Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The report lays out 47 concrete actions that agriculture businesses can take to restore Earth’s ecological balance— while maintaining a positive return-on-investment. The climate crisis is not a standalone crisis,” Duko Hopman, a partner at McKinsey and co-author of the report, tells Food Tank. Become a member today by clicking here.

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Food Tank

JUNE 5, 2024

The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) is a Nairobi-based research institute that elevates the role insects play in the creation of environmentally and socially sustainable food systems across Africa. Founded in 1970, icipe aims to understand how insects can best be introduced across the food system.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

According to a study published in the Journal of Cleaner Production and Beverages , the production of alcoholic beverages can contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, land degradation, and water depletion. Boochcraft partners with The Ecology Center for the advancement of regenerative agriculture. for a new beer initiative.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

Walla Walla’s hands-on coursework is bringing together agriculture and culinary students as part of a nascent movement among community colleges that are increasingly bringing food production into curricula in new and innovative ways. Walla Walla Community College hopes to offer surplus agricultural products at its food pantry, too.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 3, 2024

The issue most cited across critiques was simple: When urban farms were separated from community gardens in the study, the higher rate of greenhouse gas emissions reported essentially disappeared. Overall, they found greenhouse gas emissions were six times higher at the urban sites—and that’s the conclusion the study led with.

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The Gleaning Project of South Central PA

MAY 16, 2022

We are back for another special today that is near and dear to our hearts at the Gleaning Project: Stop Food Waste Day! Here are some stats that can help you understand how Food Waste impacts you and your family as well as the globe and why it’s so important to take steps towards minimizing and eventually eliminating it!

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 20, 2024

full_link LEARN MORE How farmers are adapting to Phoenix’s rising temperatures to keep growing food. But it is no longer simply a proposal: This shift is already underway among many of the communities that catch, grow, and harvest the worlds food supply, from Brazil to India to the United States. It’s complicated.

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Modern Farmer

APRIL 8, 2024

They have since paid back the debt of the mortgage; improved the house and the barns; built greenhouses and have a thriving business that provides food to local markets and consumers. Conservation land trusts can play a key role in developing land-use plans with ecological considerations. HVS: What are the roadblocks here?

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

But the key points are: The National Farmers Union has supported the ethanol industry as it has helped farmers maintain a stronger market and has reduced the greenhouse gas emissions of the transportation industry. The overall impact of the greenhouse gas reductions of ethanol compared to gasoline are therefore hard to balance.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 20, 2024

As a researcher of urban agriculture, I was shocked to see a recent news article bearing the headline “ Food from urban agriculture has a carbon footprint six times larger than conventional produce, study shows.” with the Berkeley Food Institute, and this conclusion seemed to fly in the face of all that I’d read.

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Sustainable Harvest International

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

It sits alongside the Belize Northeastern Biological Corridor, which connects various ecological reserves and allows for safe passage of wildlife like jaguars and pumas. The ecological farming practices SHI partner farmers use provide even more habitat for wildlife and contribute to national conservation efforts.

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Caff

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Their pioneering solutions and commitment to sustainable practices underscore the essential contributions of women in driving technological and ecological advancements in agriculture. Through her efforts, Lindsey is paving the way for a more connected and sustainable food system. Want to dive deeper into Lindsey’s story?

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Sustainable Harvest International

JULY 19, 2022

By: Florence Reed , Founder + Director of Sustainable Harvest International With the war in Ukraine, the global food crisis looms large, given that Ukraine is a major global exporter of both wheat and chemical fertilizers. The crisis in Ukraine reveals that now more than ever, we must embrace a food system grounded in local agroecology.

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CalCAN

APRIL 6, 2023

public, across party lines, is concerned about the impacts of climate change on agriculture and food production. Farming is also an important contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Side by side with that loss of diversity was a long growth in greenhouse gas emissions that has only recently begun to be addressed.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 19, 2024

“Our biggest criticism of CRP,” says Anne Schechinger, mid-west director for EWG, “is that, as it is currently set up, it is not doing enough to store carbon in soil or reduce greenhouse gas emissions.” Agriculture is responsible for 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the US. Julie Elliot is a director on SRM’s board.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As director of demonstration and on-farm education for the Savanna Institute (SI) , she knows that agroforestry can be a game-changer in fighting climate change and creating healthier food systems. Blooming ecological success Maggie Taylor of Delight Flower Farm, a commercial cut-flower farm in Champaign, Ill.,

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Food Tank

JUNE 27, 2024

A version of this piece was featured in Food Tank’s newsletter, released weekly on Thursdays. The Food Tank team is here in the United Kingdom for London Climate Action Week (LCAW), an event that started in 2019 and has quickly become one of the world’s largest independent drivers of climate action. Greetings from London!

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Modern Farmer

JUNE 24, 2024

It broke up the people and the ecology of the landscape and parceled it into the British land title system. SD: Yeah, we work with farmers who are doing agri-ecology, who want to do education and train. And now we’re in 2024, we have market failure conditions for agriculture. But policy is really like a living body.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 29, 2023

“I’m trying to figure out what it looks like to be wedded to a place with more of a conservation mindset while still producing food.” I’m trying to figure out what it looks like to be wedded to a place with more of a conservation mindset while still producing food. A wetland was full of young willow cuttings.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In August 2022, Congress passed the historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a landmark piece of legislation that provided nearly $20 billion dollars to the United States Department of Agriculture for various programs capable of reducing greenhouse gasses across our food and farm system, including CSP.

