TOPIC(S): Young Farmers, FFA/4-H,
TOPIC(S): Vegetables, Urban Farming,
TOPIC(S): Soil Health, Environment, Climate Change, Carbon Farming,

04/25/2022 SOURCE: www.aol.com

How experts say farmers can reduce greenhouse gases from agriculture

The key to helping curb greenhouse gas emissions from the agriculture industry may be hidden just beneath the surface. While in the past century farming has transformed to be faster and on a larger scale, the newfound efficiency came at a cost to the environment. Farmers extracted more nutrients from the soil than what was being replaced, and the fertilizers used to aid crop growth are responsible for one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions from global agriculture industry, accord

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TOPIC(S): Sustainability, Beef Cattle, Environment, Climate Change, Ranching,

10/21/2021 SOURCE: www.aol.com

Cattle Ranchers Set Environmental Sustainability Goals

Cattle have grazed these grasslands for over a century and Debbie Lyons-Blythe, a cattle rancher of a certified Angus herd wants to keep it that way. "When you talk about cattle ranching and the importance of of what we do, it's really about being an environmentalist," Lyons-Blythe said. "Here on our ranch, there's a number of things that we do, and the first thing is to maintain the prairie," Lyons-Blythe said.

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