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Applications of LULC in Agriculture

Cropin Blog

Creating a Global Dynamic Map of Cultivable Land: Harnessing LULC Applications in Agriculture Arable land, vital for agriculture, feeds us all. While creating a mere 2.5

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Transforming the Baltic and North Seas with Algae-Based Solutions

Food Tank

With support from the European Union (EU) , AlgaeProBANOS is working to bring algae, ecology, and business experts together through the coordination of the SUBMARINER Network. They also don’t require arable land or freshwater; they grow in abundance on land and by sea.

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Food and Farming at the Forefront of Labour’s Missions for Change – September 2024

Sustainable Food Trust

For example, grazing animals such as cattle and sheep directly improve soil health and estimates suggest that the dung beetles that process their waste reduce cattle producers’ costs by £367 million per year. Ecological Entomology 40, 124–135 (2015). cattle industry. xvii] Milazzo, F.

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Our Summer 2024 Food and Farming Book Guide

Civil Eats

Nina Elkadi Medicine Wheel for the Planet: A Journey Toward Personal and Ecological Healing By Jennifer Grenz “To use only fragmented pieces of [Indigenous] knowledge is to admire a tree without its roots,” Nlaka’pamux ecologist turned land healer Jennifer Grenz writes in Medicine Wheel for the Planet.

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NOAA Is Rolling Out a Plan to Radically Expand Offshore Aquaculture. Not Everyone Is Onboard.

Civil Eats

Opponents to the plan point to known risks, including ecological disasters like the infamous 2017 salmon spill that took place in Washington State waters when a salmon net pen collapsed, releasing roughly 300,000 Atlantic salmon in Puget Sound. If we kept the seafood landed in the U.S., However, not everyone sees it this way.