Agricultural Biodiversity

JULY 9, 2023

Just agricultural science: The green revolution, biotechnologies, and marginalized farmers in Africa. Questioning the role of “opinion leaders” in agricultural programs. Likely decline in the number of farms globally by the middle of the century. Wait, you have to model this, you can’t figure it out from space?

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Civil Eats

MARCH 11, 2025

While the current administration may blame woke DEI environmentalists for the blazes, science shows that the climate crisis contributed to the severity of the damage. Another 38 percent comes from retail consumption and waste; and the rest is from industrial inputs (like pesticides and fertilizer) and agriculture production.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

As those paying attention to agriculture know, climate impacts have become increasingly apparent since the last assessment was published in 2018. The NCA5 covers a lot of ground, but this summary focuses on aspects most relevant to agriculture. high-efficiency irrigation and genetic modification) rather than systems approaches.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Embry’s focus on urban agriculture and food justice in Detroit drew a global audience, where he hosted audiences include the British Parliament, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, and distinguished personalities such as Danny Glover, David Korten , and Joanna Macy. This means everyone is involved in the food agricultural system.

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The Equation

MARCH 4, 2024

But if we do it right, it will have a positive ripple effect that will benefit everyone in California and will make the San Joaquin Valley a positive example around the world for agriculture, energy, and socioenvironmental justice. It is the opposite of sustainable agriculture. But how can we do things right?

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 5, 2024

But as Civil Eats’ reporting has shown, the food and agriculture system is full of examples of how farmers, ranchers, fishers, chefs, restaurants, grocery stores, and consumers are addressing climate change, with strategies that sequester carbon, slash emissions, save water, reduce plastics, and open new markets.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

The agriculture students will be growing and raising specialty crops and animals for us, and culinary students will get the chance to get their hands in the dirt to learn what it takes to grow a crop,” says chef-instructor and Top Chef alum Robin Leventhal. Bergen Community College was one of the grant recipients, receiving a $4.5-million

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 20, 2024

For Immediate Release Contact: Laura Zaks National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition press@sustainableagriculture.net Tel. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from using the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to address emerging agricultural issues, instead requiring USDA to receive Congressional approval for any use of the CCC.

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The Equation

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

My partner in our farm, Robbie Jaffe, and I have been very involved in trying to speak for the Cuyama Valley community, defending the science of groundwater depletion and our personal experience as farmers and community-members. I am a professional agroecologist trained in ecosystem processes with experience in sustainable agriculture.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The foundation selected the Demanda Colectiva to join such esteemed company, according to president and founder Randall Tolpinrud, for its “courage and wisdom to resist the ravages of industrial agriculture that degrades the land, destroys biodiversity and encourages increased carbon emissions.” Maybe that judge didn’t eat his tacos.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

He’s the recipient of the World Food Prize and a Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science at The Ohio State University. Food and Agriculture Organization calculates—which makes the problem of soil erosion so much more concerning. I had the opportunity to chat with Dr. Lal recently at a U.N. But they can’t do it alone.

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The Equation

MARCH 28, 2023

I may be a romantic, but I firmly believe that we can reimagine agriculture, rural disadvantaged communities and the environment in a way that makes everyone happy. I love nature, and I see agriculture as part of nature, not as a foe. But agricultural practices, especially in California, must be updated to survive the future.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

He writes: “Our societies must turn to low-energy, low-capital, low-carbon agroecological approaches geared to meeting local needs primarily from local land, air and water. Agriculture at its best can do this.” Given that one or two billion people in the world are relying on agriculture for their livelihoods?

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 7, 2023

COP28 formally kicked off last week, and we’re now in the most important stretch of the conference for discussions about food and agriculture. We also saw a robust discussion at the Sustainable Agriculture of the Americas Pavilion, by IICA, on the climate influence of livestock production and cattle farming. I’m here in Dubai, U.A.E.,

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Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

Editor’s Note: According to the USDA, agriculture accounted for around 11% of carbon emissions in the USA in 2020. To improve humanity’s impact on the climate, we will need to change the way we approach agriculture in the future. However, the rise of regenerative agriculture has sparked a number of questions.

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Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The science tells us that agroecology is what we need to create farms that are resilient to climate shocks. For too long, major industrial groups have been dominant, and have pushed a false narrative that harmful chemical inputs and exploitative labor practices and animal treatment protocols are necessarily to feed the world.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth post in a multi-part blog series analyzing the Farm Food and National Security Act of 2024 (FFNSA), which was reported out of the House Agriculture Committee on Friday, May 24. public, across party lines, is concerned about the impacts of climate change on agriculture and food production.

