Food Tank

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

This is the first part of an articles series based on based on conversations held during COP16 (Cali) and COP29 (Baku) side events by leading food system actors, who explored solutions provided by agroecology. And efforts to make food systems more nature positive, including through agroecology, must be integral to each.

Agroecology 124

Agroecology Food Harvester Harvest 124

Food Tank

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Current food systems are responsible for one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions and for nearly 80 percent of biodiversity loss. Switching to agroecology offers a way to produce food within diverse landscapes growing and nurturing different crops, livestock and fisheries suited to the conditions and communities that live in the area.

Industrial Agriculture 144

Industrial Agriculture Agroecology Food Agriculture 144

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. Farmers, for example, are experimenting with the wild seed relatives of domestic crops that may be able to withstand extreme weather.

Food 140

Food Science Agriculture Agriculture 140

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

The next step is to get a greenhouse going in the fall and eventually scale up into a series of shipping containers. Red Angus cows help students learn about agroecology at Walla Walla Community College. Agroecology incorporates the whole food systems and dynamics of the community,” says Alan Raeder, Ph.D.,

Food 98

Food Farming Farming Agroecology 98

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.

Food 143

Food Pesticide Agroecology Agriculture 143

Civil Eats

AUGUST 1, 2023

We have covered the incorporation of hedgerows to sequester carbon in soil, an ultracross seed-breeding project to create climate-adapted plant varieties, and the adoption of care-centered politics , among many other efforts. Below are some of our most important climate solutions stories from 2023.

Food 98

Food Seeding Crop Farming 98

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

Agroecology 98

Agroecology Yield Food Acre 98