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Food, Beverage, and Pet Food Companies Seek Accurate, Reliable Farm Sustainability Data

DTN

For example, here are three instances of how farm carbon emissions data will be used now and in the future by consumer-packaged goods (CPG) companies — in particular, food, beverage, and pet food companies. These indicators include fertilizer and crop protection usage, irrigation, cover crop and tillage practices, and equipment emissions.

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

NASDA

We thank you for your responsiveness to this imminent threat to our countrys supply chains. Sincerely, Agricultural and Food Transporters Conference Agricultural Retailers Association Agriculture Transportation Coalition. Apple Association USA Rice U.S. Dairy Export Council US Dry Bean Council U.S. Grains Council U.S. Meat Export Federation U.S.

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20 Sustainable Sips to Cheer For

Food Tank

According to a study published in the Journal of Cleaner Production and Beverages , the production of alcoholic beverages can contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, land degradation, and water depletion. The vineyards are weeded only using hoes, never herbicides, and fertilized with manure. for a new beer initiative.

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El Valle de Guadalupe Under Threat: The Campaign to Save Mexico’s Wine Country

Food Tank

We cannot yield an inch of this valuable land, even if its use is to produce alcoholic beverages. These beverages greatly increased the state’s income and put Ensenada on the world map.” Cities can be built in so many other places,” Espejel tells Food Tank, “but losing fertile soil is unforgivable.”

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Op-ed: Big Ag Touts Its Climate Strengths, While Awash in Fossil Fuels

Civil Eats

1) Agrochemical production consumes fossil fuels to generate pesticides, fertilizers, and other inputs. 3) The use of fossil fuels to produce the foods and beverages consumed by Americans in 2007 accounted for about 14 percent of economywide CO2 emissions from fossil fuels. (4)

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Industry-funded study of the week: Ashwagandha

Food Politics

Specnova’s mission: “Sourcing new, concentrated bioactives from the world’s most fertile regions, and applying the latest technologies for yielding an expanded scope of health claims.

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Pivot Bio N-OVATOR™ Paying Off for Farmers

Agwired

.” Kelly says their largest transaction to date was the sale of 100,000 nitrogen credits to a global food and beverage company. In total, the growers in this insetting partnership replaced over 10 million pounds of synthetic fertilizer.