrating waterfowl, and has conserved over 18 million acres of wetlands and bird habitat in North America and beyond.…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Animal welfare is good for everyone—including farmers
Adam Mason is Senior Manager of Farm Animal Welfare and Environmental Policy at the ASPCA, the American Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. In our conversation he talks about their multi…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
1000 Farms Initiative: A new paradigm of science in service of farmers
Entomologist, agroecologist, farmer, rancher, and beekeeper Dr. Jonathan Lundgren was a scientist with USDA Agricultural Research Service for 11 years. He left to undertake regenerative agriculture s…
Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Virtual fencing—new technology that benefits both ranching and land conservation
Virtual fencing is a new technology that employs GPS collars to keep animals in "virtual" pastures—so instead of using physical fences, the fence lines are drawn on a computer screen, and the collars…
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Regenerating a desert wetland oasis
Don Boyd spent a year on the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in central New Mexico, photographing, living, and finding a deep connection to land, water, and animals—including the many mi…
Published on 9 months, 4 weeks ago
The awe-inspiring beauty hidden in our food
Artist and science educator Robert Dash creates art from micro- and macroscopic photographs of food crops. His new book, Food Planet Future: The Art of Turning Food and Climate Perils into Possibili…
Published on 10 months, 1 week ago
Painterland Sisters Yogurt: Regeneration at every step from farmer to consumer
Hayley and Stephanie Painter grew up on a fourth-generation dairy farm in northern Pennsylvania, and while it was an idyllic childhood, the instability of milk prices continually threatened their fam…
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago