Civil Eats

JUNE 5, 2024

Emmert, a horticulturist at the University of Kentucky, was tinkering around with how to build a cheap greenhouse. It lines the sides of greenhouses, blankets fields as “plastic mulch,” covers hoop houses, and winds through farms as irrigation tubes, among other forms. In 1948, E.M. That’s the reason we’re facing such a massive issue.”

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Farming Farming Greenhouse Food 145

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Tomatoes that don’t meet product specifications get left on the vine at farms. percent of its greenhouse gas emissions on food that never gets eaten, as well as an estimated 16 percent of US cropland and 22 percent of its freshwater use. However, compost doesn’t count toward the SDG food waste reduction goals.

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Food Compost Manufacturing Greenhouse 130

Food Tank

JUNE 5, 2024

They recognize the value of insects in agricultural environments and their potential to be used as a primary ingredient in consumer products. There, “you have a diversity of living beings, including insects that are part of that production landscape.” Abdou Tenkouano, Director General of icipe, sees insects and food as interconnected.

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Technology Food Production Compost 110

Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

According to a study published in the Journal of Cleaner Production and Beverages , the production of alcoholic beverages can contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, land degradation, and water depletion. The certified B-Corp brewery composts all organic waste and is working to reclaim runoff for crop irrigation.

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Beverage Ecology Compost Cultivation 124

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2023

These synthetic polymer products have often been used to help boost yields up to 60 percent and make water and pesticide use more efficient. But plasticulture, or the use of plastic products in agriculture, also comes with a wide range of known problems. Simply put, “there are no magic solutions,” says Demokritou.

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Agriculture Agriculture Supply Chain Production 145

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JUNE 7, 2024

Globally, according to a 2022 United Nations report, food loss and waste account for 7 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Globally, according to a 2022 United Nations report, food loss and waste account for 7 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Why don’t we compost more?

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Food Compost Distribution Greenhouse 104

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 23, 2024

Agriculture contributes at least 11 percent of US greenhouse gas emissions , and meat is the biggest contributor among foods. Like the hog tails, hides, organs, and hooves that aren’t always suitable for compost. While composting helps keep waste out of landfills, they knew it wasn’t the best use of edible food.

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Food Farming Farming Compost 112

Cropaia

MAY 25, 2024

The resulting product is a highly porous material rich in carbon, capable of persisting in the soil for hundreds to thousands of years. Soil degradation mitigation Soil degradation is a major concern in agriculture, leading to reduced fertility and productivity. This pH adjustment can lead to improved crop yields and soil health.

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Compost Fertilizer Crop Yield Nutrient Pollution 81

Food Tank

MARCH 2, 2024

Across the industry, we recognize the imperative of implementing more sustainable production practices to protect wine as we know it,” Maxwell Howland, Enologist at Monterey Wine Company in California, tells Food Tank, “and we are coming together as custodians of the land to figure out a viable path forward.” And he adds, “we are also a U.S.

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Food Greenhouse Fertilizer Production 105

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 16, 2024

Farm Forward recently published a major investigative report detailing systematic animal suffering and consumer fraud at Alexandre Family Farm—a leading large-scale organic dairy company with “well over 9,000 head of cattle,” according to co-owner Blake Alexandre—whose products are covered in certification labels.

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Farming Farming Production Animal Agriculture 130

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 26, 2023

Since its launch in 2020, the Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (OUAIP) has invested over $50 million in urban, suburban, and rural areas, strengthening networks of growers and consumers through infrastructure, education, and local planning initiatives.

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Farming Farming Ruralism Compost 73

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

These ingredients are endlessly diverse, including spent grains from beer production, ripe fruit that is too small for supermarket standards and cacao pulp from the process of making chocolate bars, but they share a similar origin story. percent of greenhouse gas emissions and 22 percent of all freshwater use in the US.

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Food Supply Chain Production Beverage 126

ATTRA

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Carbon stored in this form can be added to soil to improve moisture retention, nutrient availability, and aeration and create habitat for beneficial soil microbes, all of which can potentially boost soil productivity. It’s just cascading the benefits of what this product does.”

Poultry 93

Poultry Greenhouse Yield Manure 93

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 12, 2023

COPs are historically where key climate decisions are made, such as the Kyoto Protocol, in which signing parties agreed to decrease greenhouse gas emissions, and the Paris Agreement, which committed parties to the goal of keeping warming to 1.5 Also in attendance are policymakers, NGOs, lobbyists, scientists and more. degrees Celsius.

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Food Agriculture Agriculture Greenhouse 131

Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

It’s gradual discounts throughout the shelf life of the product,” he adds. food supply—results in “annual greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those of 42 coal-fired power plants,” according to a report released by the EPA in November 2021. Sanders says this isn’t to be confused with simple last-minute clearance sales. “It’s

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Food Technology Production Compost 143

Kavya Organic Farm

AUGUST 29, 2023

Therefore, the product can be used for all fertilising needs which includes the aforementioned spaces/plants like vegetables, flowers, etc. Milorganite vs Menards: Noticed by recent changes, it can be seen that Menards provides a blue-coloured bag for its product, the Milorganite substitute (thus the name Milorganite Menards).

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Production Compost Manufacturing Greenhouse 98

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.

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Manure Food Compost Fertilizer 94

Modern Farmer

MARCH 1, 2024

If the end game is simply more mass production and consumption, with the thought that all of this material will quickly degrade or find its way to recycling, our oceans and landfills of trash will only grow. Fashion contributes around 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, second only to big oil.

