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Navigating Efficient Seas: The Art of Optimal Speed Routing

DTN

Finding the delicate equilibrium between efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and environmental responsibility in maritime logistics is a constant endeavor — and Optimal Speed Routing by DTN ® is an important part of the puzzle to get the balance right. Optimal Speed Routing is part of the RouteGuard consultancy service from DTN.

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Can a Farm Generate Solar Power and Blueberries at Once?

Daily Yonder

At the end of the day, it’s not economical for a blueberry farmer to do dual-use at the moment because of the shading and all of these logistics,” Calderwood said. We see enormous potential to both keep land in agricultural production but also to achieve these kinds of ecological benefits,” Robertson-DuBois said.

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Improving access to sustainable food

Sustainable Food Trust

Price is often the most obvious one due to the increased time and labour that can be needed within more ecologically sound farming systems (as well as the need to pay workers fairly). There are also questions about what kinds of foods are typically on offer in sustainable food projects.

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Food Systems 101: How Community Colleges Are Helping Students Connect Farm to Fork

Modern Farmer

The school ran an outdoor hydroponics farm this summer to help work out logistics on the soon-to-be-built indoor vertical farm. Several classes discuss using ecology principles to inhibit or get rid of weeds, for example. Over time, the administrators hope to expand with aquaculture, waste management, raised-bed gardening and more.

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Human Resources Manager 

Caff

Currently our programming is focused in four areas: Farm to Market, Policy & Advocacy, Farmer Services, and Ecological Farming. We commit to advancing racial, gender, and environmental justice in our larger systems, as well as in our own workplace. To learn more about CAFF, our history, and our core values, visit [link].

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Foodshed Cooperative Is Growing San Diego’s Small-Farm Economy

Civil Eats

Farmer to Farmer Networks Growing Nationwide Foodshed took inspiration from FEED Sonoma , which does similar work as a cooperative aggregator and food hub network that supports more than 50 farms in Northern California engaged in ecologically sustainable practices. The Wallace Center , Igoe says, was also a huge help.

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BIFS Field Day: Cover Cropping and Livestock Grazing for Regenerative Viticulture

Caff

Kendra Altnow We also heard from Maria Zumkeller (LangeTwins Technical Vineyard Manager) and Chris Storm (Pest Control Advisor for the LangeTwins) about the lessons and logistics they learned. It’s really that systems approach.”