Soil Health
TOPIC(S): Soil Health, Climate Change, Carbon Farming,

02/28/2023 SOURCE: www.publicnewsservice.org

U.S. Carbon Farming Takes Root, but Do Economics Add Up?

By Carey L. Biron for Context.Broadcast version by Brett Peveto for Maryland News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration The owner of Deep Roots Farm in rural Maryland and her workers finished the fall harvest last month, but some of their most vital plantings are still in the ground - and growing fast. Four species of cover crops - plants such as winter rye and hairy vetch, later removed in the spring - are key to soil resuscitation efforts underway at Deep Roots, 53 acres of rolling hills that used to be part of a tobacco farm. ...

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Topics: Soil Health, Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind),
TOPIC(S): Soil Health, Water, Regenerative Agriculture, Weather, Carbon Farming,
TOPIC(S): Carbon Farming, Climate Change, Conservation/Tillage, Soil Health, USDA, Government / Policies,
TOPIC(S): Soil Health, Cover Crops, Climate Change, Regenerative Agriculture, Weather,
TOPIC(S): Soil Health, Agriculture Global, Regenerative Agriculture, Carbon Farming,
TOPIC(S): Soil Health, Conservation/Tillage,
TOPIC(S): Soil Health, Sorghum, Food/Nutrition, Ag North America,

12/28/2022 SOURCE: flip.it

Millet is Having a Moment. Is the Ancient Grain Ready for a Resurgence?

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has declared 2023 the international year of millets, praising the grain’s ability to grow in arid soil with minimal inputs. For many farmers, 2023 could be the year they first meet millet. But Jean Hediger is wondering what took everyone else so long to catch up. Hediger has been celebrating the crop on her Nunn, CO farm ever since she began growing it more than two decades ago.   “Lots of the farmers here, they joke and call me the queen of millet,” she says. “We’re very enthusiastic about millets for a lot of

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