The Farmers Market Legal Toolkit,developed by Vermont Law School, the Farmers Market Coalition, and the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont, has added a new resource. Free Speech at Farmers Markets: What Rules Can a Market Make Regarding Speech? provides background on the legal context...
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USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) has released America's Diverse Family Farms: 2020 Edition. The report provides the latest statistics on U.S. farms, including production, financial performance, and farm household characteristics. The report also reveals that 90% of farms are small, with gross cash farm income...
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NCAT was selected for a $1.6 million cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop the Agri-Solar Clearinghouse (ASC), a national information hub and professional network. ASC will showcase and develop practical, affordable solar-energy solutions through research, success stories, case studies, and multi-media...
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Indigo Agriculture has announced the first commitments from large global brands to purchase verified agricultural carbon credits through Indigo Carbon. Companies including Boston Consulting Group, Shopify, Barclays, JPMorgan Chase, Givewith, IBM, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, and New Belgium Brewing committed to a credit purchase price...
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The 20-page online publication presents replicable strategies for reframing food projects and businesses, building the connectivity between players involved in food system restoration, and planning for the financing needed to make developments in the food system happen. Through this work, CDFA says it aims to...
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Research from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory shows that increasingly hot and dry conditions will change where and when crops can be grown by 2045. A third of the vegetables and two-thirds of the fruits and nuts consumed by Americans are currently grown in California, but...
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Across TN, VotingIsVital is connecting with our farm communities to encourage #EarlyVoting on October 22. We will continue to grow our community and strengthen our voice together....
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The Regenerative Organic Alliance (ROA) announced that the Regenerative Organic Certified™ (ROC™) certification standard for food, fiber, and personal care products has completed its pilot phase and is now open for general certification. ...
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OCCSP provides cost-share assistance to producers and handlers of agricultural products for the costs of obtaining or maintaining organic certification under the USDA’s National Organic Program....
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The international sustainability nonprofit Forum for the Future has released Growing Our Future, a roadmap for scaling regenerative agriculture in the United States....
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