Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

His mom, Christy Walton—widow to Sam’s son John—has a net worth of about $11 billion, which she has used to fund restaurants, large ocean aquaculture projects, and a 40,000-acre ranch that offers a “regenerative experience” to tourists and has acted as a site for research on land and livestock management. It won’t be easy.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 1, 2024

Both durable and efficient, with no need for farmland or vast amounts of water, it threatened to leave natural fibers like cotton in the dust. percent of the world’s farmland but uses 4.7 Polyester was once thought to be a wonder fiber. It turns out the miracle thread made from oil isn’t so recyclable. Enter next-gen synthetics.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 31, 2024

To make way for those industrial fields of palm trees, some 30,000 acres of rainforest were cut down, a swath of destruction that one Indigenous leader called an act of “eco-genocide.” He marveled at the efficiency of the African oil palm, which can produce five times as much edible oil per acre as corn or soy.

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