Sustainable Food Trust

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Arable soils are losing 40-60% of their organic carbon, whilst 300,000 hectares of UK soil is contaminated by heavy metals, plastics, sewage sludge and manure; further, microplastics, which have “ unknown consequences ”, are pervasive in UK soil and can carry harmful chemicals. Most cropland globally has lost 30-40% of its organic matter.

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ATTRA

MARCH 28, 2025

The Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research summarized the results of more than 100 scientific studies to identify cover crops that could be useful for phytoremediation of agricultural lands. Using plants to remediate soils is not a new idea, but utilizing cover crops to remediate agricultural lands is a less understood practice.

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Civil Eats

JULY 17, 2023

Agricultural runoff from both valleys is the primary input into the Salton Sea, and with that runoff comes pesticides and nutrients such as phosphorous and nitrogen. But a drought and reduced agricultural runoff have helped to shrink the shallow sea in the last two decades. 1 commodity for the last 64 years. In 2002, U.S.

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Kavya Organic Farm

AUGUST 24, 2023

Some examples of fertilising plants organically are; Agricultural waste Manure from livestock Industrial waste However, inorganic fertilisers exist too which are responsible for directly affecting the soil through chemicals. Agricultural products are especially improved by this chemical.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Agricultural run-off, including soil erosion, nutrient loss from fertilizers and animal manure, bacteria from animal manure and pesticides are the largest stressors to water quality of America’s streams and rivers. Fertile agricultural soils should be used to grow diverse, nutritious crops for humans.

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CalCAN

JUNE 28, 2023

Governor Newsom signed a 2023-24 fiscal year budget that has some good news and some bad news for the state’s Climate Smart Agriculture programs. The Alternative Manure Management Program ( AMMP ) that reduces methane emissions on dairy and livestock operations includes no funding at all for 2023-24.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Boochcraft partners with The Ecology Center for the advancement of regenerative agriculture. The vineyards are weeded only using hoes, never herbicides, and fertilized with manure. Mijenta grows agave without pesticides or herbicides. And they partner with Women’s Earth Alliance to promote environmental initiatives.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 9, 2024

This much-anticipated daylong event, which aims to both promote and protect Oaxaca’s agricultural richness, takes place every year in late November or early December. This year, the fair opened its doors on Saturday, December 2, in the community of San Pablo de Mitla, located about an hour’s drive east of the capital, Oaxaca City.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

And its early success has conservationists and lawmakers hoping it can become a model for local, state, and federal farm conservation programs, and in the process serve as a way of disrupting the corn-bean-feedlot machine that dominates Midwestern agriculture. Since 2016, the U.S. farmland is regularly cover cropped.

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UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The entire production chain of the feedstuffs going into modern confinement dairies and feedlots involves the burning of fossil fuels to produce the fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides necessary for large-scale, mono-crop, industrial production of corn and soy. This is what regenerative agriculture is all about. We listen to her.

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DTN

JULY 24, 2023

Different agricultural practices emit or sequester different amounts of carbon, so multiple farming practices must be considered when determining a farm’s environmental impact. fertilizer application, irrigation, machinery use, pesticide application) and the sources of carbon sequestration (e.g.,

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 24, 2023

Since the resurgence of regenerative agriculture, farming has never been sexier. But what does regenerative agriculture mean? It’s official: Regenerative agriculture has been hijacked. This distinction,” says Newton, “raises interesting implications about how you define regenerative agriculture.” That much is a start.

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Food Tank

MAY 1, 2024

The entire industrial agri-business-based system needs fertilizers and pesticides to function,” Tostado says. Most recently, CIEL successfully advocated for the Global Framework on Chemicals , guiding the phase-out of hazardous chemicals in agriculture by 2023. Food production “doesn’t even start at the farm, it starts at the fossils.

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Farmbrite

MARCH 14, 2023

How to Prepare For and Get Through GAP Certification Good agricultural practices are paramount for the health a well being of your customers. Good agricultural practices (GAP) certification is a voluntary program that verifies that sound food safety practices are being used. Properly store and contain the manure.

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Caff

JUNE 13, 2023

The Problem Although not all fire fallout is toxic, the impacts on livestock and crops from wildfire ash containing contaminants from household products, vehicles, fuel, fertilizers, pesticides, plastics, electrical systems, etc. has not been widely researched, nor have the long term effects on agricultural irrigation sources and soil health.

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RR2CS

JANUARY 3, 2024

Their approach to agriculture involves regenerative practices and the conversion of their land back to perennial coverage, including the cultivation of multi or polyculture crops for swath grazing. What does regenerative agriculture mean to you at Timber Ridge? In southern Alberta, drought is a good friend of ours.

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The Counter

APRIL 27, 2022

02 02 Regenerative agriculture needs a reckoning 03 03 When a Big Ag conglomerate buys an iconic niche meat company, who has to change? 04 04 Regenerative agriculture could save soil, water, and the climate. Farmers are giving up much-needed cropland to solar companies, but can the two work in tandem? Here’s how the U.S.

