Sustainability

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NCGA has a strong conservation ethic and we believe that as good stewards of the land our members must maintain its productivity by retaining nutrients in the soil, reducing soil erosion and managing crop inputs.

• Recent NCGA Articles on Sustainability

  Click here fore recent NCGA articles on sustainability.

• Sustainability Brochure

  Click here for NCGA's recent sustainability brochure.

   

• Field to Market

  Sustainability is meeting the needs of the present while improving the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. NCGA is proud to be part of Field to Market: The Keystone Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, a collaborative stakeholder group involving producers, agribusinesses, food and retail companies, and conservation organizations striving to develop a supply chain system for agricultural sustainability. Field to Market focuses on these specific, critical...

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• Stanford Study on Increasing Yields

  In June 2010, peer-reviewed research led by two scientists from Stanford University found that high-yield agriculture has prevented large amounts of greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere, the equivalent of 590 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide. A Stanford news release stated that, if not for increased yields, additional greenhouse gas emissions from clearing land for farming would have been equal to as much as a third of the world's total output of greenhouse...

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