Civil Eats

JULY 17, 2023

Over that time, only a handful of smaller-scale research projects have attempted to document current sediment contaminants on what is now almost 20,000 acres of exposed playa that is adding dust to the region’s already poor air quality. It’s associated with air quality, ecology, and biologicals in the lake.

Pesticide 83

Pesticide Acre Agriculture Agriculture 83

Civil Eats

JANUARY 31, 2024

That’s how, a year later, he ended up at the largest cattle ranch in Montana, where the only thing more vast than its approximately 380,000 acres is the wealth and power of the man who owns it: one Rupert Murdoch. How do you do that and create ecological change, economic value, and social benefit? It’s not gonna be the last.”

Ranching 98

Ranching Cattle Production Food 98

Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 14, 2023

The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology estimates that “One teaspoonful of topsoil contains around 1 billion microscopic cells and around 10,000 different species.” A claim repeated in various ways, is that a teaspoonful of healthy soil contains more living organisms than there are people on the planet.

Ploughing 52

Ploughing Crop Yield Farming 52