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Through four practices – prairie strips, precision conservation, oxbow wetlands, and pollinator habitats – Practical Farmers of Iowa hopes to meet growing farmer demand for conservation and wildlife habitats.
Few bumper stickers have made as large of an impression as “Think Globally, Act Locally.” Plastered on the back of fuel-efficient cars all over the English-speaking world, the phrase was inseparable from the broader environmentalist movement of the 1990s. But, as the environmental movement has shifted from a concern with things like pollution and industrial waste, to the inherently more global “climate,” the phrase has lost some luster.But when it comes to agriculture, the ’90s-era environmentalists were onto something. The food system relies on both the local and the global. Crop production and ruminant grazing depends on local soils, weather, and practices, but profits, consumers, and ultimately decarbonization rely on global forces, like trade in commodity crops, availability of agricultural inputs, and adoption of technologies. Farmers must act locally. But policymakers, corporations, and advocates must think globally.Making agriculture and, more broadly, the food system
Fischer Farms will use the funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand its own environmentally friendly initiatives and help other farmers adopt regenerative farming practices.