Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

There, she’s using her vast ecological expertise to develop curriculum for the Indigenous Food Lab training center and lead community engagement programming. “As Why is traditional ecological knowledge so important as it relates to both food sovereignty and climate change? Let’s back up a bit.

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Forage Food Ecology Pesticide 119

The Equation

MAY 15, 2023

Industrial agricultural practices such as tillage (plowing) and leaving fields bare between growing seasons degrade soil structure, reduce water infiltration, lower water storage capacity, and increase runoff (the flow of water across the soil’s surface).

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Sustainable Food Trust

AUGUST 6, 2024

We have indeed lost the meaning and importance of food in an increasingly homogenised landscape of ultra-processed products, and this is something we should be deeply concerned about. Unfortunately, most hedgerows are now flailed in the autumn, a brutal process that is likely to leave them “degraded habitat” according to the charity, Buglife.

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Food Farming Farming Processing 98

Sustainable Harvest International

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

“ “My philosophy has always been that the health of soil, plants, animals, people, and the environment is one.” ” — Rattan Lal, professor of soil science + 2020 World Food Prize Laureate Conventional, or industrial, agriculture uses chemicals to defend crops from weeds, certain insect species, and diseases.

Compost 59

Compost Fertilizer Crop Food 59

Caff

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Currently our programming is focused in four areas: Farm to Market, Policy & Advocacy, Farmer Services, and Ecological Farming. Reference requests will be made further along in the application process. We commit to advancing racial, gender, and environmental justice in our larger systems, as well as in our own workplace.

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Technology Marketing Food Farming 40

Food Tank

JULY 30, 2024

They also have ecological benefits because they offer a market outlet for small-scale producers not involved in large-scale industrial agriculture. They can ask questions, learn where the produce came from, and determine what inputs were used in the production process.

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Food Marketing Supply Chain Ecology 87

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Prioritizing ecological integrity and community health over yield, these farmers stay profitable by diversifying their crops, producing value-added products like jams and sauces, and building community support and social capital. ” Eventually, the concept became a rallying cry—and the name of her new book.

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