Items Tagged with 'regenerative agriculture'

The Department of Health and Human Services is putting $200 million into studying the impact of "cumulative chemical exposures" and reducing reliance on "chemical crop protection tools."

It’s been a rocky year for food companies, agribusiness firms, ag lenders and farmers navigating the seismic shift in policies coming out of Washington when it comes to environmental policy, even as much of the farm economy is mired in a multiyear slump. But many companies are pressing forward with their environmental goals and testing new ways of financing changes in farming practices. 

A new survey shows relatively few consumers are familiar with the term “regenerative” or consider it important to them.

With the help of farm-state senators, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. used his confirmation hearings to paint himself as a champion of agriculture, arguing that many producers support efforts to roll back chemical use and shift to regenerative farming.

William “Bill” Richards, a soil conservation pioneer who served as chief of USDA’s Soil Conservation Service (now Natural Resources Conservation Service) from 1990-1993 under President George H.W. Bush, died Tuesday. He was 93.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service is up to 11,709 full-time staff, a level not seen in over a decade, amid its efforts to roll out $19.5 billion in additional conservation funding provided through the Inflation Reduction Act.

For Anna Knight, a citrus farmer based in Redlands, farm to school (F2S) procurement has been an important part of her family’s operation for nearly two decades.