Agroecology Cultivation Pesticide 
Sustainable Harvest International
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Conventional sugarcane production uses high levels of pesticides and other agrochemicals, which are harmful to local wildlife and local communities. After years of intensive sugarcane cultivation, the soil needs lots of organic matter in order to heal.
Food Tank
MAY 1, 2024
The entire industrial agri-business-based system needs fertilizers and pesticides to function,” Tostado says. Collaborating with farmers, CIEL promotes natural agroecological practices such as crop rotation, legume cultivation, and the use of beneficial insects, fungi, and organic manure instead of chemical additives.
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Sustainable Harvest International
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Positive momentum and a strong financial position enabled SHI to expand its core programs by hiring new field trainers, start several pilot projects, and cultivate new partnerships, all according to the organization’s scaling up vision as outlined in the Million Farm Transformation and operationalized in a board-approved strategic plan through 2025.
Food Environment and Reporting Network
MAY 28, 2024
Mexico’s challenge has also bolstered its standing as hemispheric leader of an agroecology movement gaining momentum across the global south. “If Washington’s response reflects the corporate capture of the US regulatory system,” said Fernando Bejarano, director of the Action Network on Pesticides and their Alternatives in Mexico.
The Equation
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
This creates instability in the cultivation and overall supply and distribution of food, which affects human and environmental health. Rural communities are vital to US agriculture, since they are home to most of the land under cultivation and provide much of the workforce for the agriculture sector. Agricultural research.
Modern Farmer
JULY 12, 2024
A long list of other states, meanwhile, have banned the word “meat” from cultivated meat packaging. Italy became the first country to criminalize cultivated meat in 2023, as well as banning the use of words like burger and sausage on packaging for alternative proteins. In actuality, cultivated meat is not that mysterious.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Over time, the consolidation and commodification of seeds has eroded the resilience of our food systems, diminishing the agrobiodiversity of crops cultivated in the US at an alarming rate. Such changes reduced the overall resilience of the agroecological system.
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