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Amp Americas Dairy RNG Projects Hit Milestone

Agwired

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas – 84 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in driving global warming over a 20-year time span. Dairy RNG also reduces the cost of managing dairy waste and produces digestate that can be used as fertilizer.

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WILD SCIENCE FICTION

The Lunatic Farmer

It also ensures a production system that is completely decentralized and much more stable and resilient than industrial animal agriculture with fermentation farms located in or close to towns and cities. Environmental benefits will be profound with net greenhouse gas emissions from the sector falling by 45 percent by 2030.

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An Ancient Grain Made New Again: How Sorghum Could Help U.S. Farms Adapt to Climate Change

Agritecture Blog

Animal agriculture contributes a significant amount of global greenhouse gases. In addition to needing less fertilizer, it’s less likely to require large acreage and expensive machinery than corn and soy, making it popular among beginning farmers and farmers of color, who often have fewer resources to work with.

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Walmart’s ‘Regenerative Foodscape’

Civil Eats

Last year, the foundation supported the production of a report on greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture , which played a significant role in the national conversation around regenerative agriculture. What’s more, deforestation is one of the main drivers of greenhouse gas emissions in animal agriculture.

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The Top 10 Careers in Agriculture

Farmbrite

They work on farms, in fields and greenhouses, around livestock, with plants, soil and water. They can be found all over the world doing different things: some fish in rivers; some grow coffee beans or cocoa trees; some work on farms with animals like cattle or sheep.

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Why Are US Agricultural Emissions Dropping?

Civil Eats

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) annual emissions inventory report showed that emissions from the agricultural sector dropped by nearly 2 percent, falling from 10.6 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions between 2021 and 2022—the sharpest drop of all sectors in 2022. agriculture and [therefore] less emissions.

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Factory Farms Make Bad Neighbors. Folks Are Fighting Back

Modern Farmer

The CAFO would not be able to claim that nearby farms were going to use the manure as fertilizer. One of the greatest ways to battle industrial animal agriculture is by bolstering sustainable farm systems through policy. And yet, this technology is part of both state and federal plans to decrease greenhouse gas emissions.

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