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Monetizing Sustainability: The business case for carbon sequestration

Cropaia

Carbon farming involves techniques such as cover cropping, reduced tillage, and the use of organic matter like compost. It can improve soil health and fertility, leading to healthier and more productive crops, and can also increase crop yields.

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These Manure Digesters Incorporate Food Scraps. Does That Make Them Better?

Civil Eats

Co-digester Benefits The co-digester produces enough liquid, organic fertilizer to meet 90 percent of the farm’s annual fertilizer needs for its hay, alfalfa, and corn crops. and we see increased crop yields. It’s a “big savings for us … and we see increased crop yields. It’s a “big savings for us.

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Rurbanization: It's Time To Make Cities More Rural

Agritecture Blog

A review paper published last month by researchers working on the Rurban Revolution project surveyed previous studies and determined that on average, urban agricultural yields (including both outdoor and indoor growing operations) were on par or higher than those of typical farms. Too much sun is bad for certain crops.