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Agwired

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The Good Meat Project , a national nonprofit, is on a mission to catalyze marketplace innovation, connection, and education across the meat supply chain in order to increase the economic viability and ecological impact of livestock farmers who invest in healthy land, animals, and people.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 11, 2023

At more than 5,000 feet above sea level and with its endless opportunities for outdoor adventure and good food, Boulder was the perfect backdrop to get down to coalition business. She discussed some of the challenges in her district and elsewhere as it becomes increasingly difficult to produce good food. As a pediatrician, Rep.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The bill is an important acknowledgement of the essential role urban agriculture plays in addressing environmental justice and disparities in public health ,” said Jen Silveri, Co-Executive Director with Michigan Food & Farming Systems , an NSAC member.

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Caff

JANUARY 24, 2024

Some get food by living intertwined with plants or animals. These fungi are most often parasitic (stealing food in the form of sugars) to the detriment of the host) or symbiotic (a mutually beneficial relationship). Cheetah gives a tour of the mushroom growing greenhouses. Samantha Zangrilli giving a tour of the garden.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

However, as with all social-ecological systems , change in any part of the system necessarily requires or causes change in other parts of the system. Who manages land determines which scientific perspectives, crop choices, traditions, and skills shape the landscape, with profound implications for its ecological sustainability.

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CalCAN

MARCH 27, 2023

In 2020, wildfires became the second highest emitter of greenhouse gasses in the state, second only to the transportation sector. As grazier Marie Hoff so eloquently wrote about on this blog three years ago, cattle, sheep, and goats can play a regenerative wildfire mitigation role that also provides for our food and fiber needs.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 8, 2024

This helped them buy their first cache of shared equipment: a tiller, a harrow, a manure spreader, a trailer to move equipment between farms, and a log splitter for heating greenhouses with wood. We see Walmart or shitty food or HelloFresh as competition—not each other.” A decade later, the collective is still thriving. “We’re

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Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

CONTENT SOURCED FROM JUST FOOD Written by: David Burrows January 27, 2023 Danone ’s greenhouse gas emissions are around 26MtCo2e, and agriculture accounts for 61% of them. At Arla Foods , its UK emissions are 4.8MtCo23 and 83% of those come from its farms. Nestlé ’s footprint is 92MtCO2e with 71% from ‘ingredients sourcing’.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 14, 2023

Putting a value on this carbon (and other greenhouse gases) is not a simple matter and various pricing mechanisms exist. Alongside government incentives, it is hoped that carbon offsetting and the newly evolving nature markets will help farmers profitably produce good quality food from a sustainably managed and healthy landscape.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MARCH 27, 2024

Roberts noted that toxic fescue exudes fluids that “pretty much destroy the food web,” poisoning insects that quail and other creatures feed on. To understand the fescue-native debate requires an understanding of the ecological tradeoff between warm- and cool-season grasses. Nature’s design is not for monocultures.”

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Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 12, 2023

It provides all those involved in food and farming – from farmers to policymakers to the CEOs of big companies – with a roadmap to navigate the confusing array of different approaches, agendas, initiatives, policies and assessments relating to the sustainability of farming. Troed y Rhiw is an 8.5 But the community depends on their services.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 12, 2023

Local residents have been working to restore and conserve the deforested land through sustainable, ecologically-oriented farming methods. Gutiérrez said farms like hers work because they understand that they need the soil, water and forest in excellent condition so their properties can also guarantee their food sovereignty.

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Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

From there, he began consulting with the vertical farming company iFarm and together they have installed around 50 rooftop greenhouses in Moscow to date. He has also begun envisioning “green-settlements” in which sustainable energy, water, and food innovations are considered.

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RR2CS

MARCH 8, 2022

For Jenna and Thomas, both teachers by trade, it was always a dream to build a life off-grid and grow organic food for their community. Through careful observation of land and climate, Jenna and Thomas have gradually built two cabins, a greenhouse, an organic market garden, and apiary.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 17, 2023

Editor’s Note: Projects such as this proposed “agri-hood” are reimagining the ways in which communities can provide access to housing and food security through frameworks of racial justice, collaborative leadership, and environmental sustainability. It will preserve farmland and grow food to feed people. Credit: Phil Brinkman for WSJ.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Contributing authors: Abigail Buta ,and Jessica Levy , and Elena Seeley The momentum to transform food and agriculture systems has never been more urgentor more inspiring. It connects expertise across disciplines to enhance food security, improve distribution, and position Canada as a leader in agricultural innovation.

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Civil Eats

JULY 17, 2023

López’s family moved to Salton City from Arizona in 2018 when her then-husband got a job working in greenhouses in the Imperial Valley, south of the sea. It’s associated with air quality, ecology, and biologicals in the lake. 1 commodity for the last 64 years. Water quality isn’t just water quality.

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