Helping U.S. Farmers Increase Production and Protect the Land

Helping U.S. Farmers Increase Production and Protect the Land by Julie Menter:

e360.yale.edu 05 Jul '12, 12pm

Helping U.S. Farmers Increase Production and Protect the Land

Imagine an agricultural economy that provides a steady source of revenue generation for farm producers while promoting new local, community-based, economic development and multi-functional agri-based industrial growth opportunities: * That acts to restore the ecological integrity of site and regional land and water resources, including the re-development of organic-rich topsoil * That isn’t weather dependent on an annual basis * That involves a production process which effectively reduces time and input costs * That results in the reduction or elimination of chronic growing season flooding, soil erosion, and sedimentation on a site, as well as at a regional watershed basis * That protects and enhances terrestrial and aquatic wildlife habitat * That improves regional water quality and replenishes depleted groundwater reserves * That enhances regional air quality * That prov...

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