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Investment Is Flowing to US Grass-fed Beef Again. Will It Scale Up?

Civil Eats

That’s how, a year later, he ended up at the largest cattle ranch in Montana, where the only thing more vast than its approximately 380,000 acres is the wealth and power of the man who owns it: one Rupert Murdoch. How do you do that and create ecological change, economic value, and social benefit? But they have to be big.

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How immense is farming’s problem with plastic?

Sustainable Food Trust

On the upside of these problems, however, is the Green Tractor scheme, which involves farmers with a commitment to innovation and environmental change, supporting them to be accountable for their waste. Farmers once used straw or other organic matter instead of plastic mulch. With around 216,000 farms in the UK and 17.2

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