Civil Eats

AUGUST 28, 2023

Methane gas digesters are used by dairy farms to convert manure into energy and reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. That figure includes food losses during farming, processing, distribution, retail operations, and consumption (e.g., Biosolids, or sewage sludge, are sometimes mixed with food waste at compost facilities.

Manure 94

Manure Food Compost Fertilizer 94

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Invisible’ Waste: For Restaurants, Composting Food Scraps Is Just the Beginning Cooking, refrigeration, air conditioning, water use, and packaging contribute to greenhouse gas emissions too. ZFP then distributes those funds, via grants, to farmers for regenerative farming projects. “As These restaurants try to tackle them all.

Farming 137

Farming Farming Food Compost 137

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Patrick Brown, who was named North Carolinas Small Farmer of the Year by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University this year, grows almost 200 acres of industrial hemp for both oil and fiber, and 11 acres and several greenhouses of vegetablesbeets, kale, radishes, peppers, okra, and bok choy. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Plantation 144

Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

Civil Eats

MARCH 11, 2024

This relationship becomes especially interesting when business is booming—when the plants are delivering a lot of carbon into the soil that is used to build larger and larger fungal networks while distributing carbon across the soil profile. He mostly grows salad greens across 3 acres of farmland.

Farming 144

Farming Farming Crop Agriculture 144

Modern Farmer

MARCH 1, 2024

Fashion contributes around 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, second only to big oil. Kintra Fibers has developed a bio-based polyester (56 percent corn-derived) it says greatly reduces greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional polyester and can be produced with the same equipment. Another big factor is end of life.

Textiles 116

Textiles Manufacturing Production Processing 116

Modern Farmer

MARCH 20, 2024

The choice to compare greenhouse gas intensity of soil-based urban agriculture systems with conventional farming systems brings up an inherently unfair comparison.

Agroecology 98

Agroecology Yield Food Acre 98

OECD: Environment

MAY 30, 2023

Both total and per capita greenhouse (GHG) emissions have decoupled slowly from GDP growth, mostly due to the rapid replacement of coal by natural gas in the energy mix. Optimising water distribution from various sources has been a success. Breakdown data for recycling and composting are available from 2013.

Technology 52

Technology Forestry Construction Compost 52

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Even before that food gets to the dump, its production—involving fossil fuel–based fertilizers and pesticides, nitrous oxide released in fields, and energy use— results in annual greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to that of 42 coal-fired power plants.

Food 138

Food Compost Pesticide Greenhouse 138

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JUNE 6, 2024

Dumping food in landfills releases methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide. Dumping food in landfills releases methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide. Since then — pandemic disruptions aside — Lovin has gradually ramped up composting; this year it has composted around 5,000 pounds of food.

Food 79

Food Compost Greenhouse Distribution 79

Food Tank

JULY 7, 2023

In support of Goal 4, to sustainably produce, distribute, and dispose of food: The Mayor’s Office on Climate and Environmental Justice released the City’s first integrated greenhouse gas inventory—measuring emissions from New Yorkers’ consumption of goods, services, transportation, food, and housing.

Food 98

Food Greenhouse Supply Chain Compost 98

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JUNE 7, 2024

They are using composting systems and anaerobic digesters to turn waste into fertilizer for the next planting. First, there needs to be a cultural shift on the farm — away from treating food distribution as a commodities market that often leads to trimming input costs through much cheaper means than new technologies.

Technology 87

Technology Food Farming Farming 87

Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

It connects expertise across disciplines to enhance food security, improve distribution, and position Canada as a leader in agricultural innovation. By combining interdisciplinary research, policy innovation, and collaboration, GFI aims to reimagine how food is grown, distributed, and consumed for a healthier planet and better lives.

Food 139

Food Agriculture Agriculture Ruralism 139

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

With instructions on how to choose the heartiest cultivars, “harden” them for winter, and outfit a greenhouse to keep vegetables just warm enough without using massive amounts of energy, The Winter Market Gardener makes a strong case for winter growing.

Food 145

Food Farming Farming Seeding 145

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

They help farmers and ranchers keep drinking water clean for our urban and rural communities, build soil resilience and limit the impacts of severe drought and flooding, provide healthy habitats for wildlife, mitigate agriculture’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and support farm operations that are productive and sustainable long-term.

Ruralism 110

Ruralism Food Farming Farming 110

Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 1, 2024

Before 7 th October 2023 , farms and orchards covered almost half of Gaza’s total land area and more than 7,500 greenhouses contributed to an agricultural sector normally worth over $575m a year. A third of Gaza’s greenhouses have been destroyed. Since October, 40% of Gaza’s total farmland has been destroyed by bombs and bulldozers.

Farming 127

Farming Farming Livestock Food 127