Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

At her 6-acre Sakari Farms outside Bend, Oregon, Schreiner employs traditional ecological knowledge to cultivate regional first foods —foods consumed before European colonialization—and passes that expertise down to Native American youth. Spring Alaska Schreiner, owner of Sakari Farms outside Bend, Oregon.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 22, 2024

The isolation of this ecologically rich archipelago of peaks, located in a “sea” of desert that stretches from northern Mexico into southern Arizona, means that plants grow here that don’t grow anywhere else. The more water you put on a crop, the more yield you get. Images CC-licensed, from Botanical Sciences 95(3):345 ).

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

The grant, which will provide funding through June 2028, will help the college to enhance its current culinary, horticulture and science curriculum with new classwork that will explore sustainable food production and safety practices, waste management and agribusiness. “We director of the Agriculture Science program.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 14, 2023

Forest Service and Alaska Department of Fish and Game , where he put so-called “Native science” to use alongside Western methodology. In fact, the Alaska Constitution has a clause that outlines that the state will manage all fish and wildlife for sustainable harvests using the management principle of sustained yield.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Seaweed farms on both coasts are beginning to take hold, tapping into decades of painstaking science—and could help shellfish thrive in waters affected by climate change and pollution. We have some of the best marine science institutions in the world,” says Polizzi. “We Can Seaweed Save American Shellfish? We are here in California.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Moreover, the fermentation process can yield organic acids that are needed for the production of bioplastics. Photo courtesy of the European Science Communication Institute The post Unlocking the Hidden Value of Agri-Food By-Products appeared first on Food Tank. These include fatty acids that can be used as alternatives to palm oil.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Photo courtesy Jim Jones) While US farmers have been slower to embrace hedgerows for their ecological benefits, the science of hedgerows as natural havens has become inarguable. From a conservation point of view, they are higher up on the agenda.” A hedgelaying workshop hosted by the Ontario Skills Network.

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The Equation

MAY 15, 2023

With fields waterlogged, many farmworkers were unable to work and pick produce, signaling that crops like strawberries might see lower yields and higher prices in the near future. But with the heavy rain came floods that damaged lives, property, and crops.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 28, 2025

Decades ago, researchers laboriously excavated a white-tailed prairie dog burrow in southern Montana, revealing features like sleeping quarters, hibernacula, and a maternity area but such work is invasive and yields little data on the animals movements. The prairie can be so hot in the summer or brutally, brutally cold in the winter.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 20, 2024

From the beginning, NSAC and its more than 150 members nationwide have called for a farm bill that incorporates lessons learned since 2018 by advancing programs and policies that build resilience and equity, restore competition, invest in science, and renew our environment for current and future generations.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

As many parts of the country cannot transition fully to year-round, grass-based livestock systems, we believe it is vital to dedicate funding to AMMP technologies to ensure that instances where confinement is likely to continue are as ecologically friendly as can be.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MARCH 27, 2024

Matt Poore, a professor of animal science at North Carolina State University, chairs the Alliance for Grassland Renewal, a national organization dedicated to eradicating toxic fescue. To understand the fescue-native debate requires an understanding of the ecological tradeoff between warm- and cool-season grasses. They’re not.

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Hartwood Farm

JANUARY 29, 2020

There are still a lot of questions that science is working out—like how exactly the whole process works and what sort of impact different soil microbes have, but there does seem to be potential in carbon farming for helping mitigate climate change. More soil organic matter can hold on to more carbon in the soil, which keeps it out of the air.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

xiii] Yields are dropping, with large proportions of the UK’s soils moderately or severely degraded. xvi] Regenerative agriculture is key to flood resilience and prevention of the decimation of crop yields. Ecological Entomology 40, 124–135 (2015). Science of The Total Environment 825, 153955 (2022). cattle industry.

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Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

The current science suggests changes to diets will also be needed, with plant-based products to the fore. Using data from Canadian arable farms, Bain’s consultants showed yield loss was typical in the first two seasons of transforming to regenerative agriculture. By the end of last year, 19.7%

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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. The recipes are friendly, concise, and doable, with suggested alternatives for less-available ingredients.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

APRIL 10, 2024

Previous research has shown that row covers can have a positive impact on cucurbit crop yields by providing a barrier to insect pests. Their project focused on using row covers and introduced pollinators to control cucurbit pests, optimize cucurbit flower pollination, and increase cucurbit crop yields.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

2 million social users reached The Nation On a warm August afternoon in 2019, University of Minnesota professor Crystal Ng, along with a handful of environmental science colleagues and students, launched a flotilla of kayaks and canoes down a slow-moving river in northern Wisconsin. Share Tweet This Story’s Impact 1.3

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

They offer a rigorous Agricultural Sciences undergraduate program that emphasizes entrepreneurship, environmental responsibility, and social commitment. EAT , International EAT seeks to transform global food systems by integrating science, innovation, and collaboration across sectors.

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UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

By: Kyle Richardville, Understanding Ag, LLC About the Understanding series Agriculture isnt rocket science. Farming and ranching involve the fields of biology, ecology, chemistry, botany, physics, geology, meteorology, politics, economics, psychology and mechanics, just to name a few. Was there a significant yield drag?

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Food Tank

JANUARY 16, 2024

In this open-access e-book, Kathryn Barr looks at The Argus Farm Stop in Ann Arbor, Michigan as a model that yields economic and cultural benefits and contributes to the resilience of producers and their communities. fishing and hunting culture. And the book offers advice for pet owners looking to protect their pets and nourish them safely.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In this 2023 Holiday Book Guide, you’ll find reviews of memoirs, personal essays, histories, science writing, journalism, cookbooks, guidebooks, and photo collections—written by our editors, staff writers, and freelance contributors. In addition to our top picks for holiday giving, you’ll find a roundup of our recent book coverage.

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Modern Farmer

APRIL 3, 2024

“If you’re just looking at a yield and how much you get on the land, then you’re not understanding the complex systems that support the growth of that plant and future growth,” she says. The post Sequestering Carbon Is Not Just A Science But An Art, Too appeared first on Modern Farmer. Singer is notably not a scientist.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

Improved cost-share accounting for income forgone when farmers experience losses in revenue due to production changes, anticipated reductions in yield, transitioning to an organic resource-conserving system, or acreage converted to conservation uses. Expanded definition of “conservation activities” to include mitigating GHG emissions.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

This approach negates recent progress made in 2021 to update the TFP, bringing a science-based and realistic approach to calculating SNAP benefits—and also risks regressing to outdated dietary standards that fail to support the well-being of American families. 7125, 7204, 7208, 7305, 7503).

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The Equation

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

A carefully crafted narrative that more fertilizer means more crop yield and more profits, combined with government subsidies that have favored corporate profits, have allowed giant fertilizer companies to hook farmers on fertilizers. Secondly, the quantity of fertilizer consumption has drastically increased in the last few decades.

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The Equation

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

A carefully crafted narrative that more fertilizer means more crop yield and more profits, combined with government subsidies that have favored corporate profits, have allowed giant fertilizer companies to hook farmers on fertilizers. Secondly, the quantity of fertilizer consumption has drastically increased in the last few decades.

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