Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The vineyards are weeded only using hoes, never herbicides, and fertilized with manure. Mijenta grows agave without pesticides or herbicides. They practice biodynamic agriculture to encourage biodiversity and cultivate successful vineyards without pesticides or herbicides.

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The Equation

JUNE 5, 2023

A fertile land can be a fertile civilization The swath of land between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers in Mesopotamia was one of the most fertile lands known to humans, as was the riparian land of the Nile River in Ancient Egypt. Excessive fertilization has polluted aquifers with nitrates.

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The Equation

MARCH 4, 2024

Those corporations spray pesticides that often drifts over people and sensitive environmental areas. What they do need are huge amounts of water, huge amounts of pesticides to artificially correct the unnatural monoculture, and huge amounts of fertilizers because industrial agriculture practices deplete nutrients from the soil.

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Agriculture Agriculture Pesticide Ruralism 106

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

However, the topsoil is powerless to counteract the acidifying effect of ammonia-based fertilizers. While these Midwest conditions may sound ideal for farming, years of tilling and heavy fertilizer use have taken their toll. It’s not a widespread problem yet, but it’s rearing its ugly head in some places,” says Calderon.

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DTN

JULY 24, 2023

fertilizer application, irrigation, machinery use, pesticide application) and the sources of carbon sequestration (e.g., Small-area estimation uses EO to distribute projected data to grid squares, ZIP codes, and fields. And, perhaps most importantly, how do we know those results are accurate and reliable?

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Agwired

APRIL 10, 2024

EPA is warning people of the significant health risks to pregnant individuals and their developing babies exposed to DCPA and will be pursuing action to address the serious, permanent, and irreversible health risks associated with the pesticide as quickly as possible.

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UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Processing and distributing these energy products release additional greenhouse gases, as well as when we create electricity, cook our food, or while we’re standing still idling in traffic on a highway or downtown in any metropolitan area. There is fossil carbon in the form of natural gas (methane), oil and coal.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

He stopped using pesticides in the early 1980s, got certified organic in the ‘90s, and over time, built a highly diversified farm that produces corn, oats, wheat, barley, and vegetables while raising cattle, chickens, and pigs outdoors. Rosmann’s 700-acre organic operation is an anomaly in the region.

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Supply Chain Food Agriculture Agriculture 131

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. Cotton, the most used natural fiber, occupies 2.4 percent of the world’s farmland but uses 4.7

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 20, 2024

In general, we need multifunctional perspectives for a more holistic systems comparison.” To be sure, we need conventional farming systems right now that create efficiency and economies of scale to grow and distribute large volumes of food to feed a growing population.

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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. says Rubba.

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CalCAN

JUNE 28, 2023

Another challenge of these large budget swings is having the administrative systems and staff in place to distribute the funds. Organic systems are shown to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and store carbon while also eliminating the use of fossil fuel-based pesticides and fertilizers.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In a county that was intentionally poisonedand a world suffering from a changing climatehe is reviving the soil under his feet by transitioning away from pesticide-dependent row crops like tobacco to industrial hemp, which is known to sequester carbon and remediate soil, and using earth-friendly organic and regenerative methods.

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AGRIVI

JUNE 7, 2023

The increased transparency enables a deeper understanding of the agri-food value chain, including the processes involved in food production, processing, and distribution. The CSRD regulation in the EU plays a vital role in enhancing the transparency of the agri-food value chain, thereby contributing to better food quality and food safety.

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Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

So they made dozens of “wanted” flyers for the plant and distributed them to farmers in the area. Coffee was then planted in high densities and, lacking shade, the plants soaked up more sun and grew bigger and faster — a hyper-focused production cycle that also saw an increase in fertilizer and pesticide use, Perfecto says.

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World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 3, 2024

He manipulates weather patterns to bring on drought and extreme temperatures, summons pests that are resistant to pesticides, and degrades the soil. Mark Brooks, FMC VENTURES Mark Brooks, Managing Director, FMC VENTURES: “My supervillain is ScorchedFarm, who exposes the vulnerabilities of modern agriculture in the face of climate change.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Even before that food gets to the dump, its production—involving fossil fuel–based fertilizers and pesticides, nitrous oxide released in fields, and energy use— results in annual greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to that of 42 coal-fired power plants. Food waste, after all, is a mountain-of-trash-sized problem. In the U.S.,

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The Equation

MAY 9, 2024

Those lesser-known companies tend to operate up the supply chain, and include Bayer and Syngenta, which sell the seeds farmers need and the pesticides they’ve come to rely on, and Nutrien and CF Industries Holdings, which manufacture synthetic fertilizers.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

With this revelation, Restoring Eden becomes an examination of how much remains unknown about the impacts of widely-used pesticides—even within the local agencies tasked with environmental protection in farming communities. And Hilborn’s intimate, passionate connection to her land and its ecosystems demonstrates what’s at stake.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 28, 2024

Washington’s response reflects the corporate capture of the US regulatory system,” said Fernando Bejarano, director of the Action Network on Pesticides and their Alternatives in Mexico. Why the US government would embarrass itself with such a document is not a mystery in Mexico. It’s what’s happens when you have unregulated corporate power.”

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

One of the core functions of the USDA, upon its foundation in 1862, was the collection and public distribution of germplasm , or seeds. By the end of the 19th century, a third of USDA’s budget was devoted to germplasm collection and distribution. The shift toward commercialization of seed began in earnest.

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The Equation

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This creates instability in the cultivation and overall supply and distribution of food, which affects human and environmental health. Other steps in the supply chain such as processing, distribution, retail, and the final journey to our table also contribute to emissions. Building resilient agricultural systems.

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Civil Eats

JULY 12, 2023

As part of that program, the USDA began distributing $3.1 resembling commodity agriculture systems based on chemical fertilizers and pesticides. regulations have changed very little,” said Hardy Kern, director of government relations for ABC’s Birds and Pesticides Campaign.

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Blessings, joel HILLSDALE COLLEGE PARALLEL ECONOMIES—AGRICULTURE Joel Salatin This spring when Russia invaded Ukraine, fertilizer prices increased in some cases 400 percent and global grain shipments sputtered, our farm didn’t feel anything because we don’t buy fertilizer and we don’t buy foreign grain. SEGREGATED VERSUS INTEGRATED.

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Agriculture Agriculture Fertilizer Food 52

Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 12, 2023

From breeding and cultivation to testing and delivery, the cannabis blockchain captures a digital snapshot of every major step of production, distribution and sale, locking them into an immutable digital ledger. However, there’s little transparency built into the centralized platform, says Kennedy.

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Civil Eats

JULY 22, 2024

CRP enabled Andrews to preserve the land, restore its fertility, and sequester carbon, because instead of a farmer paying him to rent the cropland, the government paid him—less, but enough—to fallow it. As a result, they’ve fought for payment caps within the programs as a way to limit spending and distribute funds more fairly.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JANUARY 19, 2024

And that’s after the corn is planted, doused with fossil-fuel-derived fertilizers, shielded from weeds and insects with toxic chemicals, and harvested. Then there’s all the nitrogen fertilizer, which when applied to farm fields emits an annual tsunami of nitrous oxide , a greenhouse gas nearly 300 times more potent than carbon.

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