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USDA’s new Regenerative Agriculture Initiative: A step forward or greenwashing?

In late 2025, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), along with the United States Department of Health and Human ...
The Journal

USDA makes $1.5 billion available to help farmers advance conservation and climate-smart agriculture

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of an historic $1.5 billion in fiscal year 2024 to invest in partner-driven conservation and climate solutions through the Regional ...
JSTOR Daily

Managing ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes: are the solutions the same?

1. Biodiversity conservation and agricultural production have traditionally been viewed as substantially in conflict and recent declines in biodiversity have been linked to intensive agricultural ...
Beyond Pesticides

Bat Conservation Enhances Ecosystems and Agricultural Productivity, Natural Alternative to Pesticides

(Beyond Pesticides, January 2, 2026) Texas-based pecan orchard Swift River Pecans is collaborating with local conservation nonprofit Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation “so they could collect more ...
Mongabay

Low implementation of land use maps in Andean countries affects conservation outcomes and agricultural productivity

If you liked this story, share it with other people. One of the most notable examples of zoning with positive and negative outcomes is the Plan de Uso de Suelos (PLUS) of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The PLUS ...