UnderstandingAg

MARCH 18, 2025

The mineral and phytonutrient content in the majority of the plant and animal foods we consume has declined by between 20% to over 50%. calories consumed come from ultra-processed foods. trillion on food & beverages, but we spend $4.1trillion on healthcare. The EPA estimates food waste in the US at about 38.5

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Food Acre Pesticide Fertilizer 102

NASDA

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

These vital programs operate in all fifty states and a failure to fund them in a farm bill or farm bill extension in 2024 negatively impacts countless farmers, ranchers, and food system stakeholders.

Farming 130

Farming Farming Science Supply Chain 130

Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

To help you find a winemaker, distiller, or brewer to support, Food Tank is highlighting 20 producers and programs bringing sustainable sips to glasses around the world. completely reuses all bagasse (the residual pulp left after juice is extracted from sugar cane) as biofuel and compost. for a new beer initiative. In 2016, Rhum J.M

Beverage 124

Beverage Ecology Compost Cultivation 124

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In August 2022, Congress passed the historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a landmark piece of legislation that provided nearly $20 billion dollars to the United States Department of Agriculture for various programs capable of reducing greenhouse gasses across our food and farm system, including CSP.

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Crop Rotation Forage Pasture Crop 93

Food Environment and Reporting Network

APRIL 25, 2024

Herbicides and habitat loss have destroyed the bees’ forage. They are fed substitutes for their natural foods of pollen and nectar so they will quickly repopulate the hive to be ready for almonds. Each January, the sluggish bees are prodded into action much earlier than what would be their normal routine. EPA approved it anyway.

Orchard 112

Orchard Acre Pesticide Farming 112

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Farmers were hurting, consumers were worried, and Maine’s food system looked to be in crisis. Leafy greens, such as lettuce, have a high transfer rate and can easily carry dangerous levels of forever chemicals as can hay and grasses usedfor animal forage.

Farming 145

Farming Farming Farmland Crop 145

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 5, 2023

Herbicides and habitat loss have destroyed the bees’ forage. They are fed substitutes for their natural foods of pollen and nectar so they will quickly repopulate the hive to be ready for almonds. Each January, the sluggish bees are prodded into action much earlier than what would be their normal routine. EPA approved it anyway.

Harvest 97

Harvest Harvesting Harvester Orchard 97