Food Tank

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

A version of this piece was featured in Food Tank’s newsletter, released weekly on Thursdays. It is obvious to most of us that food is a human right. But our discussions of food justice need to be grounded—literally—in what experts are calling a right to healthy soils. human rights conference on food justice in Doha, Qatar.

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Cropaia

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in regenerative agriculture, a holistic approach to farming that seeks to restore and revitalize the land while improving crop yields and overall farm profitability. This means increased crop yields and reduced inputs like fertilizers and pesticides.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 12, 2024

This is where data becomes not only invaluable but imperative, helping farmers grow more food while conserving resources; farming smarter, not harder as the saying goes. Farmers saving 30% on fertilizer costs and boosting crop yields by up to 10% are not uncommon with these insights. What Kind of Data is Being Used?

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

After years of philanthropic support for fisheries, water, and education, members of his generation (along with some of their elders) are not only accelerating that environmental focus, they’re applying it to food and agriculture in new ways. Then there’s the Walmart Foundation, which last year gave the Nature Conservancy $1.5

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Agwired

MARCH 7, 2024

A recent study at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment found that replacing 40 pounds of synthetic nitrogen with Pivot Bio PROVEN® 40 can increase corn yields while reducing reliance on synthetic fertilizer. Other results from the studies indicated higher corn yields.

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World Agri-Tech

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Increasing crop yields while improving soil and watershed health requires understanding how agriculture management interacts with local environmental conditions. To date, this research remains fragmented and limited in scope.

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UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Its also why our stomachs employ an acid with a pH of 2 to dissolve and break down the food we eat. First, microbes excrete acids after they consume food. Sugary foods fuel microbial activity and result in more acid production, which is why candy does what it does to teeth. This occurs for a couple reasons.

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