Food Tank

MARCH 21, 2025

For example long-distance transport, temperature and number of storage days can lead to a loss of vitamins and minerals , and high consumption of ultra-processed foods is linked to increased cardiovascular diseases as well as greenhouse gas emissions. Agroecology can be the solution to our nutrition and environmental crises.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 8, 2024

For three years, Nathanael Gonzales-Siemens drove up California’s coast for 14 hours every month for a routine task: milling his grain into flour. “I We’ve got 150 acres of grain.” He found this disconcerting, not only for himself but the future of small-scale grain farming in California, once known for its golden hills of grain.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Until a few years ago, Songbird Farm in Unity, Maine, grew wheat, rye, oats, and corn, as well as an array of vegetables in three high tunnel greenhouses, and supported a community-supported agriculture (CSA) program for over 100 customers. What we are working on now is the breakdown method.” It is levels that would melt our skin.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 1, 2023

An Ancient Grain Made New Again: How Sorghum Could Help U.S. Farms Adapt to Climate Change Sorghum—popular among young, BIPOC, and under-resourced farmers—has extra long roots that allow it to withstand drought and sequester greenhouse gasses.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 3, 2023

More than just an explicit set of production practices, this way of farming is known as “agroecology”, and refers to working with, rather than against, nature. The conventional meat industry is one of the leading sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Controlled Environment Agriculture A CEA farm growing tomatoes.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

Greater increases in structural, variety, and species diversity may be created with agroforestry systems, mixing trees and shrubs into annual and perennial grain, legume, and vegetable crops. That includes agroforestry systems, perennial pasture systems, and perennial grain crops. All of these policies help to shift U.S.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) , Africa AFSA is a coalition of civil society organizations advocating for food sovereignty and agroecology across the continent. Through research, stakeholder engagement, and storytelling, Project Drawdown drives global action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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