Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

1) Agrochemical production consumes fossil fuels to generate pesticides, fertilizers, and other inputs. ” In addition, pesticides and fertilizers are derived from fossil fuels. American agriculture is awash in a mix of both, as farms use about a billion pounds of pesticides and 21 million tons of synthetic fertilizer every year.

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Food Tank

JUNE 12, 2024

This means crops and animals are raised without pesticides or hormones, have access to open areas and are entirely or partially grass-fed. Meats works to connect small and medium-sized independent producers to distribution avenues and larger markets. “We’re Founded in 2016 by Cliff Pollard in the Bay Area of California, Cream Co.

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Food Tank

AUGUST 29, 2023

On a summer day in downtown Salinas, California, a group of farmers, biotechnology start-ups and pesticide corporations gathered to talk about the benefits of biology. While the realm of pesticides and fertilizers has been dominated by chemistry for the past eight decades, it seems like biology may soon have its day.

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Agritecture Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Are they distributing into the right market segments?” I've seen several instances where a company will be growing a product for a very small distribution channel. It's challenging to distribute a niche product that doesn't have a strong market demand. Niche products need to be paired with niche market offtake opportunities.

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Far Eastern Agriculture

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This ensures that the liquid pesticides are applied evenly, effectively and with great precision. Eight sets of solenoid valves: This drone is equipped with eight individual sets of solenoid valves ensuring precision, virtually eliminating leaks and resulting in an evenly distributed spray.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Mijenta grows agave without pesticides or herbicides. They practice biodynamic agriculture to encourage biodiversity and cultivate successful vineyards without pesticides or herbicides. And they partner with Women’s Earth Alliance to promote environmental initiatives.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 19, 2023

It starts with governments having a plan to transform their food systems in ways that incentivize the production, distribution and consumption of foods that are good for health and good for the environment. And we know what is needed to turn food systems around. Low-income countries are more likely to have a food system plan.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

They have come up with a male pollinizer called ‘Hombre’ that is not patented, and a female kiwi, ‘Tango,’ that is patented by the USDA-ARS and can be distributed to nurseries or producers once they obtain a licensing agreement. The Tango variety produces fruit similar to the kiwifruit commercially available today.

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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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The Equation

JUNE 13, 2023

Human activities can alter the distribution and abundance of soil microorganisms, especially by changing how food is grown: for example, by changing the quantities of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides used, or by growing the same crops on the same fields year after year.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

APRIL 25, 2024

An array of pesticides, including dicamba and clothianidin, have been found to damage the bees’ health in a variety of ways, weakening their immune systems, for instance, and slowing their reproductive rate. By Brian Barth and Flávia Milhorance , September 7, 2021 USDA wants to make farms climate-friendly. Will it work?

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Caff

DECEMBER 23, 2021

This bill, just one of many that CAFF successfully advocated for in 2021 , will help create hubs that aggregate not from the far-flung reaches of the world, but from nearby family farms, and help distribute this healthy food to families, schools, businesses and hospitals. WILL YOU HELP US KEEP THIS MOMENTUM GOING STRONG?

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Caff

MARCH 23, 2021

Regional Food Economies ($600 million) — Regional food processing, storage and distribution infrastructure to strengthen small- and medium-scale businesses across the food supply chain, and to increase equity, energy conservation and efficiency of farm (and sea) to table.

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Sustainable Food Trust

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This is because the subsidies have been unconditional and the market has been brutal; they have used, as the NFU likes to say, ‘all the tools in the toolbox’, i.e., nitrogen fertiliser and pesticides, to continuously increase their food production in order to stay in business.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 5, 2023

An array of pesticides, including dicamba and clothianidin, have been found to damage the bees’ health in a variety of ways, weakening their immune systems, for instance, and slowing their reproductive rate. FERN’s Coverage of the UN Biodiversity Conference By Bridget Huber , December 21, 2022 USDA wants to make farms climate-friendly.

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The Equation

JUNE 5, 2023

The intense use of pesticides in the San Joaquin Valley has contributed to air pollution so much that the region is among the top three places with the worst air quality in the United States. Toxic chemicals from pesticides are in the soil polluting community aquifers, and they are almost impossible to clean.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 4, 2024

Distributed at music festivals and public events and in municipalities throughout Belgium, France and Luxembourg, the upcycled product, which looks like a hollowed-out wheel of camembert, brings the process full circle by reining in the world’s most discarded waste item.

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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. reduced tillage, cover crops, treed acres).

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NASDA

MARCH 8, 2024

Conclusion NASDA recognizes the challenges of making the various SCCI programs work harmoniously.

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OECD: Environment

MARCH 22, 2024

Addressing water pollution calls for a multi-pronged approach and sustained efforts The OECD has been working on the economics of water pollution since the 1960s , examining in turn pollution associated with detergents, pesticides in the environment, or lake eutrophication.

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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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Fork Farms

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The goal of the farm is to grow fresh food to be distributed to people in need. Since indoor hydroponic farms only use water, light, and nutrients there is no need to plan for inclement weather or to deal with the potential food safety issues of produce grown in the dirt – such as the use of pesticides.

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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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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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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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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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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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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Once it reaches the vast river system of the Mississippi, it can be milled and distributed to farms as far away as North Dakota. Farmers are constantly harangued about the latest ‘hot topic,’ he says, from sedimentation and erosion to pesticides, nutrient loading in waterways and declining irrigation aquifers.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 10, 2023

But with a wider distribution in the food industry, food processors, vendors, inspectors, even people doing spot checks at those very same supermarkets could use these scanners as a type of pre-screening. This uses light to measure energy levels, and it can detect specific organic molecules such as antibiotics or pesticides in food.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 17, 2023

Lisa Morehouse , July 10, 2022 The California Report This farm relies on birds — not pesticides — to control pests Lisa Morehouse , July 6, 2021 The California Report Without their salmon, the Yurok search for meaning Lisa Morehouse , October 15, 2017 The California Report

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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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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

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The seed stage deals generally favored e-Grocery and Agrifood fintech players seeking to improve food distribution in the supply chain and those strategizing to reach more consumers. Among other countries in the Gulf region, Egypt, the most populous country in the Arab world, was affected by the harsh realities of the ban.

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The Equation

AUGUST 24, 2023

Farmworkers contribute back-breaking labor to put food on our plates while being exposed to numerous health hazards like heat,  toxic pesticide exposure , and  food insecurity. For comparison, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) distributed $1.8 And those are just the ones that have been reported.

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Farmbrite

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Chemical hazards may arise from exposure to pesticides, feed additives, or contaminants in water sources, making regular testing and proper handling essential. Chemical Hazards - Chemical hazards may arise from exposure to pesticides, feed additives, drug residues, herbicides, environmental toxins, or contaminants in water sources.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 21, 2022

An array of pesticides, including dicamba and clothianidin, have been found to damage the bees’ health in a variety of ways, weakening their immune systems, for instance, and slowing their reproductive rate. FERN’s Coverage of the UN Biodiversity Conference By Bridget Huber , December 21, 2022 USDA wants to make farms climate-friendly.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JANUARY 11, 2023

An array of pesticides, including dicamba and clothianidin, have been found to damage the bees’ health in a variety of ways, weakening their immune systems, for instance, and slowing their reproductive rate. FERN’s Coverage of the UN Biodiversity Conference By Bridget Huber , December 21, 2022 USDA wants to make farms climate-friendly.

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