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Cream Co. Meats Is Reshaping the Meat Industry One Farm at a Time

Food Tank

“By regenerating soil health, sequestering carbon, and restoring biodiversity, sustainable ranching practices have the power to reverse the damage caused by decades of industrial agriculture.” Founded in 2016 by Cliff Pollard in the Bay Area of California, Cream Co. To ensure the farms that Cream Co.

Farming 115
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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.

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23 Fall Food and Agriculture Books to Discover Now

Food Tank

His narrative helps readers understand the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the food’s journey and recommends in-season, local alternatives to many common, high-carbon food choices. But it also raises important questions about who has access to such a paradise.

Food 133
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‘An Insane Amount of Water’: What Climate Change Means For California’s Biggest Dairy District

Modern Farmer

Although California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) aims to recharge them by regulating draws, the dried-up lake bed has long been collapsing under the massive weight of industrialized agriculture—to the tune of a couple of inches per month.

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Inside Florida’s Ban on Lab-Grown Meat

Modern Farmer

A long list of other states, meanwhile, have banned the word “meat” from cultivated meat packaging. Italy became the first country to criminalize cultivated meat in 2023, as well as banning the use of words like burger and sausage on packaging for alternative proteins. In actuality, cultivated meat is not that mysterious.