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Using Grazing Animals to Reduce the Risk of Wildfires

CalCAN

In 2020, wildfires became the second highest emitter of greenhouse gasses in the state, second only to the transportation sector. These high-intensity, uncontrolled wildfires are both exacerbated by and contribute to climate change. near communities or critical infrastructure) or not appropriate for the ecosystem (e.g.

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Restoring soil carbon

Sustainable Food Trust

Putting a value on this carbon (and other greenhouse gases) is not a simple matter and various pricing mechanisms exist. A carbon offset tends to refer to credits being traded on a voluntary market where companies – and individuals – can buy into carbon offsetting schemes to compensate for their emissions.

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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. Producer premiums for regenerative products have begun to pop up but, as Bande notes, the financing mechanism must be “way broader” than this.

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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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