Organic Farming Research

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Policy Director, HEAL Food Alliance Nichelle Harriot has over 15 years of federal policy experience working on a range of issues from pesticide regulation to building support for sustainable, organic, and agroecological farming systems and research.

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Food Tank

AUGUST 29, 2023

On a summer day in downtown Salinas, California, a group of farmers, biotechnology start-ups and pesticide corporations gathered to talk about the benefits of biology. While the realm of pesticides and fertilizers has been dominated by chemistry for the past eight decades, it seems like biology may soon have its day.

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Cropaia

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This means increased crop yields and reduced inputs like fertilizers and pesticides. Cost savings : Regenerative farming often reduces the need for expensive inputs like synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. Healthy soil retains moisture better, has improved nutrient availability, and is more resistant to erosion.

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The Equation

MARCH 28, 2023

An example of a negative externality is the negative health impacts of pesticides and synthetic fertilizers in rural disadvantaged community residents: community residents pay with their health for the cheaper price of conventional food production. How do we weigh these scenarios and decide if cropland repurposing makes sense?

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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).

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The Equation

MARCH 4, 2024

Those corporations spray pesticides that often drifts over people and sensitive environmental areas. What they do need are huge amounts of water, huge amounts of pesticides to artificially correct the unnatural monoculture, and huge amounts of fertilizers because industrial agriculture practices deplete nutrients from the soil.

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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. 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

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Conventional sugarcane production uses high levels of pesticides and other agrochemicals, which are harmful to local wildlife and local communities. Participate or follow along All proceeds from the event will go to SHI’s work with partnering communities as they transition to agroecology practices that nourish people and the planet.

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Food Tank

MAY 1, 2024

The entire industrial agri-business-based system needs fertilizers and pesticides to function,” Tostado says. 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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Civil Eats

AUGUST 1, 2023

The USDA Plan to Better Measure Agriculture’s Impact on the Climate Crisis In this week’s Field Report, news on the agency’s latest effort to invest in soil science and correct discrimination, plus reports on global hunger and pesticides’ impacts on birds.

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Sustainable Harvest International

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Special in-person events and digital profiles throughout the year highlighted the diverse ecosystem of supporters who forged SHI’s success as a forerunning leader in the field of agroecology and regenerative agriculture.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 26, 2023

Typically, this soya comes from Latin A merica , a crop that contributes to deforestation and pesticide use in biologically important areas, such as the Amazon and Cerrado. Examples of good practice are already flourishing in organic and agroecological enterprises. There are at least 1,000 intensive poultry units throughout the UK.

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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.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

Suppressing pests and disease Much of pest management in conventional systems relies on synthetic pesticides, often alongside genetically modifying a single variety for resistance to sprays, in the case of herbicides. Diverse above-ground systems and reduced soil disturbance can work together to reduce erosion and even build soil over time.

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Agriculture Agriculture Crop Rotation Pasture 87

Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

This was evident in Nebraska as the farmers I met told me of the challenges they faced: pesticide drift from neighbouring farms; the genuine risk of falling out with family and friends for farming against the norm; and the lack of infrastructure to support diversification of products. Farmers’ resolve to change will inevitably be tested.

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Sustainable Food Trust

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Farmers need to have annual inspections to demonstrate delivery against those standards, ranging from controlled pesticide usage to crop rotations and natural fertiliser usage. For products to be certified as organic, they must meet a series of standards that are set and audited by certification bodies (CBs).

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 28, 2024

Mexico’s challenge has also bolstered its standing as hemispheric leader of an agroecology movement gaining momentum across the global south. “If Washington’s response reflects the corporate capture of the US regulatory system,” said Fernando Bejarano, director of the Action Network on Pesticides and their Alternatives in Mexico.

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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 some of their key campaigns they have advocated for better heat regulations, overtime pay, protection from pesticides, and immigration rights.

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The Equation

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

We need to transform agriculture from the current model of monoculture (where one crop like corn or soy is grown year after year) to systems that involve a mix of crops and avoid synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. Agricultural research. NCA 5 specifically talks about research gaps and the need for increased investments in research.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Such changes reduced the overall resilience of the agroecological system. This would further enable farmers to drastically cut pesticide use and increase habitat availability for a wide range of species. A better system would allow farmers to diversify the range of species they produce.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 12, 2024

In reaction to the European Union’s Green New Deal, which proposed reducing pesticides, restoring nature and planting more climate-resilient crops, Dutch farm groups have pushed back. In a world where we need to feed a lot more people, meat…will still be demanded and exacerbating climate change and deforestation,” Muzi said.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

.” Broadly speaking, regenerative agriculture improves soil health and carbon sequestration through diverse crop rotations, animal grazing, limited tillage, and reduced (or eliminated) external inputs like fertilizer and pesticides. You should back away from this definition and call it agroecological or holistic.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JANUARY 14, 2025

As always, there was much to explore at the Conference with an array of workshops and deep dive sessions arguably dominating the more academic talks on topics like Trauma and the Land and The Interbeing of Agroecology not to dismiss those deeper discussions which are important to have, but perhaps practice is having a moment?

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The IPCC’s Latest Climate Report Is a Final Alarm for Food Systems, Too Is Agroecology Being Coopted by Big Ag? Why Aren’t Federal Agencies Enforcing Pesticide Rules That Protect Farmworkers? Read More: Will a Food and Ag Focus at COP28 Distract From the Fossil Fuel Economy? Avoiding the Next Dust Bowl. Who Benefits?

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

The environmental impact of precision agriculture is not yet understood, but it can potentially increase energy use and the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers. TITLE VII: Research RED FLAG Prioritizes precision agriculture over critical agroecological research. 7125, 7204, 7208, 7305, 7503).

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In the weeks just before the election, the voices of the Make America Healthy Again Trump backers, fueled by millions in dark money, were telling us that Trump will take on the pesticide industry and toxics in food, will tackle junk food, and much more. Most of those forward-looking goals will have to be pared back.

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