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  • Organic farmers from around the globe observe the World Food Security Summit 16 Nov 2009 17:07 GMT
    ... expensive toxic agro-chemicals. Organic Agricultural practices bring land degraded by unsustainable farming practices, severe drought ... by unsustainable farming practices, severe drought and soil erosion back into production. Given its affordability and ...

  • Farmers Aren't the Obstacle in the Global Warming Fight 18 Nov 2009 19:33 GMT
    ... rural America is uniquely situated with abundant land and natural resources, an educated workforce, and ... really that high? The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s preliminary economic analysis of clean-energy and climate ... reduced tillage practices, tree and perennial planting, erosion prevention, rotational grazing, agricultural carbon offsets, and ...

  • Farmers Aren't the Obstacle in the Global Warming Fight: 20 Nov 2009 16:19 GMT
    ... rural America is uniquely situated with abundant land and natural resources, an educated workforce, and ... really that high? The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s preliminary economic analysis of clean-energy and climate ... reduced tillage practices, tree and perennial planting, erosion prevention, rotational grazing, agricultural carbon offsets, and ...

  • Nation by nation, evidence thin that boosting crop yields conserves land 23 Nov 2009 23:13 GMT
    ... who reviewed 35 years of data on cropland use by nation. Revving up yields so ... accompanied a drop in land used for agriculture nationwide in only 34 of 161 countries, ... lands can benefit the ecosystem by reducing erosion, providing wildlife habitat and sequestering carbon. Data ...

  • Colombian farmers sue BP in legal first 17 Nov 2009 08:13 GMT
    ... for allegedly causing serious damage to their land, crops and animals. A report in notes ... Ocensa pipeline, caused landslides and damage to soil and groundwater, causing crops to fail, livestock ... arguing that the main cause of soil erosion and sedimentation is the removal of forests ...

  • Agriculture economists see long, uphill battle 15 Nov 2009 18:55 GMT
    ... MOUNT PLEASANT -- Not only could Iowa State ... increase the amount of water in the soil and reduce soil erosion. No-till saves on tractor fuel. "Ag does ...

  • Farmer-to-farmer gifts this Christmas 18 Nov 2009 18:59 GMT
    ... has launched its new gift catalogue, offering the perfect ... planting to overcome climate change and prevent soil erosion (£75) and help and materials for a ...

  • Berea farmer revives the land 21 Nov 2009 07:37 GMT
    ... recognized my role in paving over the land with unsustainable development and realized that my ... systems by not tilling but building the soil up with compost, cover crops and mulch. ... kept covered to protect organic matter from erosion and discourages weeds from doing that job. ...

  • Researchers Pioneer New Approach to Assist Scientists, Farmers 23 Nov 2009 10:30 GMT
    ... Farmers Sustainable farming, initially adopted to preserve soil quality for future generations, may also play ... sequester carbon, with estimates claiming that new land-use practices could greatly reduce U.S. carbon emissions ... production leads to serious soil degradation through erosion and nutrient losses. Intense farming by pioneer ...

  • New Approach Developed To Assist Scientists, Farmers 20 Nov 2009 18:19 GMT
    ... CST Sustainable farming, initially adopted to preserve soil quality for future generations, may also play ... sequester carbon, with estimates claiming that new land-use practices could greatly reduce U.S. carbon emissions ... production leads to serious soil degradation through erosion and nutrient losses. Intense farming by pioneer ...

  • ORNL, Los Alamos pioneer new approach to assist scientists, farmers 19 Nov 2009 21:32 GMT
    ... -- Sustainable farming, initially adopted to preserve soil quality for future generations, may also play ... sequester carbon, with estimates claiming that new land-use practices could greatly reduce U.S. carbon emissions ... production leads to serious soil degradation through erosion and nutrient losses. Intense farming by pioneer ...

  • Corn Belt ag bankers say land values, loan volume tumbling through year's end 19 Nov 2009 21:17 GMT
    ... the area's ag lenders see a continued erosion in farm land and corresponding values. "The demand among farmers ... than higher interest by farmers in acquiring agricultural land (30% versus 14%). The expectation remained ...

  • America's farmer-soldiers in Afghanistan 20 Nov 2009 15:33 GMT
    ... their well-armed security platoon protecting the team’s agriculture specialists. In the process of spearheading their ... training, water projects to improve irrigation and erosion control, rangeland management for this semi-arid land, seed improvement ...

  • Land transformed into nutrient sponge 15 Nov 2009 10:53 GMT
    ... The Maryland Coastal Bays Program is transforming a Pitts ... and funding from the Maryland Department of Agriculture, Jesien and his co-workers have spent the ... breeding grounds for fish and amphibians, delay erosion and sediment buildups and naturally absorb flooding, ...

  • Stuck in the mud: State finds lax oversight of erosion control 22 Nov 2009 06:18 GMT
    ... Blackwater Creek in downtown Lynchburg to Percival's Island and beyond after heavy rains. While state ... departments statewide in enforcing Virginia's standards for erosion and sediment control at construction sites. An ... Central Virginia's steep topography and highly erosive soil. They also say they don't intentionally cause ...


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