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Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Friday, Nov. 15

Food Tank

The official theme of discussions here in Baku yesterday was Finance, Investment and Trade, and for me, one thing is clear that I hope policymakers at the negotiating tables here are listening to: Meaningful financial investments in smallholder and family farmers are the only way to build a future that nourishes people and the planet.

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A Black-Led Agricultural Community Takes Shape in Maryland

Civil Eats

Since 2012, Gail Taylor has built healthy soil, provided hundreds of local families with fresh tomatoes and turnips, and fostered community on less than an acre at Three Part Harmony Farm in northeast Washington, D.C. Gail Taylor and D’Real Graham at Three Part Harmony Farm, their one-acre farm in Washington, D.C.

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Seek new farm opportunities in 2024

Western FarmPress

Finance First: Consider all aspects of expanding acres, adding specialty crops or starting a new ag business.

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Sound Agriculture: $25M to Advance Bioinspired Nutrient Efficiency Solutions

World Agri-Tech

The new financing, co-led by BMO Impact Investment Fund and S2G Ventures , will propel Sound toward profitability and support the launch of bioinspired nutrient efficiency solutions that empower growers to achieve healthier soils, thriving crops, and climate-friendly farming practices. After reaching 2 million acres in the U.S.

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Transforming the Delta

Food Environment and Reporting Network

If we took 5 percent of the acres and diverted them into almost anything that wasnt a commodity, its literally an additional $2.5 In the Delta, it is around 1 percent, and those farms cover, on average, less than 100 acres. Today Peebles has expanded to 2,000 acres, all organic. today it is less than 2 percent.

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Switch Bioworks Raises $17M in Series Seed Financing

World Agri-Tech

This latest financing will be used to complete product development of the company’s first carbon-neutral biological nitrogen fertilizer, including initial scale-up fermentation and formulation as well as greenhouse and field trials in the U.S. and internationally.

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Switch Bioworks Raises $17M in Series Seed Financing

World Agri-Tech

This latest financing will be used to complete product development of the company’s first carbon-neutral biological nitrogen fertilizer, including initial scale-up fermentation and formulation as well as greenhouse and field trials in the U.S. and internationally.

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