Cropaia

DECEMBER 19, 2023

At its core, it’s about working with nature, rather than against it, to achieve sustainable and resilient food production. 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.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 20, 2024

Urban ag is any kind of food production space within a city, inclusive of commercial farms that grow and sell directly to consumers, non-profit farms that serve a broader mission, community gardens, school gardens and even vacant lots turned into thriving personal gardens or homesteads. Timothy Bowles, a professor of Agroecology at U.C.

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Agroecology Yield Food Acre 99

The Equation

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Here are some of the key takeaways I gleaned from my review of Chapter 11 of NCA 5 : “Weather whiplash” is already hurting US agriculture Extreme weather events like floods, droughts, and heat waves, along with altered precipitation patterns, have affected agriculture by negatively impacting productivity, and made crop yields much less predictable.

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Food Farming Farming Supply Chain 128

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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Agroecology Farming Farming Ecology 52

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. Aside from the environmental effects of sugarcane production, the grand reach of the industry takes agency and opportunity away from smallholder farmers.

Harvesting 64

Harvesting Harvest Harvester Ecology 64

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. For example, identifying drought tolerance characteristics offers some opportunity to decrease the stress on certain crops.

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Seeding Food Agriculture Agriculture 106

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

The question of how to diversify farm production is closely linked with the question of expanding access to land. 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.

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Agriculture Agriculture Crop Rotation Pasture 95

Food Tank

MAY 1, 2024

Food production “doesn’t even start at the farm, it starts at the fossils. The entire industrial agri-business-based system needs fertilizers and pesticides to function,” Tostado says. Because of the close ties between fossil fuels and agrochemicals, “they are one and the same industry,” Tostado says.

Food 65

Food Fertilizer Crop Rotation Agroecology 65

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. And finally, many farmers want to see a guaranteed market to sell their crops into - ideally one that carries a premium for regeneratively-grown products.

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Agriculture Agriculture Pesticide Food 52

Sustainable Food Trust

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Assurance: certifying avocados More and more consumers are searching out products that reflect their values, including trying to source more sustainable avocados. The British public increasingly demonstrate the desire for transparent information to better understand the origin of their products.

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Processing Production Food Crop Rotation 64

Modern Farmer

JULY 12, 2024

One of the things that these folks want to do, is they want to eliminate meat production in the United States,” DeSantis said at his press briefing. A product that we’re not really sure what it is — it should not step right in and be labeled as meat.” The goal is to get to a point where you will not be raising cattle.”

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Cultivation Cattle Science Ranching 67

National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

It required that these funds be used for practices that “improve soil carbon, reduce nitrogen losses, or reduce, capture, avoid, or sequester carbon dioxide, methane, or nitrous oxide emissions associated with agricultural production.” TITLE VII: Research RED FLAG Prioritizes precision agriculture over critical agroecological research.

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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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Agriculture Agriculture Pesticide Ruralism 122

Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 26, 2023

This is because productive arable farmland, that could be used for growing food to be fed directly to people, is used for growing lower grade livestock cereals, from which only 17-30% of calories are returned for human consumption as meat or milk. The more cereals that are fed to an animal, the less resource efficient its milk or meat is.

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Poultry Agroecology Pasture Food 52

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. They also foster unity among farmers and collaborate with partners to enhance production and marketing opportunities.

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Food Agriculture Agriculture Ruralism 139

Civil Eats

AUGUST 1, 2023

Farmers March for Urgent Climate Action in DC In this week’s Field Report, scenes from the Rally for Resilience, a push for “Product of USA” labeling on meat, new glyphosate research, and more.

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Food Seeding Crop Farming 98

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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Agroecology Farming Farming Agriculture 52

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.

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Grain Farming Farming Agriculture 52

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 We are challenging an entire model of production that threatens not just Mexico, but the world.” In Mexico, corn is not just a commodity, or even just a favorite food or source of protein.

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Maize Science Food Crop 144

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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Agriculture Agriculture Fertilizer Family Farming 140

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The briefing included a panel of experts who said one of their top priorities would be ensuring that small-scale and Indigenous farmers from around the world are given adequate resources and represented in the conversations around food production. Why Aren’t Federal Agencies Enforcing Pesticide Rules That Protect Farmworkers?

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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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