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Switch Bioworks Raises $17M in Series Seed Financing

World Agri-Tech

Nitrogen fertilizer is an expensive yet essential crop nutrient, supporting the food supply of half the world’s population. Current manufacturing is largely based on fossil fuels and leads to over a gigaton of CO2 equivalent emissions and many damaging environmental consequences such as fertilizer run-off and eutrophication.

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Understanding the COMET-Planner Tool

ATTRA

Introduction COMET-Planner is a web-based greenhouse gas (GHG) evaluation tool used to provide modelled estimates of the greenhouse gas impacts of certain conservation practices utilized across various agricultural landscapes. To answer that question, we use a tool called COMET-Planner. tonnes per year, not zero.

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Cotton and Wool Producers Invited to Apply to Climate Beneficial Fiber Program

ATTRA

Participating farms and ranches will work with experts to create a tailored plan that identifies opportunities to bring more carbon into soils and vegetation and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. That’s good for rural communities as well as the planet.”

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Are Next-Gen Synthetic Fibers the Future of Sustainable Textiles?

Modern Farmer

Cheap and easy to make, it’s still the fastest-growing group of fibers used to manufacture garments. Fashion contributes around 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, second only to big oil. The difficulty, and the stage most of these startups are now, is in scaling manufacturing. What’s the solution?

Textiles 101
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Meet the Refugee Farmers Raising the Crops of Their Homelands From Texas Soil

Modern Farmer

I had to rely on others to eat, and it was really difficult,” says Bista, who is one of six refugee farmers employed by New Leaf Agriculture, a 20-acre organic operation located in Manor, Texas. Bista’s son Bal is New Leaf’s chicken and greenhouse manager, and he and his in-laws also have community farmer plots.

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A Plastic Tsunami is Taking Over Farms. What Will Stop Plasticulture? 

Modern Farmer

Everything from silage wraps, tote drums, containers, plastic mulch, greenhouse sheeting and row covers have a use in modern-day agriculture, although much of it is single-use and not recyclable. It works with manufacturers and producers of agricultural plastic to recycle products on its behalf.

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Food, Beverage, and Pet Food Companies Seek Accurate, Reliable Farm Sustainability Data

DTN

Scope 3 reporting requirements Upcoming Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 3 emission reporting requirements will entail companies to report the amount of carbon emitted during the production of the ingredients they purchased. In this example, 99 kg/acre of CO 2 e emissions were sequestered due to sustainable farming practices.