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

Civil Eats

From planting to harvest, farm machinery such as tractors and combines burn diesel fuel to churn out the raw materials for our food system. The freight trucks, locomotives, and inland barges that transport bulk harvested commodity crops and livestock significantly add to agriculture’s CO2 emissions.

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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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Pivot Bio N-OVATOR™ Paying Off for Farmers

Agwired

This year, downstream companies participating in N-OVATOR ’s insetting partnerships made payments to reward Pivot Bio growers for their practice change following the 2023 harvest. ” Kelly says their largest transaction to date was the sale of 100,000 nitrogen credits to a global food and beverage company. .”

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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. Harvesting awa requires leaving the corm and lateral roots intact. For Trask, kava is also central to healing Hawaiis post-plantation scars.

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Pivot Bio Program Pays Off for Growers

Agwired

This year, downstream companies participating in N-OVATOR ’s insetting partnerships made payments to reward Pivot Bio growers for their practice change following the 2023 harvest. The largest transaction to date was the sale of 100,000 nitrogen credits to a global food and beverage company.

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Precision Ag News 10/23

Agwired

This new feature simplifies the process of managing fields and field operations data, allowing platform users to automatically synchronize information such as field boundaries, fertilizer application, seeding, spraying, and harvesting directly from their John Deere Operations Center. sales of Ag tractors decreased 19.2

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The Unsung Heroes of the Plants We Drink: Tea

ATTRA

By Audrey Kolde, NCAT Agriculture Specialist Tea, a beverage enjoyed worldwide, is a subject of growing interest among specialty crop farmers in the Gulf South. The journey of tea from seed to cup involves harvesting, withering, rolling, oxidizing, and drying. Harvesting and Processing Your Tea Congratulations on growing your own tea!