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Letter to the President on shipping disruptions due to the East and Gulf Coast port strike

NASDA

In fact, the American Farm Bureau Federation estimates that $1.4 A forthcoming shutdown of East and Gulf Coasts ports is a significant threat to the U.S. agriculture sector, and the businesses, workers, and communities who support trade in U.S. agricultural products. billion a week in ag trade is at risk if there is a strike or slowdown.

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Spotlight On a Cannery Trying to Revive A Dormant Fishing Tradition

Modern Farmer

It was probably for good reason,” says Chris Sherman, CEO of Island Creek Oysters , an aquaculture business based in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Sherman is no stranger himself to the environmental and economic challenges of running an aquaculture business. The same is true in aquaculture. Photography by Emily Hagen.

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What’s Left Out of the Conversation When it Comes to Urban Agriculture

Food Tank

Urban agriculture can take on many different forms including, but not limited to, community gardens, urban farms, greenspaces, bioswales, rain gardens, community composting, beekeeping, and aquaculture. It is rooted in practices that support the environment, promote sustainable methods of food production, and minimize waste.

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125 Food and Agriculture Organizations to Watch in 2025

Food Tank

40 Acres & A Mule Project , United States 40 Acres & A Mule seeks to acquire Black-owned farmland to be used to celebrate and preserve the history, food, and stories of Black culture in food and farming. promoting environmentally sound farming practices, and keeping farmers on their land.

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23 Must-Read Books that Will Transform How You Think about Food and the World

Food Tank

Junk Food Politics: How Beverage and Fast Food Industries Are Reshaping Emerging Economies by Eduardo J. Gómez, this has led to a world in which beverage and fast-food industries thrive in low resource countries, causing long-term health problems for low income communities. According to Eduardo J.

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Our 2023 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide

Civil Eats

But it wasn’t until he became the beverage director at Farm and Fisherman Tavern in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, that he fully combined his passions for ethnobotany and mixology. Later, he tended bar at a restaurant in Santiago where he used fresh ingredients to create seasonal craft cocktails. In “Do I Have to Give Up Chocolate?:

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Letter to the President-elect on shipping disruptions due to the East and Gulf Coast port strike

NASDA

In fact, the American Farm Bureau Federation estimates that $1.4 A forthcoming shutdown of East and Gulf Coasts ports is a significant threat to the U.S. agriculture sector, and the businesses, workers, and communities who support trade in U.S. agricultural products. billion a week in ag trade is at risk if there is a strike or slowdown.