Food Tank

JULY 26, 2024

But after listening to Food Tank’s interview with Mark Zimring about the challenges and opportunities in international fisheries , it made me realize how good we have it here in Alaska. For every meal of land animal protein that you substitute with fish, you are significantly reducing your personal carbon footprint. Didn’t think so.

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Arable Land Food Production Processing 127

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2023

These synthetic polymer products have often been used to help boost yields up to 60 percent and make water and pesticide use more efficient. Plastic contaminates fields at a much greater scale than it does our oceans , posing an acute threat to soil health and food security. But it carries the highest risks.”

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Agriculture Agriculture Supply Chain Production 145

Food Tank

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Some of these, such as food, fiber, and energy, are marketed, and the market compensates farmers. But intensive agricultural practices prevalent since the Green Revolution began in the 1960s in India suppressed many ecosystem services and threatens India’s food, ecological, and nutritional security. percent in 1947 to 0.4

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Agriculture Agriculture Farming Farming 58

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

It’s a great gateway crop,” says Don DiLillo, owner of Finest Foods in Huntington, New York, for ushering in a new breed of novice farmers. Photography submitted by Don DiLillo, Finest Foods. With arable land at a premium— urban sprawl is a growing threat to the farming region—“I’m lucky to have a big yard,” says Mateo.

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Cultivation Crop Real Estate Food 118

Agritecture Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

One of Africa's most prominent and perhaps persistent challenges is food security. A recent report by McKinsey revealed that while Africa has large amounts of untapped agricultural land that could be used to increase production, much of this land is in unreachable areas. Credit: Vertical Farming Planet.

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Agritecture Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Despite key benefits such as reduced water use, lack of pesticide use, avoidance of freshwater pollution, and shorter supply chains, the emission totals from vertical farms prevent the industry from being able to assert all-encompassing sustainability claims. kWh per kg of harvested crop, on average.

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Vertical Farming Technology Crop Arable Land 52