http://sustainableagriculture.net Supporting economic and environmental sustainability of agriculture, natural resources, and rural communities Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:01:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://sustainableagriculture.net/our-work/conservation-environment/sustainable-livestock/#comment-724004 bokashicomposting.com - The Nitrogen Dilemma – To reduce nitrogen pollution, we need new farm policies: Part 4 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:24:10 +0000 http://sacdev.org/?page_id=209#comment-724004 [...] In Hoefner’s view, modest programs like the BMP Challenge could have a lot of short-term impact. But when it comes to creating truly sustainable agriculture systems, Hoefner says his organization would like to see more support for widespread systemic changes in how dairy farms, and other farming systems, operate. Such changes would include returning to traditional pasture-based grazing systems, and exchanging concentrated animal feeding operations such as Rocha’s for smaller livestock production approaches that integrate animals into farming systems with techniques such as rotational grazing. [...] [...] In Hoefner’s view, modest programs like the BMP Challenge could have a lot of short-term impact. But when it comes to creating truly sustainable agriculture systems, Hoefner says his organization would like to see more support for widespread systemic changes in how dairy farms, and other farming systems, operate. Such changes would include returning to traditional pasture-based grazing systems, and exchanging concentrated animal feeding operations such as Rocha’s for smaller livestock production approaches that integrate animals into farming systems with techniques such as rotational grazing. [...]

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