Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

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 brewery is located on a small but busy farm with apple orchards, market gardens, two greenhouses, an apiary, and a flock of chickens.

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Agwired

AUGUST 30, 2023

Camelina protects land like a cover crop providing a range of environmental benefits, including soil health and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. It is valued for its low water usage, quick maturity, and resilient yields.

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DTN

JUNE 14, 2023

The phrase sustainable agriculture has gone from buzzword to mainstream terminology as many food, pet food, and biofuel businesses aim for low emission or zero net carbon targets. Similarly, agricultural practices don’t have to be exclusively regenerative or sustainable. Cover crops are a good example of this.

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ATTRA

APRIL 30, 2024

This biodigester project comes after years of biofuel research and experimentation by Steiman at the college. With this new biodigester, Steiman and Dickenson College are using farm and food-waste streams to generate renewable energy right on the farm and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Until a few years ago, Songbird Farm in Unity, Maine, grew wheat, rye, oats, and corn, as well as an array of vegetables in three high tunnel greenhouses, and supported a community-supported agriculture (CSA) program for over 100 customers. What we are working on now is the breakdown method.” It is levels that would melt our skin.

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Agwired

APRIL 22, 2024

.” Ethanol organizations and stakeholders welcomed the action, which the Renewable Fuels Association says will help American consumers save money at the pump this summer, while also cutting greenhouse gas emissions and harmful tailpipe pollution.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 13, 2023

Department of Agriculture (USDA) program, this amalgam of farming methods aims to keep the American agricultural juggernaut steaming ahead while slashing the sector’s immense greenhouse gas footprint. Others say science has yet to prove that climate-smart practices truly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. “We It’s a greenwashing scheme.

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Agwired

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Under the guidance issued today, numerous fuels will qualify for the credit, including valid biomass-based diesel, advanced biofuels, cellulosic biofuel, or cellulosic diesel that have been approved by EPA under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

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Agwired

MARCH 6, 2024

Department of Agriculture (USDA) published the report, Intent to Establish the Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program , authorized under the Growing Climate Solutions Act (GCSA). The GCSA was signed into law on December 29, 2022, as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023.

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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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Civil Eats

JUNE 25, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency’s rule for heavy-duty vehicle emissions standards, which aims to curb smog, soot, and greenhouse gas emissions. It’s not a surprising claim coming from the National Corn Growers Association, which represents farmers growing the corn that is used to produce ethanol, a controversial biofuel.

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Agwired

MARCH 1, 2024

Elite Octane — a leader in the biofuel industry, producing 150 million gallons of bioethanol annually — joined the nation’s leading biofuel trade associations, the Renewable Fuels Association and Growth Energy. A Greenwood, Ind., Alltech is proud to continue to partner with the Women in Food & Agriculture (WFA) Mentorship Program.

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Agwired

MAY 1, 2024

“For the first time ever, we have a recognition by the IRS that climate smart agriculture has a positive impact on reducing greenhouse gases and carbon storage.” . “The key message here for farm country is, you’re in the game,” said Vilsack. ” Listen to some of Vilsack’s remarks to NAFB: USDA Sec.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 14, 2024

In the book, Jackson tells stories of measuring both the staggering greenhouse gas emissions gas stoves produce and the dangerous levels of air pollutants home cooks breathe in as they sauté and roast (even long after the burners are off). We found that the leaks from gas stoves alone in the U.S. You wrote that the U.S.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 19, 2024

Consolidation, Carroll noted, has exacerbated a system of farming that has become a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Large livestock facilities generate more liquid manure, which emits methane, a short-lived but potent greenhouse gas. The consolidation is what’s causing the climate problems from agriculture,” Carroll said.

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