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Food Tank

AUGUST 29, 2023

The latest science highlights a range of genetic mishaps that can happen when we engineer living organisms, like gene insertions and deletions that we never intended. They are also claiming their leadership in regenerative agriculture. Millenia of farmer experience and decades of modern organic and agroecological farming show the way.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 1, 2023

While agriculture is a major contributor to climate change, it can also play a significant role in mitigating the impacts—and we at Civil Eats make a concerted effort to focus on solutions in our coverage. These severe conditions have a tremendous impact on our food system, affecting everything from crop yields to working conditions on farms.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In the months leading up to COP28, a petition by the Global People’s Caravan for Food, Land and Climate Justice has circulated among small farming communities, agricultural workers, Indigenous groups, and other rural advocates. Some of the world’s highest emitters, including the U.S., have pledged much less than their fair share.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The post-war Government enabled an agricultural transition that dramatically shifted farming and diets. v] [vi] [vii] Yet, under the last Government, Defra underspent on its agriculture budget commitments by £358million over three years. This level of ambition is needed again now.

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Share Food Program

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Agroecology: Understanding Sustainable Plant & Soil Science; and 4. In the spirit of back-to-school, we’ll be sharing Nice Roots’ Farm-to-School curriculum in a series of four lessons: 1. Food Justice, Land Sovereignty and Deconstructing the Food System; 2. Growing Food from Seed to Harvest; 3.

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Caff

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

We believe farmers of color, and other historically oppressed people, should have the opportunity to create and participate in a food and agriculture system that aligns with their needs, values, identities, knowledge systems, and communities.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 28, 2024

Can they make laws to safeguard domestic agriculture, public health, the environment, and the genetic integrity of the national diet? Mexico’s challenge has also bolstered its standing as hemispheric leader of an agroecology movement gaining momentum across the global south. “If Share this This Story’s Impact 1.3

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Contributing authors: Abigail Buta ,and Jessica Levy , and Elena Seeley The momentum to transform food and agriculture systems has never been more urgentor more inspiring. It connects expertise across disciplines to enhance food security, improve distribution, and position Canada as a leader in agricultural innovation.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Contributing authors: Liza Greene , Elena Seeley , and Alessandra Uriarte The food and agriculture movement made incredible strides over the last year—but our work isn’t done yet! These groups are continuing to push for food and agriculture systems that are economically, socially, and environmentally just and equitable.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Our editors, staff writers, and freelance contributors have a wide selection of food and agriculture books to recommend, both for gift-giving purposes and for the quiet moments you carve out for yourself. Culinary history, science, and ingredient notes enrich the reading, but the real joy of this book rests in the cooking.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JULY 16, 2024

Young Farmers is excited to announce that Government Relations Director, Vanessa García Polanco has been appointed to the USDA’s National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics (NAREEE) Advisory Board. said Nick Rossi, Research Extension and Education Policy Specialist at National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition.

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Virginia Tech and Virginia Cooperative Extension’s project team conducted 11 semi-structured interviews and conversations across Virginia to learn and better understand farmers’ and ranchers’ agroecological motivations and overall values related to the protection and conservation of water resources. Department of Agriculture.

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The Equation

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In early 2023, I had the opportunity to serve as the reviewer of Chapter 11 (Agriculture, Food Systems, and Rural Communities) of the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA 5 ). As extreme weather events increase in frequency, the agricultural supply chain is more vulnerable to disruption.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

Brazil’s national requirement that 30 percent of school food ingredients be sourced from local and regional family farms helps empower and fund women agroecological producers. Meanwhile, in the U.S., This marked the beginning of an agrarian movement chronicled by David Gilbert in Countering Dispossession, Reclaiming Land.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 12, 2024

We’re here today to sign the bill that continues our commitment to having a vibrant agriculture industry,” DeSantis announced. These bans hinder innovation rather than seek protocols for vetting new technologies in food science, she added. Before him sat a small crowd dotted with cowboy hats. The budding industry has raised $3.1

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

One way to improve soil is through regenerative agriculture, an array of sustainable farming practices that, as of January, are gathered under an official definition in the state of California. Two years ago, in an effort to guide Californias farming policy and programs, the state launched a public process to define regenerative agriculture.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 31, 2025

in his book Decolonizing African Agriculture. He finds the culprit to be colonial models of agriculture science, and argues for a place-based agroecological approach. Why have only a few very large corporations come to dominate agriculture? Moseley asks a simple questionwhy?in

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Editor’s Note: This post is the fifth post in a multi-part series exploring some of the key sustainable agriculture and food systems challenges that the farm bill can address. This public research and development (R&D) investment is the primary driver of long-term productivity growth in US agriculture.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 recently passed by the House Agriculture Committee does not serve the new generation of farmers and ranchers in this country. Just before midnight on May 24, 2024, the House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture voted on the bill. The committee considered the bill in a 13.5-hour

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The Equation

AUGUST 10, 2023

The letter cited seven key issues that the bill should address, among them the climate crisis, food insecurity, worker protections, food safety, and systemic racism at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). How is the new farm bill shaping up to address the agriculture sector’s pollution problem?

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