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. It also reveals that the production cultivation of barley and hops is responsible for most of the environmental impact of beer.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

By the spring of 2022, more than 50 farms in Tier 1 areas learned they had high levels of forever chemicals in their products, their fields, and their water. Some farms were able to stop production temporarily while they identified possible solutions. Today, many of the Maine farms originally affected are operational again.

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Todays Farmer Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

FAPRI’s report shows prices for many farm commodities have fallen sharply from 2022 peaks and will likely decline further for crops harvested in 2024 and beyond. FAPRI’s annual outlook provides projections for agricultural and biofuel markets and serves as a point of reference for food and farm policy. per bushel to a projected $10.73

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

In the States, Sorghum is currently used mainly for creating biofuels and feeding livestock, but incorporating it into the American diet could have a long-lasting positive impact on our environment. During a normal year, he typically harvests about 150 bushels per acre of corn. Last year, he averaged only 22 per acre.

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Agwired

AUGUST 23, 2023

-based Burro , an autonomous mobility company providing solutions for the agriculture industry, has added New Zealand-based Agri Automation, a regional provider of innovative agricultural solutions designed to improve productivity and efficiency of farms and nurseries, to its growing list of distributors.

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DTN

JUNE 26, 2023

The market for sustainable ingredients is continually expanding due to an increasing number of food, pet food, and biofuel companies setting goals to reduce their environmental impacts. A third party is often used to help food and biofuel companies source sustainable grains. Why grow sustainable grain?

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Agwired

AUGUST 30, 2023

The collaboration of Syngenta Seeds and Sustainable Oils to sell camelina seed for use in sustainable aviation fuel, renewable diesel, and animal feed production is a significant step forward in promoting regenerative agriculture and renewable energy,” said Eric Boeck, Regional Director North America for Syngenta Seeds. “By

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

APRIL 25, 2024

slide-intro --> The ranching industry’s toxic grass problem By Robert Langellier , March 27, 2024 Buzzkill By Dan Charles , December 18, 2023 How mushrooms can prevent megafires By Stephen Robert Miller , July 10, 2023 A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. Then billions of crabs died.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 14, 2023

Plus, there are multiple uses for each nut harvested. The shells are used in cosmetics, as bedding for livestock and in biofuels. This can contribute to more stable ground temperatures, preventing extreme heat or cold conditions that can impact plant health and productivity.” And guess what it replaces? Photography by author.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JUNE 1, 2023

Harvesting in a spot that’s accessible fewer than 20 days per year, during negative tides, Welcome pulled a long strand of alaria, a golden ruffled kelp, from the riffles. A variety of seaweed harvested from the Gulf of Maine, including sugar kelp, sea lettuce, dulse, bladderwrack, and Irish moss.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 21, 2022

slide-intro --> A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. This bee, the blue orchard bee , is in the early stages of commercial production, and it will be years before it could make significant inroads in replacing some of the honeybees. Then billions of crabs died.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JANUARY 11, 2023

slide-intro --> A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. This bee, the blue orchard bee , is in the early stages of commercial production, and it will be years before it could make significant inroads in replacing some of the honeybees. Then billions of crabs died.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

slide-intro --> A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. This bee, the blue orchard bee , is in the early stages of commercial production, and it will be years before it could make significant inroads in replacing some of the honeybees. Then billions of crabs died.

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DTN

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

It provides incentives for the agriculture sector to increase sustainable farming practices; it is poised to reduce biofuel and ethanol production costs while increasing profit margins; and helps lower greenhouse gas emissions across multiple sectors. A third party, such as a grain marketer can help source sustainable grains.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 13, 2023

These practices include reducing or eliminating tilling of soil, planting “cover crops” that grow during the off-season and are not harvested, improving how farmers use fertilizer and manure, and planting trees. The emerging market for climate-friendly products, he added, represents “a transformational opportunity for U.S. agriculture.”

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DTN

MAY 22, 2024

Neal Awards” ceremony held April 26 in New York, Progressive Farmer Art Director Brent Warren and Production Manager Barry Falkner won best art direction of a magazine cover for their “future of food” collaboration for the April 2023 issue. At the 70 th annual “Jesse H.

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Agwired

MARCH 1, 2024

Craig Curry, 70, a Protect The Harvest advisor since 2013, succumbed to a lengthy battle with health issues on Feb. 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.

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DTN

MAY 17, 2024

The ag newsroom has refocused its coverage on high interest, high value topics in agriculture, food production and rural issues. .” Greg Horstmeier, DTN Editor-in-Chief The awards come as digital readership of news and analysis on DTNPF.com is higher year over year in 2024. At the 70 th annual “Jesse H.

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NASDA

JANUARY 16, 2025

Custom Harvesters, Inc. JSMM Farms Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association Kansas Dairy Association Kansas Farm Bureau Kansas Grain and Feed Association Kansas Livestock Association Kansas Sorghum Producers Kansas Soybean Association Kentucky Dairy Development Council Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation Land OLakes, Inc. Apple Association U.S.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 14, 2024

Though there’s tremendous pushback, I think induction stoves will win eventually, because they’re a better product. At one point in time, she remembered harvesting 50 gallons of cherries in a season. “In In the past few years, we’ve hardly had a harvest because of pesticide drift. They’re more efficient.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Each year, these plantations generate about $50 million in revenue for the Ocho Sur group, whose palm oil has ended up in products ranging from Cheetos to Colgate toothpaste. “All UN & USAID efforts should be focused on growing the productive resource and planting land.” Now, those forests were being cleared.

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