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Farmbrite

AUGUST 23, 2023

Healthy soil can mean increased yields (and profits) as well as fewer inputs like fertilizer or pesticides. Regardless of the approach, implementing crop rotation is crucial for maintaining soil fertility, minimizing pest and disease issues, and ensuring sustainable agriculture practices.

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Farmbrite

JUNE 19, 2023

There are many pesticides available, as well as natural methods of pest and wildlife prevention, that can help you to keep your crop safe from insects and animals. your state land grant university likely has an agricultural extension program.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 14, 2023

I am only considering them in relation to agricultural crops. By ‘lack of humus’ he is referring to the increasing trend, even then, to dispense with returning organic matter to the soil, for example, in the form of composted farmyard manure, that was made possible by the development of synthetic fertilisers.

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RR2CS

MARCH 8, 2022

Often, in conventional agriculture, muskeg areas and sloughs are drained and ploughed. Then, we planted green manures and cover crops to help build up the topsoil again, which had been pretty depleted over the years. Even more so, we’re focusing on green manures and cover crops to keep the soil safe. It was literally cooking.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 12, 2023

And for the first time in its history, the conference devoted an entire day to food, agriculture, and water. s ecosystems division, highlighted the dangerous cycle of unsustainable agriculture. Agriculture alone is responsible for 60 percent of biodiversity loss. s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). Meanwhile, U.S.

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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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RR2CS

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Harold grew up on the farm, and after graduating from high school, went on to pursue a degree in Agriculture at the University of Lethbridge. In 2006, he was awarded a prestigious Nuffield Canada Agricultural Scholarship. “My His oldest daughter just graduated from college with an agricultural degree. “It

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

These are the kinds of data that can be gleaned from the Census of Agriculture, a massive, wide-ranging survey the federal government has been conducting regularly since 1840. From an economic perspective, 75 percent of the country’s total value of agricultural production now comes from farms with $1 million or more in sales.

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Blessings, joel HILLSDALE COLLEGE PARALLEL ECONOMIES—AGRICULTURE Joel Salatin This spring when Russia invaded Ukraine, fertilizer prices increased in some cases 400 percent and global grain shipments sputtered, our farm didn’t feel anything because we don’t buy fertilizer and we don’t buy foreign grain. Travelers drug manure into hotels.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

USDA distributed seeds to farmers for free, encouraging growers to save and share seed and to experiment with any crop that could become economically important to US agriculture. This would further enable farmers to drastically cut pesticide use and increase habitat availability for a wide range of species.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Now, he’s changed his tune, speaking at conferences across the United States and Canada about climate change and the benefits of introducing beavers to agricultural lands. Landscape hydrology—how water moves over land— shifted: Wetlands were drained for agriculture and human habitation, and meandering rivers straightened.

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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. Meanwhile, in the Netherlands, the same farmers struggling with the effects of climate change, like drought, are revolting against stricter regulations on pollution from livestock manure.

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The Equation

DECEMBER 12, 2023

But those laws primarily focused on the industrial sector, leaving agriculture largely alone. According to the EPA, it applies about a half million tons of pesticides, 12 million tons of nitrogen, and 4 million tons of phosphorus fertilizer to crops in the continental United States every year. That was—and still is—a major oversight.

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The Equation

JANUARY 16, 2025

Its no coincidence that those three states are major agricultural states employing large numbers of farmworkers.) Workers who plant and pick fruits and vegetables face extreme heat which kills farmworkers every year in Danger Season coupled with toxic pesticide exposures and wildfire smoke.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 23, 2024

On a crisp weekend this past fall, 30 state legislators from across the nation descended on TomKat Ranch , an 1,800-acre ranch focused on regenerative agriculture in Pescadero, California, an hour south of San Francisco. Attendees at the TomKat Ranch tour organized by the State Innovation Exchange (SiX).

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MARCH 1, 2025

Diesel-powered tractors replaced horse-powered plows, and synthetic nitrogen fertilizers replaced their manure. Department of Agriculture programs encouraged their adoption with financial assistance that enabled big purchases like tractors as well as smaller annual purchases of newly improved hybrid corn seeds.

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The Equation

JANUARY 16, 2025

Its no coincidence that those three states are major agricultural states employing large numbers of farmworkers.) Workers who plant and pick fruits and vegetables face extreme heat which kills farmworkers every year in Danger Season coupled with toxic pesticide exposures and wildfire smoke.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 15, 2025

During his first presidential term , Donald Trump attempted to cut funding to hunger programs, implemented agricultural tariffs, tax cuts , and record-setting payments to commodity farmers, and rolled back regulations impacting environmental pollution, labor standards, food safety, and nutrition. Under his tenure, the U.S.

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