Modern Farmer

MARCH 4, 2024

Her Belgian start-up cultivates mycelium—the thread-like root structure of fungus—using the plastic- and toxin-laden stubs as fodder. A designer by training, Speyer stumbled on fungi while searching for a sustainable and easy-to-cultivate material. But, so far, efforts have been limited mostly to small-scale and trial applications.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 12, 2024

May 1st marked the official signing of SB 1084, a bill that makes it illegal to sell, distribute, create or otherwise possess lab-grown meat. A long list of other states, meanwhile, have banned the word “meat” from cultivated meat packaging. In actuality, cultivated meat is not that mysterious.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This may seem like an antiquated concern for chefs in an era of global food distribution systems, but it’s an all-consuming preoccupation for Oyster Oyster, a restaurant named after two ingredients—a bivalve and a mushroom —known for their ecosystem benefits.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Over time, the consolidation and commodification of seeds has eroded the resilience of our food systems, diminishing the agrobiodiversity of crops cultivated in the US at an alarming rate. One of the core functions of the USDA, upon its foundation in 1862, was the collection and public distribution of germplasm , or seeds.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 1, 2024

In addition, most natural fibers are grown conventionally, which often means heavy use of pesticides, synthetic fertilizers and genetically modified or treated seeds. percent of the world’s pesticides and 10 percent of its insecticides. Instead, they face “huge deficits” in aggregation, distribution and manufacturing.

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DTN

JULY 24, 2023

fertilizer application, irrigation, machinery use, pesticide application) and the sources of carbon sequestration (e.g., Trackable events include plowing, minimum-till cultivation, crop rotation, crop type, cover crop presence, irrigation events, harvest date, and crop residue presence. reduced tillage, cover crops, treed acres).

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Pre-cultivation, the region owed the healthy pH of its soils to the lucky coincidence of sitting atop a volcanic bed. Once it reaches the vast river system of the Mississippi, it can be milled and distributed to farms as far away as North Dakota. Not much rain falls in this grassland habitat.

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Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

And at the root of it all is a startling vulnerability: The coffee we cultivate and drink today, which sustains an industry valued at over $100 billion , comes from just two species — and research on others is woefully behind. So they made dozens of “wanted” flyers for the plant and distributed them to farmers in the area.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 11, 2023

Francis since 1938, Sister Gardens has become a bustling site of food production and also of reawakened community cultivation.​ Mark explained that they grow their produce without pesticides or herbicides as it is the soil that will determine the health of everything that grows out of it. They also have a farm stand.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 28, 2024

The Aztec believed the first man resulted from Quetzalcóatl’s gifting of cultivated corn; in the Maya story, the first spiritually fit humans are crafted from maize seeds after failed attempts to use wood and mud. Its import extends backward to the earliest Mesoamerican creation myths starring maize-minded gods.

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

We’ve spent a couple of generations exiting historically normal tasks and behavior, from integrating livestock and crops, growing gardens, buying locally and cultivating domestic culinary arts. Throughout history, agriculture required a highly integrated approach because until cheap energy and mechanization, distribution was laborious.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

It connects expertise across disciplines to enhance food security, improve distribution, and position Canada as a leader in agricultural innovation. By combining interdisciplinary research, policy innovation, and collaboration, GFI aims to reimagine how food is grown, distributed, and consumed for a healthier planet and better lives.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Sprinkled throughout the recipes are fascinating historical tidbits about the Quaker who first cultivated rhubarb in the 1730s, for example, and the Indigenous tribes that used spruce tip tea to ward off scurvy. To make an amaro (relatively easy!) you need to first learn to make a tincture.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JANUARY 19, 2024

Sown in conjunction with soybeans—another industrial crop whose main uses are livestock feed, processed-food ingredients, exports, and car fuel in the form of biodiesel—corn requires massive amounts of fertilizers and pesticides, which leach off fields and drive a growing water pollution crisis throughout the corn belt.

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