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Bringing Back Local Milk, Ice Cream, and Cheese

Civil Eats

Beyond Loleta, Jersey Scoops’ rainbow-labeled pints are making waves at local farmers’ markets, stores, and restaurants. The PCC DBII is one of four such initiatives across the country, funded by the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service. With family dairies drying up in droves—the U.S.

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Syngenta Seeds and Sustainable Oils to Sell Camelina Seed

Agwired

Camelina protects land like a cover crop providing a range of environmental benefits, including soil health and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. It embodies our commitment to sustainability and our drive to bring innovative solutions to market.” It is a remarkable crop that protects like a cover crop and pays like a cash crop.

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An Ancient Grain Made New Again: How Sorghum Could Help U.S. Farms Adapt to Climate Change

Agritecture Blog

Animal agriculture contributes a significant amount of global greenhouse gases. NSP also plans to use a significant portion of its USDA Climate-Smart Commodities grant to bolster the biofuels market. To grow mainstream cash crops like corn and soybeans, you have to have the know-how. transportation system, Secchi argued.

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Food, Beverage, and Pet Food Companies Seek Accurate, Reliable Farm Sustainability Data

DTN

Analyzing sales from just one market isn’t going to give you an accurate representation of what’s happening in all of your markets. The CO 2 e is used to compare emissions from all types of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases). The same is true for farm sustainability data.

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High Tunnel Soil Management for Season Extension

ATTRA

As I already said, they increase organic matter and improve soil structure, and leguminous covers can add nitrogen to the soil for the next crop without increasing salinity. Cover crops can also help break some pest and disease cycles. But it’s difficult for growers to sacrifice valuable high tunnel space for a non-cash crop.

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Agricultural Diversification: Practice and Policy

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Prairie strips or other noncrop strips along fields also offer refugia for beneficial species or, depending on species used, can act as trap crops that lure pests away from a cash crop. Rotating crops also significantly reduces pests and diseases. All of these policies help to shift U.S.

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Investors Rewind 10 Years of AgTech: Supervillains, Heroes and Unexpected Truths

World Agri-Tech

Kiersten Stead, DCVC BIO Kiersten Stead, Managing Partner, DCVC BIO: “The supervillain is misleading, unhelpful, marketing of food as “natural”, “non-GMO”, “clean”, or suggesting “processed foods are bad” , higher GHG emitting farming methods-“organic” “biodynamic”. Crops take time to grow. Regulatory approvals are lengthy processes.