In OFRF’s 2022 Nationwide Natural Analysis Agenda (NORA), natural farmers and ranchers throughout North America shared a typical concern concerning the lack of technical help and academic assets obtainable for Built-in Crop-Livestock Programs (ICLS). Integrating crops and livestock ends in quite a few advantages, nevertheless the method may result in elevated complexity, particularly for farmers who should adhere to Nationwide Natural Program guidelines and rules.
At OFRF we all know the #1 supply of data is different farmers so on the finish of final 12 months we put out a name for reference to farmers engaged in crop-livestock integration. We need to thank everybody that responded! Together with your assist, OFRF is proud to launch a suite of assets targeted on Built-in Crop-Livestock Programs (ICLS) knowledgeable by interviews with 4 highly-experienced natural producers who shared their challenges, successes, and recommendation. We additionally need to say thanks to Natural Valley’s Farmers Advocating for Organics program for supporting this challenge.
The farmers featured on this sequence are:
The suite of assets consists of:
- farmer tales;
- podcast-style audio interviews;
- a video presentation;
- downloadable factsheets on the next key matters:
- in addition to a group of hyperlinks to different ICLS-related assets.
All of this may be discovered on our web site at https://ofrf.org/crop-livestock-integration/
