Modern Farmer

MARCH 1, 2024

Both durable and efficient, with no need for farmland or vast amounts of water, it threatened to leave natural fibers like cotton in the dust. In addition, most natural fibers are grown conventionally, which often means heavy use of pesticides, synthetic fertilizers and genetically modified or treated seeds. Enter next-gen synthetics.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

He’s especially proud of the fact that because of his self-sustaining system that produces natural fertilizers for his crops, he hasn’t purchased a pound of nitrogen since 1982. That is just absolutely unheard of,” he says. These initiatives may lead to real change.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 31, 2024

After a job running sales for a hemp apparel company, he lit out for Peru, where he launched Eco Ola, an export business in Amazonian superfoods, with the goal of helping local communities develop sustainable economies from their native forests. But experts say Melka’s enablers would be the first to carry it out on such a large scale.

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