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Farmhand Foundation: Cultivating Organic Change in Southern California

Food Tank

Before launching the Foundation, Schneir and Barkley started Tractor Beverage Company in 2015. Herber was among Tractors first advisors, and came on full time as Chief Brand Officer in 2021. Starting Tractor, and creating an organic impact tracker , showcased a need for more consumer education, Herber says.

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Raising a Toast to Planet-Friendly Wine, Beer, and Spirits

Food Tank

But water isn’t the only beverage many of us drink. The grapes, grains, and other crops that become alcoholic beverages—and the production process itself—all have environmental footprints that can’t be ignored. Check out the recap HERE. Part of my family is Jewish, and when we toast, we say “L’Chaim!

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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. The post Food, Beverage, and Pet Food Companies Seek Accurate, Reliable Farm Sustainability Data appeared first on DTN.

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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. 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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Precision Ag News 10/23

Agwired

sales of Ag tractors decreased 19.2 Myers Gulf Coast, has recognized that members would have taken a wait-and-see approach to registering during that final week leading up to the October 12 deadline, so they have extended the room block, ASAC discount, food and beverage count deadlines to October 21. percent compared to 2023.

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A palm oil company, a group of U.S. venture capitalists, and the destruction of Peru’s rainforest

Food Environment and Reporting Network

The company has replaced its trucks and tractors with mules and water buffalo and has vowed not to expand its operations into standing forest. The global market for palm oil, valued at more than $70 billion last year, is experiencing steady growth, driven by its use in products as varied as food, beverages, biofuels, and cosmetics.