Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 14, 2023

Improving the health of soils, particularly on agricultural land, enables them to be more productive, to host more lifeforms and to sequester more carbon, making soil health a critical factor in our response to climate change and biodiversity loss. These markets can be voluntary or compliance based.

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Finance Marketing Farming Farming 52

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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Agriculture Agriculture Food Production 52

Civil Eats

JUNE 12, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have been working to reign in the misuse and overuse of antibiotics in animal agriculture—which contributes to the problem—for more than a decade. EPA initiated the tests after an environmental toxicologist found alarming levels of multiple PFAS in six out of 10 agricultural pesticides he tested.

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Pesticide Food Animal Agriculture Poultry 123

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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Farming Farming Agriculture Agriculture 99