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What Does it Take to Become an Organic Farmer?

Modern Farmer

Becoming certified organic, however, is not an overnight process for farmers. For a food to become certified organic, the farmland must be proven to have not received any pesticides or unapproved substances for at least three years. Certified organic farms can’t use pesticides or other prohibited substances.

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Whose Farm Is More Sustainable? Calculating Farm Sustainability.

DTN

Two neighbors, Farmer A and Farmer B: both farm 1,000 acres and use the same crop rotation schedule. Farmer A tills 30% of their fields, uses cover crops on 20%, and applies anhydrous ammonia. Farmer B tills 50% of their fields, uses cover crops on 40%, and uses stable nitrogen sources. Consider this scenario.

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Top Tips To Improve Farm Efficiency and Production

Farmbrite

Implement a Crop Rotation Plan Crop rotation is the process of growing different crops in a sequential, multi-year cycle. It's important to rotate crops because it helps prevent disease and pests from developing on your land. Consider incorporating legumes into your crop rotation plan.

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Guest Post: Is the Future of Organic Food at Risk? Research Funding Holds the Answer

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

This translates to healthier food and a healthier environment and reduces reliance on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. Specific examples of OREI and ORG outcomes that address these challenges include: Strategic crop rotations that maximize cover, minimize tillage, and limit weed competition in organic grains.

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Beyond Farm to Table: How Chefs Can Support Climate-Friendly Food Systems

Civil Eats

It’s a tedious but worthwhile process: drying mushrooms, vegetables, and herbs, making pickles and slaw, and preserving garlic blossoms and coriander seeds in airtight jars before these ingredients vanish with the end of the season. Seafood processing houses, they just cut the filet off and throw the carcass in the bin.

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Meeting ESG Compliance in Food Production with Agtech

AGRIVI

Monitoring and Validating Practices AGRIVI FMS enables companies to monitor and track various aspects of their agricultural operations like machinery and fuel usage , mineral fertilizers usage , pesticides and crop protection usage, and irrigation and water usage. A 21% decrease in pesticide usage.

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Breaking the Chain: CIEL’s Battle to Unravel the Fossil Fuel Grip on Our Food System

Food Tank

The entire industrial agri-business-based system needs fertilizers and pesticides to function,” Tostado says. CCS is a process that absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to reuse or store in gigantic facilities, pipelines, or the oceans. Food production “doesn’t even start at the farm, it starts at the fossils.

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