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Food as Filler OR Food as Medicine?

UnderstandingAg

trillion on food & beverages, but we spend $4.1trillion on healthcare. In comparison, many regenerative farms and ranches have a diverse crop rotation and multiple species of livestock, all produced on the same acres or overlapping acres each year. Today, it is over 51%. In the US, we spend about $1.7

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In Hawai‘i, Restoring Kava Helps Sustain Native Food Culture

Civil Eats

Last fall, Ava Taesali opened Kava Queen , Oahus only brick-and-mortar kava bar, after three years of building a loyal following for this traditional beverage at farmers markets in Honolulu. Its about cultivating more farmersand more [informed] consumers, he said, to ensure that this ancient crop once again thrives.

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Meeting ESG Compliance in Food Production with Agtech

AGRIVI

Environmental and social criteria addressing agriculture production value chain This is why corporate strategies of food and beverage companies need to align as soon as possible with the challenges faced by the agricultural sector and the regulatory standards set forth by ESG principles.

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‘The Avocado Debate’: Can organic labelling make a difference?

Sustainable Food Trust

The shelves crawl with sustainability logos: more than 460 of them on food and beverage packages, and a third of them created over the last 15 years. Farmers need to have annual inspections to demonstrate delivery against those standards, ranging from controlled pesticide usage to crop rotations and natural fertiliser usage.