Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2023

All told, annual greenhouse gases released from plastic production, landfilling, and incineration total 850 million tons , or 4.5 According to FAO, plastic films such as black mulch and greenhouse covers account for the bulk of annual global use, at more than 8 million tons. percent of global emissions.

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CalCAN

APRIL 6, 2023

Farming is also an important contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Side by side with that loss of diversity was a long growth in greenhouse gas emissions that has only recently begun to be addressed. public, across party lines, is concerned about the impacts of climate change on agriculture and food production.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

For 2023, applicants must address one of the four following priorities: Feeding Management and Enteric Methane Reduction Livestock : feeding management is critical to conservation of natural resources and climate solutions. National sub priorities for SHD in include: Designing SHMS for high disturbance production systems (e.g.,

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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. Synthetic fertilizer production and use meanwhile contributes 2 percent of global GHG emissions annually, while livestock accounts for nearly one-third of all human-caused methane gas emissions in the U.S.—though

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 15, 2023

While farmers like Fischer are avid proponents of the need to address greenhouse gas emissions, others may be less certain about that need. Another livestock farmer, Bob Vollinger, has also shifted toward grazing practices. She also employs cover crops, composting, and reduced tillage.

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CalCAN

AUGUST 15, 2023

Summary of Marker Bills Converting Our Waste Sustainably (COWS) Act This bill would set up a new program in the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to reduce methane and nitrous oxide emissions on dairy and other livestock operations. Transitioning to or increasing pasture-based production would also be eligible.

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CalCAN

MAY 17, 2023

The Senate plan also proposes $35 million in Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) monies to support methane reduction efforts, including through the Alternative Manure Management Program (AMMP).

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ATTRA

APRIL 30, 2024

We traveled to Dickenson College Organic Farm in Carlisle, PA to visit Matt Steiman, Farm Energy and Livestock Manager at the farm. The liquid portion of the digestate is staged to be used as a nutrient source for the farm’s crop fields and compost piles.

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Farmbrite

AUGUST 23, 2023

By properly managing grazing intensity, pastureland can maintain healthy vegetation cover and provide adequate forage for livestock. Lastly, not tilling can also help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This can lead to the loss of topsoil, which is essential for nutrient cycling and water retention.

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The Counter

APRIL 27, 2022

Eventually, the Cobbs would decide to bring in livestock to graze, mimicking herds of wild buffalo that once roamed these prairies and added nutrients with their manure, and voila: They had meat to market while restoring the earth, storing carbon, and keeping the land farmland. Here in the U.S.,

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Sustainable Food Trust

AUGUST 9, 2023

The latter is where Dimbleby focuses the second half of the book, unpacking the land-sharing versus land-sparing debate, as well as the conflicting positions on natural capital, carbon sequestration and crucially, the role of livestock. There will be more space for wild landscapes, as well as nature-rich upland farms.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

Dairy and livestock account for more than half of California’s production of the powerful greenhouse gas (GHG), one that traps 84 times more heat than carbon dioxide. With the growing scale comes a ballooning environmental footprint: More inputs of feed and water increase output, which includes greater methane emissions.

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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.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

By rescuing surplus food from the hospitality sector, such as hotels, restaurants, and bakeries, the organization redistributes edible food to those in need while diverting expired food to farms for animal feed and composting. Since its inception, Garda Pangan has rescued more than 8 tons of food, benefiting tens of thousands of people.

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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. Livestock including cattle, sheep, goats and poultry, were also raised. A third of Gaza’s greenhouses have been destroyed.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

While many of these priorities – such as agricultural climate adaptation and mitigation, MMRV of greenhouse gas emissions, and public cultivar development – are important additions to improve AFRI’s focus on agroecological research, without increased funding, AFRI will be limited in its ability to address these new priority areas.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Wendy Burgh, co-owner of Dry Ridge Farm , a small poultry and livestock operation in Mars Hill, North Carolina, donated $4,000 worth of eggs the first week after the storm and was later repaid by Farm Connection. It’s a lot of things to figure out—the barn, the greenhouses, all the systems.” It’s way easier.”

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Keystone Land and Livestock, which manages grass-fed certified organic cattle across over 4,500 acres in California’s Sutter Buttes Mountains, received a grant through Wolfes Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment. To reach small vegetable, livestock, and larger row-crop farms across the state, they hired five people.

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