Crop Yield Food Greenhouse 
Food Tank
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
The climate crisis is not a standalone crisis,” Duko Hopman, a partner at McKinsey and co-author of the report, tells Food Tank. McKinsey researchers conclude that food systems actors have an enormous role to play in bringing civilization back within planetary bounds. The report analyzes six planetary boundaries.
Civil Eats
AUGUST 1, 2023
These severe conditions have a tremendous impact on our food system, affecting everything from crop yields to working conditions on farms. Farms Adapt to Climate Change Sorghum—popular among young, BIPOC, and under-resourced farmers—has extra long roots that allow it to withstand drought and sequester greenhouse gasses.
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Civil Eats
AUGUST 28, 2023
The pipe leads to a food waste collection tank and, after securing the hose, Page twists open a valve and begins pumping 2,000 gallons of spent cooking oil into the tank. Methane gas digesters are used by dairy farms to convert manure into energy and reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. and we see increased crop yields.
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 4, 2023
In China, for example, research shows that plastic field covers keep the soil warm and wet in a way that boosts productivity considerably; an additional 15,000 square miles of arable land—an area about the size of Switzerland—would be required to produce the same amount of food. But it carries the highest risks.” percent of global emissions.
Food Tank
JANUARY 22, 2025
Technical tracks offered include Regenerative Agriculture and Food & Ecosystems. These topics were selected for their potential impact on the climate and the importance of understanding these topics for those trying to change the system, Michael Linn, Co-Chair of the Climate Boot Camp, tells Food Tank.
Modern Farmer
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
I loved the process of moving the tractor, getting them food and water and raising them,” he says. Siewicki started Vital Mission Farm with the hopes of helping to create a more sustainable food industry. Industrial farming contributes around 11 percent of total US greenhouse gas emissions, not including the transportation of the food.
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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