Sustainable Harvest International

JULY 19, 2022

The crisis in Ukraine reveals that now more than ever, we must embrace a food system grounded in local agroecology. This is simply untrue and ignores the fact that conventional farming degrades land, pollutes water, kills wildlife, and is responsible for about a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. Among the 12.6

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Sustainable Harvest International

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Because of SHI’s focus on building up soil organic matter and emphasizing trees in the diversification of farm products, each SHI farm annually sequesters 16 tons of CO2, a potent greenhouse gas. You can also follow the journey online, and be sure to tune in to our Interim Executive Director’s interview on November 4th at 9am EST!

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

In response, the chapter centers agroecological solutions like enhanced soil health and diversified landscapes. However, organic production, silvopasture, agroforestry and “other agroecological systems” are also listed among solutions. Fortunately, a focus on agroecological solutions has been gaining some traction.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 16, 2023

initiative developed in partnership with the world’s biggest chemical, seed, and meat companies—many of whom drive the food system’s biggest sources of greenhouse emissions. Is Agroecology Being Coopted by Big Ag? Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to advance AIM for Climate, a joint U.S.-U.A.E Packaged Food Policy.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 5, 2024

Although the food system generates one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions , it has largely been excluded from the climate agendas of most governments. Only last year did the food system become a major topic of international debate , during the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 8, 2024

This helped them buy their first cache of shared equipment: a tiller, a harrow, a manure spreader, a trailer to move equipment between farms, and a log splitter for heating greenhouses with wood. Every year, they pool funds to add to their growing collection of tools. A decade later, the collective is still thriving. “We’re

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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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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

.” — Vincent Martin, Director of FAO’s Office of Innovation (via @FAOInnovation on X) Ways To Take Action: Add your name: via Compassion in World Farming — “Livestock produce more direct greenhouse gas emissions than planes, trains and cars, combined. The evidence is clear: we can’t tackle climate change without changing our food system.

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Food Tank

MAY 1, 2024

Approximately 2 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions come from nitrogen fertilizers , according to a study in Nature. 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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Modern Farmer

MAY 7, 2024

“She thought that if we’re going to be able to end factory farming, it’s not just about creating a different system that runs parallel, like you might see a lot of organizations doing when they talk about agroecology or regenerative farming [and] things of that nature,” says Whitley. This former chicken barn is now a greenhouse.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 1, 2023

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. An Ancient Grain Made New Again: How Sorghum Could Help U.S.

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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.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 29, 2023

But rather than reduce fossil fuel use directly in their supply chains, some choose to offset their pollution by buying “carbon credits” designed to reflect greenhouse gasses taken out of the air elsewhere. Many companies and governments want to claim that their operations are emissions-free. It’s a potentially lucrative opportunity.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

For example, in several USDA ARS Long Term Agroecological Research sites, organic crop rotations that include cover crop, cereal grain, and/or a perennial sod phase have accrued more soil organic carbon and supported more microbial activity and better nutrient cycling efficiency than conventional corn-soy rotations.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 12, 2023

While many sustainability assessments focus on the impacts that farms have on people and planet beyond the farm gate (for example, the contribution of farm greenhouse gas emissions to global warming), less attention is focused on the need to ensure that future generations can meet their needs for farm products, in particular, food.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 19, 2024

“Our biggest criticism of CRP,” says Anne Schechinger, mid-west director for EWG, “is that, as it is currently set up, it is not doing enough to store carbon in soil or reduce greenhouse gas emissions.” Agriculture is responsible for 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the US.

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Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

CONTENT SOURCED FROM JUST FOOD Written by: David Burrows January 27, 2023 Danone ’s greenhouse gas emissions are around 26MtCo2e, and agriculture accounts for 61% of them. He argues agroecological systems are “networks of relationships, not collections of practices. Nestlé ’s footprint is 92MtCO2e with 71% from ‘ingredients sourcing’.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Such changes reduced the overall resilience of the agroecological system. Moreover, they have more potential to contribute to greenhouse gas mitigation via carbon sequestration. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions means moving away from the use of high-energy and polluting nitrogenous fertilizers.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) , Africa AFSA is an alliance uniting civil societies dedicated to promoting agroecology and food sovereignty across Africa. They currently have 13 urban agricultural facilities, school gardens, hydroponic greenhouses, and soil-based farms.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 12, 2024

Conspiracy Theories and an Ongoing Culture War Dozens of peer-reviewed studies have shown that livestock accounts for anywhere between 11 and 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, much of which comes from land use and cow burps. He adds that alternative proteins would help farmers. “An

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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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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

And it found that despite an executive order directing agencies to consider greenhouse gas emissions in procurement, another addressing consolidation , and hundreds of millions of dollars granted to small and mid-size farms and processors over the past few years, the government isn’t exactly putting its money where its mouth is.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

While many of these priorities – such as agricultural climate adaptation and mitigation, MMRV of greenhouse gas emissions, and public cultivar development – are important additions to improve AFRI’s focus on agroecological research, without increased funding, AFRI will be limited in its ability to address these new priority areas.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

As it reads now, the bill fails to prioritize equitable farmland access, divests from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and strikes climate provisions that would assist farmers in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preparing for extreme weather events. The committee considered the bill in a 13.5-hour

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