Agroecology Farmland Pesticide 
Food Tank
AUGUST 29, 2023
On a summer day in downtown Salinas, California, a group of farmers, biotechnology start-ups and pesticide corporations gathered to talk about the benefits of biology. While the realm of pesticides and fertilizers has been dominated by chemistry for the past eight decades, it seems like biology may soon have its day.
Modern Farmer
MARCH 20, 2024
Better yet, why do some researchers, farmers and activists prefer the term “urban agroecology?” From 2017 to 2019, my research team helped to define and elevate “urban agroecology” in the US as a better way of acknowledging the multifunctional benefits of urban green spaces. However, when you divide a large number (i.e.,
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The Equation
MARCH 4, 2024
But maybe the most famous sabotage occurred in March of 2023, after heavy rains flooded Dear Creek and someone artificially diverted the water flow toward Allensworth to protect industrial farmland operations elsewhere. Those corporations spray pesticides that often drifts over people and sensitive environmental areas.
Sustainable Food Trust
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Perfectly square patches of farmland cover the entire southeast of the state. As agroecology researcher, Dr Nathan Einbinder, shares in his Wicked Leeks column , “I’m a strong believer in farmer-to-farmer approaches as a vehicle to empower producers to experiment and share.” Farmers’ resolve to change will inevitably be tested.
Sustainable Food Trust
JULY 26, 2023
This is because productive arable farmland, that could be used for growing food to be fed directly to people, is used for growing lower grade livestock cereals, from which only 17-30% of calories are returned for human consumption as meat or milk. Examples of good practice are already flourishing in organic and agroecological enterprises.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
JULY 14, 2023
As farmland becomes less functional as a result of increasing stresses from drought, floods, pests, and heatwaves, its regulation by diverse organisms becomes ever more important. Climate change and biodiversity loss represent existential threats to the agricultural status quo.
Modern Farmer
JULY 12, 2024
In reaction to the European Union’s Green New Deal, which proposed reducing pesticides, restoring nature and planting more climate-resilient crops, Dutch farm groups have pushed back. In a world where we need to feed a lot more people, meat…will still be demanded and exacerbating climate change and deforestation,” Muzi said.
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