Sustainable Harvest International

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

“ “My philosophy has always been that the health of soil, plants, animals, people, and the environment is one.” ” — Rattan Lal, professor of soil science + 2020 World Food Prize Laureate Conventional, or industrial, agriculture uses chemicals to defend crops from weeds, certain insect species, and diseases.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Initially imagining its product as a tool for smallholders in low-income countries, PEAT offered it for free. There was no blueprint for our business model,” which sought to change the world by improving the lives of hundreds of millions of growers who work just a few acres. At the time, Penas was the only plant pathologist on staff.

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World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 3, 2024

The heroes are new cover crops, nitrogen producing microbes for crops and gene editing to produce never-been-possible-before products and traits.” The past 10 years have demonstrated that practical, user-facing tech on the production side can make a difference in what consumers (e.g. anyone who eats!) Crops take time to grow.

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The Equation

MARCH 4, 2024

Over the next 15 years, California will have to repurpose about 1 million acres of cropland, most of it out of the 5.5 million irrigated acres in the San Joaquin Valley. Farms that use extractive agriculture usually are outside the official community line, and therefore they pay no taxes to the communities they pollute.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 13, 2024

Although the state is known for hog production— hogs outnumber people 7:1 —the number of cattle in Iowa feedlots is increasing, too. And for good reason: Cattle is the top-ranked agricultural commodity in the U.S. Each year, animals in CAFOs produce twice as much waste as the entire U.S. population.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 8, 2024

When farmer Joshua Manske heard about the acquisition of an Iowa fertilizer plant by Koch Industries in December, he saw it as a “microcosm of what’s going on nationally.” Because corn requires nitrogen fertilizer to grow, Manske is concerned that further consolidation of the fertilizer industry will drive his input prices up more.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 15, 2023

(Photo: Shutterstock) Although China, Indonesia, South Korea, and the Philippines still account for more than 95 percent of global production, farms in North America – particularly British Columbia, Alaska, and Maine – are cropping up to meet demand. Cascadia Seaweed , also founded in 2019, operates eight farms covering 62 acres.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 13, 2023

billion to hundreds of agriculture organizations, corporations, universities, and nonprofits for climate-smart projects. More importantly, the agency aims to catalyze new, premium markets for products such as climate-smart corn, soybeans, and beef, which it hopes will spur farmers to continue these practices far into the future.

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Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 31, 2023

Foroohar grew up in the Midwest heartland of Indiana where the industrial food system was born. She explores the transformation of farming, especially in this region which is dominated by corn, soy and wheat production, and how smaller-scale farmers have been pushed out as large corporations take increasing control over the land.

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The Equation

MAY 9, 2024

of US gross domestic product (GDP) and employing more than 22 million people. Tracing Big Ag control from seed to supermarket We can trace corporate power through every stage of food production and distribution, identifying some of the largest and most problematic corporate actors—think of them as the Monsantos of today—along the way.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 28, 2024

We are challenging an entire model of production that threatens not just Mexico, but the world.” What stops significant traces of the insecticidal toxins from entering US and Canadian food supplies is the dominance of highly processed corn oils and cereals, the production of which breaks them down.

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Civil Eats

JULY 8, 2024

Just blocks from the traffic-clogged bustle of Rio’s boulevards, the Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro is a remaining 130-acre patch of the rainforest from which the city was carved three centuries ago. Each one is a potential treasure trove for companies seeking new plant-based products. companies have Brazilian subsidiaries).

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Civil Eats

JULY 9, 2024

It was the annual field day at The Mill , a popular Mid-Atlantic retailer of agricultural products including seeds, fertilizer, and pesticides. Back at the barn, companies that sell their products at The Mill had set up folding tables to talk to farmers and hand out swag. First, the farmers embarked on a wagon tour. they yelled.

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The Equation

DECEMBER 12, 2023

EN: Before we get to the issue of agriculture sector pollution, I wanted to ask you about the recent US Supreme Court decision that severely curtailed the EPA’s authority to protect millions of acres of wetlands. That makes the fertilizer industry a double threat to the climate.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

Learning how food is produced is a significant step, but it’s not easy: “Opacity insulates consumers from the worst practices of food production,” the authors write. That changed, however, after Moyer and her partner established an organic farm on 10 acres in the Sierra foothills of California.

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Daily Yonder

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Today, the aquifer supports 20% of the nation’s wheat, corn, cotton and cattle production and represents 30% of all water used for irrigation in the United States. Shannon said the city, industry and agricultural producers must work together. “We We know farmers are going to have to produce ag products.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In an age of mechanized and industrialized agriculture, they face many challenges in operating a sustainable cattle farm—and there’s federal assistance to help with that. has the world’s largest fed-cattle industry and livestock make up half or more of some states’ ag exports , what if your state isn’t big into pork or beef?

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The Equation

MAY 14, 2024

The inequities we see today—a dying Black farmer population , riskier operations and inaccessible resources for BIPOC farmers, longstanding racism at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), and health disparities from unequal food access —are direct products of ongoing systemic racism and systematic exclusion.

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