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Textiles Manufacturing Production Processing 117

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

I could triple [production] and still be able to operate it from my home,” says DiLillo. Customers now include nearby restaurants, and with business booming, he’s put a 10-by-20-foot greenhouse in the backyard and hopes to upgrade to a larger vertical farming structure in the near future.

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Cultivation Crop Real Estate Food 124

ATTRA

JANUARY 2, 2024

Close plant spacings, quick crop successions, and extended seasons, typical in tunnel production, add to those demands. Salts from added compost, manure, or fertilizers can build up in the rain-free environment of a tunnel and accumulate near the soil surface, affecting crop growth.

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Compost Fertilizer Crop Cash Crop 52

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Nor has eating plant-based meat made a significant impact on beef production, according to a 2023 report. 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.

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Farming Farming Food Compost 138

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.

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Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

Modern Farmer

MARCH 21, 2024

Left: A young soil blocked collard seedling in the Blue Ridge Farm greenhouse. I believe that these small obstacles are still vastly outweighed by the benefits that the overall system provides (not least of which, for my farm, included increased sales by offering a unique product). Right: Soil blocked plant at the farmers market.

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Compost Farming Farming Seeding 120

CalCAN

APRIL 6, 2023

public, across party lines, is concerned about the impacts of climate change on agriculture and food production. 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.

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Agriculture Agriculture Greenhouse Food 52

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Jessica Segale talks about her work as Happy Goat’s greenhouse manager and produce grown on their regenerative farm in the Sierra Nevada foothill community of Mariposa, California. Happy Goat also helps recycle food waste from local school cafeterias, using it to create compost for small school gardens and its farm.

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Acre Farming Farming Compost 145

Modern Farmer

MARCH 20, 2024

Urban ag is any kind of food production space within a city, inclusive of commercial farms that grow and sell directly to consumers, non-profit farms that serve a broader mission, community gardens, school gardens and even vacant lots turned into thriving personal gardens or homesteads. Back up a step: What is urban agriculture?

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Agroecology Yield Food Acre 98

Civil Eats

JANUARY 8, 2024

Meanwhile, the cost of farm production expenses are expected to reach a record high in 2023. This helped them buy their first cache of shared equipment: a tiller, a harrow, a manure spreader, a trailer to move equipment between farms, and a log splitter for heating greenhouses with wood. isn’t working for many small producers.

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Grain Orchard Farming Farming 144

The Gleaning Project of South Central PA

MAY 16, 2022

8% of all greenhouse gas emissions each year are due to food loss and waste! We waste 10% of our US energy budget to transport food each year and 40% of it will go directly to landfills that directly contribute to a growing waste issue as well as increasing greenhouse gas emissions. What is Food Waste?

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Food Greenhouse Compost Ecology 52

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

They found that over 70 percent of products in the produce and baby food aisle are encased in plastic. They end up in the landfill where they decompose releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. A lot of it has to do with the bulk nature of products we are purchasing, Macrino explains. Photography via Shutterstock.

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Food Production Marketing Compost 71

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Current agricultural nutrient management decisions are often based on field production goals and recommendations from universities, crop consultants, and agrichemical dealers. Soil Health Demonstration Trial : on-farm demonstrations of Soil Health Management Systems (SHMS) and production systems being transitioned to a SHMS.

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Farming Farming Forestry Technology 89

Cropaia

APRIL 7, 2023

Carbon farming involves techniques such as cover cropping, reduced tillage, and the use of organic matter like compost. This can help to lower the overall concentration of greenhouse gases, which are a significant contributor to global warming. Such techniques aim to increase the amount of carbon stored in the soil.

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Mechanics Greenhouse Farming Farming 52

Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

Today, the four counties sitting in the lake bed account for more than $25 billion in food and crop production, with Tulare County ranking number one in the nation for milk and oranges. Neighboring Fresno and Kern Counties top the list for almonds , while Kings County rules the state in cotton production.

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Farming Farming Manure Agriculture 98

ATTRA

APRIL 30, 2024

The idea of using waste products from the farm and local area to produce fuel and power greatly intrigued Steiman, so he started making biodiesel that converted waste cooking oil into fuel to run equipment on the farm. The process of anaerobic digestion for production of natural gas is straightforward.

Farming 52

Farming Farming Manure Ruralism 52

Kavya Organic Farm

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Therefore, the product can be used for all fertilising needs which includes the aforementioned spaces/plants like vegetables, flowers, etc. Milorganite vs Menards: Noticed by recent changes, it can be seen that Menards provides a blue-coloured bag for its product, the Milorganite substitute (thus the name Milorganite Menards).

Fertilizer 52

Fertilizer Production Compost Manufacturing 52

Caff

MARCH 28, 2022

CAFF does that for farmers– it sees and describes trends in soil science and productivity, it helps farms find new sales outlets, it makes the importance of both food safety and food security prominent in its work, and it provides financial assistance to small family farms.

Farming 52

Farming Farming Food Soil Science 52

CalCAN

AUGUST 15, 2023

It would cover the cost of installing equipment and infrastructure for dry scraping manure or separating solids to produce compost for bedding, for application to fields as a substitute for chemical fertilizer, or for sale. Transitioning to or increasing pasture-based production would also be eligible. agriculture by the year 2040.

Farming 52

Farming Farming Manure Pasture 52

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. She also employs cover crops, composting, and reduced tillage. Not only does his cattle system capture carbon, but he also improves water infiltration and water holding capacity in his soils.

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Pasture Crop Orchard Farming 100