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The nation has its eyes on agriculture, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently celebrating National Agriculture Week and countless state and local organizations recognizing the importance of our working lands and the farmers and ranchers who manage them. However, since 1982, the U.S. developed 41 million rural acres—that’s one out of three acres ever Continue reading Innovation Through Collaboration at the National Agricultural Landscapes Forum Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2007 National Resources Inventory story of our nation’s farm and ranch land loss in numbers. The 2007 National Resource Inventory is the most comprehensive natural resource database in the United States—tracking conditions and trends on non-federal land from 1982 to 2007. The analysis behind these graphics was conducted by Continue reading Farmland By the Numbers! Every day, farmland continues to disappear across America. Newly released statistics show that in this country, we’ve been losing more than an acre of farmland every minute. That stacks up to nearly one million acres per year converted to highways, shopping malls and poorly planned development. The recent National Resources Inventory, conducted by the USDA, shows Continue reading Farmland Is at Risk in Every State Protecting our farmland requires an array of strategies from a variety of stakeholders. A recent post from JustMeans.com detailed the diversity of tactics being employed to protect farmland for use in sustainable agriculture. From investments through Farmland LP to urban and suburban farming, the opportunities to reclaim the land continue to grow. Farmers and ranchers in Continue reading Farm and Food News Update 7/9/10 People sometimes talk about farm living as the “simple life.” It’s true that there is an inherent simplicity in connecting to the natural Continue reading Farm Land Critical to Our Nation’s Health, Prosperity A weekly roundup of news and events concerning food, farms, the environment, local communities- and anything else that may catch our eye. Beginning farmers are getting a boost from the USDA through a program that helps them gain access to affordable land. The Transition Incentive Program (TIP) preserves existing farmland and supports new sustainable agriculture operations Continue reading Friday News Roundup 6/4/10 A weekly roundup of news and events concerning food, farms, the environment, local communities- and anything else that may catch our eye. On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal examined the decline of farmland in the San Francisco Bay Area, despite heavy demand for locally-grown food in the region. They cited our 2008 San Francisco Foodshed Study that Continue reading Friday News Roundup 3/12/10 |
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