Food Tank

DECEMBER 1, 2023

We need to rethink our food systems and transition to diversified agroecological systems that can ensure we address this twin challenge, and to provide nutritious diets to a growing population without destroying the planet. However, the country needs to scale-up agroecology and help farmers to make the transition.

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Industrial Agriculture Agroecology Food Agriculture 144

Food Tank

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Our current extractive and yield-driven approach—fueled in part by the Green Revolution—has come at a significant cost to our climate, soil, biodiversity, water, and even our long-term health. The urgency created by myriad crises cannot be overstated. It is possible to forge a more sustainable path.

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Agriculture Agriculture Agroecology Finance 126

Sustainable Food Trust

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

According to Compson, “Organic certification provides a market mechanism for farmers to be rewarded and recognised for their positive efforts towards tackling the climate and ecological crisis.” Others do it so they can charge a higher price and make more profit. For most, it is a combination of the two.

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Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

Using data from Canadian arable farms, Bain’s consultants showed yield loss was typical in the first two seasons of transforming to regenerative agriculture. Producer premiums for regenerative products have begun to pop up but, as Bande notes, the financing mechanism must be “way broader” than this.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

This approach is misguided given the ample evidence that scale-neutral, management-intensive practices likely yield even greater environmental benefits. Farming Opportunities Training and Outreach (FOTO) program FFNSA reauthorizes FOTO and maintains $50 million in mandatory funding.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

xiii] Yields are dropping, with large proportions of the UK’s soils moderately or severely degraded. xvi] Regenerative agriculture is key to flood resilience and prevention of the decimation of crop yields. Because of this lack of confidence, all farming sectors are expecting to decrease production over the next year.

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