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Press Release: Clinton Global Initiative Recognizes Sustainable Harvest International As a Leader in Climate Resilience

Sustainable Harvest International

SHI was recognized as a leader in the category Climate Resilience for its expansion of carbon-negative agroforestry and other agroecology practices in Central America. A farm in La Pedregosa, Panama after transitioning to agroecology practices with SHI.

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Opinion: To Make a Real Impact on Climate Change, We Must Move Beyond the Carbon Footprint

Modern Farmer

Better yet, why do some researchers, farmers and activists prefer the term “urban agroecology?” From 2017 to 2019, my research team helped to define and elevate “urban agroecology” in the US as a better way of acknowledging the multifunctional benefits of urban green spaces. However, when you divide a large number (i.e.,

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PFAS Shut Maine Farms Down. Now, Some Are Rebounding.

Civil Eats

Songbird Farm (Photo credit: Jenny McNulty) Maine had been spreading what is called sludge on its farmland and fields since the 1980s. Testing, however, is only the first step towards regaining use of PFAS contaminated farmland. The spreading of sludge as fertilizer remains legal in all U.S.

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

Food Tank

As Adrian Lipscombe, a chef and the Founder of the 40 Acres Project, put it: “If we don’t have soil health, we’re not going to have food.” The organization behind the film, Kiss the Ground, has launched a campaign to help 100,000 more farmers transition 100 million more acres of U.S. And they’re pushing innovation.

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Op-Ed: Biologicals 2.0: Why Genetically Engineered Soil Microbes Are Concerning

Food Tank

An application of GE bacteria could release 3 trillion genetically modified organisms every half an acre that’s about how many GE corn plants there are in the entire U.S. Proven® is already being used on over three million acres of U.S. Millenia of farmer experience and decades of modern organic and agroecological farming show the way.

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20 Organizations Cultivating the Food Movement in Atlanta

Food Tank

Acres of Ancestry Initiative/Black Agrarian Fund The Acres of Ancestry Initiative/Black Agrarian Fund is a multidisciplinary, cooperative nonprofit ecosystem that aims to regenerate custodial land ownership, ecological stewardship, and food and fiber economies in the American South.

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The Farmers Leaning On Each Other’s Tools

Civil Eats

We’ve got 150 acres of grain.” They spread out the cost through a fee structure based on either the number of acres on which the equipment is used or the number of hours it is in use. Whelan hopes to one day own her own farm in Connecticut, the state that she notes has some of the most expensive farmland in the country.

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