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Using Grazing Animals to Reduce the Risk of Wildfires

CalCAN

Farmers and ranchers in our network have lost crops, livestock, and structures, been evacuated (some multiple times), and had their operations disrupted by smoke, public safety power shutoffs, or loss of insurance. These high-intensity, uncontrolled wildfires are both exacerbated by and contribute to climate change.

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Why we’re in a critical period in the development of regenerative agriculture

Agritecture Blog

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. Just how far regenerative agriculture can cut emissions from livestock farming remains moot. Nestlé ’s footprint is 92MtCO2e with 71% from ‘ingredients sourcing’.

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Medically Important Antibiotics Are Still Being Used to Fatten Up Pigs

Civil Eats

.” According to the experts, then, the only way to truly move all drugs off the conveyor belt toward no longer being effective is for FDA to go a step further and stop allowing the broader practice of putting antibiotics in feed as a prevention mechanism and only allow farmers to treat sick animals. as they do in the U.K.

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Path to a New Farm Bill: Sustainable and Organic Research 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Failure to robustly fund public research that promotes ecologically-based production systems stifles scientific and technical innovation and leaves US farmers and ranchers unable to fully participate in and benefit from emerging markets for sustainably-produced foods.

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