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Ask a Scientist: What Value Do Wetlands Provide?

The Equation

While development, forestry, and climate change all contribute to wetland loss, draining for agriculture has been the single biggest cause since the 1800s. STACY WOODS: The US has lost half of its wetlands since its founding. STACY WOODS: Yes. We estimated that the 30.4

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The USDA Plan to Better Measure Agriculture’s Impact on the Climate Crisis

Civil Eats

It is important that we embrace the notion of climate-smart agriculture and forestry, but to do that, we’ve got to get the science and the innovation right. resembling commodity agriculture systems based on chemical fertilizers and pesticides. We have to have accurate, reliable measurements of the impact.

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Ask a Scientist: What Value Do Wetlands Provide?

The Equation

While development, forestry, and climate change all contribute to wetland loss, draining for agriculture has been the single biggest cause since the 1800s. STACY WOODS: The US has lost half of its wetlands since its founding. STACY WOODS: Yes. We estimated that the 30.4

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From Commodification to Conservation: Restoring Agrobiodiversity through Seed Breeding – Part I: 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

This would further enable farmers to drastically cut pesticide use and increase habitat availability for a wide range of species. In contrast, today’s dominant players genetically engineer and mass produce seed alongside complementary inputs including fertilizers and pesticides. per planted acre of seed in 1990 paid $93.48

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2021: A Year in Review

Sustainable Harvest International

PCB visits SHI partnering community of Patchakan in May 2021 In 2021, SHI-Belize also began a pilot program in partnership with Belize’s Ministry of Agriculture and the Pesticide Control Board (PCB) to provide training in organic alternatives to pesticides for farmers in three “test” communities around the country. Learn more here.

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125 Food and Agriculture Organizations to Watch in 2025

Food Tank

40 Acres & A Mule Project , United States 40 Acres & A Mule seeks to acquire Black-owned farmland to be used to celebrate and preserve the history, food, and stories of Black culture in food and farming. As we enter a new quarter century, here are 125 organizations to follow and support in 2025.

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Elementor #747575

National Young Farmers Coalition

Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI). The environmental impact of precision agriculture is not yet understood, but it can potentially increase energy use and the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers. This marks the latest step in the ongoing process of shaping the next Farm Bill.