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Precision Ag News 3/6

Agwired

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) presented the seventh-annual Davidson Prize to the top three innovative products, selected from the AE50 honorees on Friday, March 1, at Commodity Classic in Houston, TX.

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Troops Leaving Service Find New Purpose on the Farm

Modern Farmer

Inside the Archi’s Acres greenhouse. In 2007, they established the Veteran’s Sustainable Agriculture Training program, since renamed as Archi’s Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (AiSA), an agricultural training program designed to transition active and former armed force members into growers. It’s a huge talent pool.”

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Food Systems 101: How Community Colleges Are Helping Students Connect Farm to Fork

Modern Farmer

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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Walmart’s ‘Regenerative Foodscape’

Civil Eats

After years of philanthropic support for fisheries, water, and education, members of his generation (along with some of their elders) are not only accelerating that environmental focus, they’re applying it to food and agriculture in new ways. He also passed on a significant stake in Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, with $611.3

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5 Automation Companies to Look Out For

Agritecture Blog

Editor’s Note: The following list details some of the many automation companies involved in the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) sector. This Finland-based company aims to advance greenhouse growing by providing fully automated NFT growing systems. Avisomo also has automated solutions for internal logistics.

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This farmer says he reluctantly throws away enough cauliflower to feed a province

Agritecture Blog

The seed of a solution A new funding stream for growers is required, Melvin says, to get leftover produce into the food bank system. million Canadians in 2021 and specializes in third-party logistics across the country. We're used to working in agriculture to just make sure that we can move this perishable food as fast as possible."

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As Saltwater Encroaches on Farms, Solutions Emerge from the Marshes

Civil Eats

Exactly how far inland the salt encroaches will depend partially on how effective humans are at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as rising temperatures and melting ice sheets are the main contributors to the ocean’s expansions. Chris Miller in the greenhouse.

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