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Join our Rainwater Collection series! 🌧️ Discover how to set up a rainwater harvesting system for sustainable living on our homestead. From gutters to PVC pipes, tanks, and pumphouses, we cover it all. Learn why rainwater is vital in dry Arkansas summers and how to reduce…


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“Over a billion animals are confined in factory farms in the UK & the number of intensive factory farms is on the rise. Factory farming is the single biggest cause of animal cruelty on the planet” @ChrisGPackham at #RestoreNatureNow

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Last month, we alerted you to Bayer-Monsanto’s new request for EPA approval of yet another dicamba formulation following dicamba’s ban by federal courts not once, but twice...🧵

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Shady Grove Farmers Market opens Wed 5/17! Celebrate with us 11-2p! Farms: strawberries, asparagus, tomatoes, sausage, lamb! Food: pizza, slushies, fish, acai bowls, dumplings, chicken burgers, tarts, quiche! 9605 Medical Center Drive, Rockville 20850. conta.cc/3OdDuDu

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Spring has sprung! 🌼 🌺 🌱 Today’s the first day of Spring, and we’re daydreaming of warm sunny days on the pasture. Watch the heartwarming moments our rescue animals stepped onto their beautiful green pastures in 2023 after a long, cold winter!


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Legal Notice: If you purchased certain meat, poultry, pork and seafood products in a Walmart store, you may be eligible to receive a payment from a class action settlement.


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Pigs have strong maternal instincts, but in factory farms many are confined in cages to give birth. Provide a voice for sows this #MothersDay - share this post to tell @DefraGovUK you haven't forgotten their promise to consult on cages. #EndTheCageAge

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80% of the world’s remaining biodiversity is found in the lands and territories of Indigenous Peoples. To reverse biodiversity loss, we must learn from nature’s most important guardians and support their efforts to protect, defend and restore their lands and waters.

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Cows like Diane lead rich, socially complex lives. They form strongly bonded social groups, rely on their friends and family for comfort, and experience a range of emotions. They’re someone—not something.💚 🐮

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The European Commission’s proposal on new GMOs “tramples on the precautionary principle” by scandalously opening the door to a new generation of #GMOs without any independent analysis of their toxicity, say MEP @BenoitBiteau and former MEP José Bové lemonde.fr/idees/article/…


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Disease suppressive soil has a natural ability to suppress or reduce the incidence and severity of plant diseases, even when a pathogen is present. The problem is, the average farm doesn't manage soil or crops in a way that fosters disease suppression. The pictured farm…

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Last chance for Uplands Cheese Rush Creek Reserve, made in Dodgeville, WI! This coveted "savory custard"-like cheese is only produced in the fall, when their cows begin to change from summer pasture to the winter’s dry hay. Each 12oz cheese is $31.99.

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Check out this month’s newsletter discussing the definition of regenerative agriculture as well as a range of other topics: us.engagingnetworks.app/page/email/mes…

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@pearljackfarm is a living testament to all the hard work small regenerative agri farmers put in to ensure quality over quantity. Just consider how much food is wasted in large agro. First comes food wasting and then medical wasting. We are smarter than that folks! Support local

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IATP is in Oaxaca this week at the International Conference on Food Self-Sufficiency & Agroecology in a Multipolar World. From yesterday’s Mixteca field visits: nopales in an agroforestry program & maize on display at a local seed bank initiative. (Photos by Carlos Cabrera.)

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Amazing story of a large apple rescue in West Virginia. youtube.com/watch?v=Y9oIGE… My question: why don't farmers have protection against buyers who drop contracts? Farm buyers need to show more responsible practices to curb food waste, else we need laws to protect farmers.


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