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Now Available: “Understanding the Science Behind Climate Smart Agriculture in California: A comprehensive literature review”

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Climate smart farming practices are named for their potential to help farms mitigate and adapt to climate change through building soil carbon, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and conserving natural resources like water and topsoil.

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Effective Waste Management: Lessons from Massachusetts

Food Tank

A recent study in the journal Science finds that an organic waste ban in Massachusetts has reduced overall waste by 13 percent from 2014 to 2018. Bans on organic waste, or food waste, offer a tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It was surprising to find that several of these laws do not seem to be working. .”

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ICIPE Wants to Advance Insect Technology Globally

Food Tank

He explains that they reduce the time it takes to compost, lowering greenhouse gas emissions, and they require very little water for breeding. Insects can help decrease the number of inputs typically expected in food production, Tonga says. Ultimately, insects have the potential to be used as meat substitutes or dietary supplements.”

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How to Reduce Your Plastic Usage in the Garden

Modern Farmer

You can get paint markers, too, to keep things less messy with the kids,” says Nicole Baker, a biologist with The Wild Center , an interactive science museum in New York’s Adirondacks. If you have loads of old plastic pots or seed starter trays you’re not using, you may also be able to return some to your local greenhouse.

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Supermarket Food Waste Is a Big Problem. Are Strategic Price Cuts the Solution?

Civil Eats

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. This isn’t rocket science.” Every year, about 130 billion meals, or $408 billion in food, are thrown away in the U.S., according to Feeding America.

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Fungi Are Helping Farmers Unlock the Secrets of Soil Carbon

Civil Eats

The accumulation of carbon in the soil effectively slows the carbon cycle, causing carbon to linger in the ground for a longer period of time rather than quickly releasing into the atmosphere, where it takes the form of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas driving climate change. He mostly grows salad greens across 3 acres of farmland.

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Cultivating Profits in a Compact Crop

Modern Farmer

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. With arable land at a premium— urban sprawl is a growing threat to the farming region—“I’m lucky to have a big yard,” says Mateo.