Release: Crop Insurance Bills Would Level the Playing Field, Save Taxpayers Billions

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 9/26 9:34A Laura Zaks

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Zaks National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition lzaks@sustainableagriculture.net Tel. 347.563.6408 Release: Crop Insurance Bills Would Level the Playing Field, Save Taxpayers Billions  Washington, DC,...

GOP Lawmakers Move to Block New Animal Welfare Standards in Organic

Civil Eats 9/25 10:00P Lisa Held

Although most people assume that the federal organic standards dictate exactly how farm animals are raised, language in the standards has long left wiggle room on issues like how much space each animal is given and how “outdoor access” is...

Pacific lamprey: The jawless fish that survived 4 mass extinctions and sucks prey dry of blood and...

Live Science 9/23 2:00A sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sasch

Instead of a jaw, lampreys have a sucker mouth that they use to latch onto prey.  (Image credit: Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Name: Pacific lamprey ( Entosphenus...

What’s At Stake: Appropriations, Shutdown, and Farm Bill

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 9/22 5:36A Laura Zaks

Last week, both the House and Senate were back in session after more than a month of Congressional recess. As of posting, Congress has one week just 4 session days until the end of Fiscal Year (FY)...

Op-ed: 4 Solutions to Make Urban Ag Policies More Equitable

Civil Eats 9/20 10:00P Anthony Nicome

Every morning, Janet McDurly, a 60-year-old resident in South Seattle, Washington, walks half a mile to catch her bus to work. On her way, she routinely passes Jimi Hendrix Park, a 2.3-acre community...

Release: Fresh Produce Procurement Reform Act Introduced in Both Houses

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 9/20 5:44A Laura Zaks

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Zaks National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition lzaks@sustainableagriculture.net Tel. 347.563.6408 Release: Fresh Produce Procurement Reform Act Introduced in Both Houses Bill Would Increase Availability of...

How Crop Insurance Prevents Some Farmers From Adapting to Climate Change

Civil Eats 9/19 10:00P Grey Moran

Chris Grotegut has earned a reputation in the High Plains of Texas for farming practices that have helped replenish the region’s depleted aquifer. Just over a decade ago, he began converting his 11,000-acre farm to perennial native grassland to...

California Leads the Way in Low-Carbon School Meals

Civil Eats 9/18 10:00P Naoki Nitta

In 2021, Josh Goddard came across some sobering news. That year’s United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report showed that globally, meat and dairy production is responsible for fueling nearly a third of human-caused...

Cancer screening may not extend lives, new study suggests. But experts say it's flawed.

Live Science 9/18 7:52A emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily

One of the tests the authors studied was a mammogram, pictured above, which is commonly used to screen for breast cancer. (Image credit: Shutterstock) Cancer screening involves searching for signs of...

Correcting the Record: The IRA Made More Money Available for All Conservation Work

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 9/15 9:38A Laura Zaks

Photo credit: USDA. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) invested billions of dollars in working lands conservation programs, making more money available to all farmers and for all conservation...

More Money Out the Door! Farm Bill and IRA Funding Available Through Conservation Innovation Grants

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 9/15 5:35A Laura Zaks

Photo credit: Mark Anson On August 31, the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)  announced  the availability of $65 million for the  Conservation...

Release: Strengthening Local Meat Economies Act Promotes Fairness in Procurement

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 9/15 3:59A Laura Zaks

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Zaks National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition lzaks@sustainableagriculture.net Tel. 347.563.6408 RELEASE: The Strengthening Local Meat Economies Act Addresses Competition in Procurement National Sustainable...

Op-ed: Big Ag Touts Its Climate Strengths, While Awash in Fossil Fuels

Civil Eats 9/13 10:11P Peter Lehner

Most of America’s farms are dependent on prodigious amounts of fossil fuels at every stage of production. Powerful PR firms have worked overtime in recent years to craft a narrative that highlight...

Comment: NSAC Welcomes Senate Amendment to Restore Funding for the Office of Urban Agriculture and...

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 9/13 7:41A Laura Zaks

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Zaks National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition lzaks@sustainableagriculture.net Tel. 347.563.6408 Comment: NSAC Welcomes Senate Amendment to Restore Funding for the Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative...