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How Agroecology Can Help Countries Tap Climate Finance and Fund Food Systems Transformation

Food Tank

For example, livestock production, fertilizer use and deforestation for farm expansion exacerbate greenhouse gas emissions. Tanzania launched its National Ecological Organic Agriculture Strategy in November 2023, Kenya its National Agroecology Strategy in November 2024, and countries like Uganda and Zambia will soon follow suit, noted Fegert.

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Despite Recent Headlines, Urban Farming Is Not a Climate Villain

Civil Eats

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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Guest Post: Is the Future of Organic Food at Risk? Research Funding Holds the Answer

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

They offer valuable resources and practical solutions for organic and transitioning producers, as well as conventional producers interested in ecologically and economically sound practices. Positive signs are on the horizon.

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Federal Climate Policy: Agriculture Resilience Act Re-Introduced

CalCAN

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. In addition, it included increased funds for the Rural Energy for America Program.

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Opinion: To Make a Real Impact on Climate Change, We Must Move Beyond the Carbon Footprint

Modern Farmer

The research from the University of Michigan-led study seems to show that fruit and vegetables grown in urban ag have a carbon footprint six times larger than that of “conventionally grown” food (meaning, on rural farmland). I see that shift happening already on farms both urban and rural, big and small.

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Ukraine Crisis Reveals Need for Organic Farming

Sustainable Harvest International

This is simply untrue and ignores the fact that conventional farming degrades land, pollutes water, kills wildlife, and is responsible for about a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. As the name implies, this is a no-cost system relying on ecological processes to produce the same yields as more expensive conventional systems.

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The Farmers Leaning On Each Other’s Tools

Civil Eats

In this sense, California Plowshares is a return to the kind of rural sharing economies that once arose naturally between farmers in tight-knit communities but have become much less common in recent years. Every year, they pool funds to add to their growing collection of tools.

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