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.

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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. 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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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.

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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 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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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