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Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Saturday, Nov. 16

Food Tank

As I’ve mentioned, a major solution being discussed here in Baku is financing, and we saw even more progress toward investment yesterday. We can no longer clear all the trees, cannot allow our soils to degrade, cannot fertilize without care.” The small farmers of the Americas want, desire, hope to help improve the environment.

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This Oregon Farmer Is Building a New Model for Indigenous Food and Agriculture

Civil Eats

When she moved to Oregon in 2006, she noticed a contrasting lack in access to culturally relevant foods, which has been a driving force behind her decades-long work championing Indigenous food sovereignty through agriculture, advocacy, and activism. Spring Alaska Schreiner, owner of Sakari Farms outside Bend, Oregon.

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Nurturing a Path to Success for Small, Sustainable Sheepherders

Food Tank

“He said, ‘I’ll help you with school, but my one stipulation is that you cannot take any animal science classes. Be a poet, do whatever, just no animal science.’ It had been such a bad run of finances that he said to just get out,” says Wahl.

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The Top 10 Careers in Agriculture

Farmbrite

Agriculture is one of the most important industries in the world. While farming may be your first thought when it comes to agricultural jobs, there are actually hundreds of different specialties and niches within the industry, from scientists to economists and more. It provides us with food, clothing and shelter.

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Precision Ag News 9/7

Agwired

Bayer significantly strengthens its commitment to innovation in regenerative agriculture with a EUR 220 million investment in research and development (R&D) at its Monheim site. Joining Brian on the executive leadership team is recently announced chief financial officer and vice president of finance, David Pugh, who began August 7.

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This app set out to fight pesticides. Once VC stepped in, the app helped sell them.

Food Environment and Reporting Network

In the years between pitches, Plantix had begun a journey toward becoming one of the world’s most successful digital tools for agriculture, serving more than 30 million farmers who upload some 50,000 images to the platform a day. The Streys had studied geography and soil science at Leibniz University Hannover in Germany.