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Pivot Bio Presents Abstracts on Breakthrough Technology at Research Conference

Agwired

Sustainable agriculture company Pivot Bio presented abstracts on its breakthrough crop nutrition technologies at the 2023 International Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA).

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This Oregon Farmer Is Building a New Model for Indigenous Food and Agriculture

Civil Eats

When she moved to Oregon in 2006, she noticed a contrasting lack in access to culturally relevant foods, which has been a driving force behind her decades-long work championing Indigenous food sovereignty through agriculture, advocacy, and activism. We’re growing this for our people,” Schreiner affirms. “I

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We Can’t Achieve Food Justice if We Don’t Prioritize Soil Health

Food Tank

Without well-nourished soil, “the global issues of climate change and food security cannot be addressed,” says soil scientist Dr. Rattan Lal. He’s the recipient of the World Food Prize and a Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science at The Ohio State University. But they can’t do it alone.

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Young Farmers Dig Into Land

Modern Farmer

The three team members—Rudman, Oliver Aurand and Kevin Reiss, who met in 2023 on a nearby farm—bring backgrounds in soil science, anthropology and just over a decade of combined field hand experience. Friends Farm is not technically located on agricultural land. But the Friends Farm team isn’t counting on luck alone.

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Creating Living Landscapes

UnderstandingAg

When I began studying ornamental horticulture and landscape design over 25 years ago, regenerative agriculture was just a twinkle in Gabe Brown’s eye and a glimpse of the future in the eyes of Allen Williams’, Ph.D. The principles of soil health bind all together.

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Farm Bill Coalition Letter

NASDA

Sincerely, AgCountry Farm Credit Services AgCredit, ACA AgGeorgia Farm Credit AgriBank, FCB AgriBusiness Association of Kentucky Agribusiness Council of Indiana Agricultural Leaders of Michigan Agricultural Retailers Association Agriculture Energy Coalition Agri-Mark, Inc.

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The Sustainable Soil-ution Beneath Your Feet

Sustainable Harvest International

“ “My philosophy has always been that the health of soil, plants, animals, people, and the environment is one.” ” — Rattan Lal, professor of soil science + 2020 World Food Prize Laureate Conventional, or industrial, agriculture uses chemicals to defend crops from weeds, certain insect species, and diseases.

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