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On Farms, ‘Plasticulture’ Persists

Civil Eats

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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Can Agriculture Kick Its Plastic Addiction?

Civil Eats

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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Good Goats Make Good Neighbors

Civil Eats

Lawn mowers, weed eaters, chainsaws, tractors, and trimmers can all spark a wildland fire if used during the wrong time of year,” Garrett says. 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.

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Black Earth: A Family’s Journey from Enslavement to Reclamation

Civil Eats

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. Across the road, peacocks shriek.

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Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Saturday, Dec. 10

Food Tank

The farmer of the future is just as likely to wear a lab coat as they are to drive tractors, says Evan Fraser, Professor of Geography at the University of Guelph, at the Food4Climate Pavilion. Start composting: via NRDC : Food waste in the U.S. emits greenhouse gas equal to that of 50 million gas-powered cars.

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More regenerative farming may be a climate solution. But another climate solution is impeding its progress

The Counter

By one estimate, storing an extra 2 percent of carbon in soil would return atmospheric greenhouse gases to “safe” levels. Cobb was also held up as proof that farmers, who are a notoriously change-averse group, could make a switch away from conventional, chemical-dependent commodity crops and still make a profit.

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