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Will a Food and Ag Focus at COP28 Distract From the Fossil Fuel Economy?

Civil Eats

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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Opinion: To Make a Real Impact on Climate Change, We Must Move Beyond the Carbon Footprint

Modern Farmer

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. amount of food produced per unit of GHG emission).

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Ukraine Crisis Reveals Need for Organic Farming

Sustainable Harvest International

The crisis in Ukraine reveals that now more than ever, we must embrace a food system grounded in local agroecology. Of course, the agrochemical companies and their apologists have a profit motive to make us believe we can’t produce enough food without synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. Among the 12.6

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Sustainable Harvest International Joins Love Tropics for a Video Game (Fun)draiser

Sustainable Harvest International

Conventional sugarcane production uses high levels of pesticides and other agrochemicals, which are harmful to local wildlife and local communities. 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.

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Breaking the Chain: CIEL’s Battle to Unravel the Fossil Fuel Grip on Our Food System

Food Tank

Approximately 2 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions come from nitrogen fertilizers , according to a study in Nature. The entire industrial agri-business-based system needs fertilizers and pesticides to function,” Tostado says. Food production “doesn’t even start at the farm, it starts at the fossils.

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As the Climate Crisis Escalates, Here Are 18 Food and Ag Solutions

Civil Eats

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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5 Critical Agriculture Topics to Incorporate Into Any Climate-Related Event

Agritecture Blog

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.