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Can Biden’s climate-smart agriculture program live up to the hype?

Food Environment and Reporting Network

Others say science has yet to prove that climate-smart practices truly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. “We Agriculture has just not been at the table in a meaningful way,” says Thomas. Here, manure is put into a digester to be turned into biofuel at Vanguard Renewables in Haverhill, Massachusetts, on Jan. But it should be.

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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

At least 28 species were new to science. Ocho Sur’s links to deforestation have profound implications for businesses, consumers, and the environment and what exactly counts as “sustainability” in the palm oil industry. Ocho Sur’s Tibecocha oil palm plantation, Ucayali, Peru.