Civil Eats
OCTOBER 2, 2024
On a sunny California day, Ricky Bobby the goat chomps across a hillside with the speed and pizazz of his NASCAR driver namesake from Talladega Nights. Along with his fellow herd members, all employed by the nonprofit Happy Goat to reduce wildfire risks, Ricky Bobby is doing what he does best, gobbling up weeds, shrubs, and leaves from low-hanging branches.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 30, 2024
In Episode 15 of The Truth About Ag Podcast, Kristjan Hebert and Evan Shout dive into the complex world of land management and expansion with Darrel Monette of Monette Farms. Known for its impressive —and sometimes controversial— growth over the past 15 years, Monette Farms has become a force across multiple regions. Darrel shares hard-won. Read More In Episode 15 of The Truth About Ag Podcast, Kristjan Hebert and Evan Shout dive into the complex world of land management and expansion with Darre
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Agri-tech
OCTOBER 30, 2024
One day, a few years ago, a local teacher found something strange in his garden. The story that follows is one of plants, beer, bacteria, insects and ZOMBIES! For this Halloween special edition blog Dr Sam Mugford, research assistant, reveals the strange science of phytoplasmas, a group of plant-infecting bacteria with very peculiar properties, and how he made his own delicious zombie beer… “In.
Food Tank
OCTOBER 31, 2024
At the recent Food Entrepreneurship Ecosystems Development (FEED) Summit in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, aspiring and new food entrepreneurs came together to address common roadblocks and to share strategies for adding value to small food businesses. The conference is designed to facilitate connection, letting participants bring their questions to real people with the expertise and experience to help move them forward.
Food Politics
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Late in September, the British government ussued guidance about reducing intake of foods high in fat, salt, and sugar, collectively HFSS. The guidance is based on the provisions of the Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations of 2021. The regulations provide for restrictions on the promotions and placement in retail stores and their online equivalents of certain foods and drinks that are high in fat, salt or sugar ( HFSS ) or ‘less healthy’.
Daily Yonder
OCTOBER 29, 2024
This story was originally published by The Conversation. Historians know that turkey and corn were part of the first Thanksgiving , when Wampanoag peoples shared a harvest meal with the pilgrims of Plymouth plantation in Massachusetts. And traditional Native American farming practices tell us that squash and beans likely were part of that 1621 dinner too.
West Texas Livestock
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Hay is one of the most essential parts of keeping your cattle healthy through the winter. When the grass goes dormant, hay steps in to provide the nutrition they need. But before you can even think about feeding, you’ve got to understand what’s in the hay you’re offering. Quality is key. You need to know […] The post How to feed cattle right with the best hay choices appeared first on West Texas Livestock Growers.
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Modern Farmer
OCTOBER 28, 2024
In 2016, Carla Harward’s daughter, Sophie, came home from her middle school in Chattooga County and told her mother about two students who hadn’t eaten over the weekend. “I was stunned,” says Harward. “Sophie said the little boys were crying because their bellies hurt. We just had no idea there were kids in our community that were hungry.” Harward and some families gathered food for the family, but she knew more had to be done.
Agricultural Biodiversity
OCTOBER 23, 2024
With all eyes on Cali for the UN Biodiversity Conference ( CBD COP16 ), it is timely to have a close look at National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) from different perspectives. Do they properly address plant genetic resources for food and agriculture , for example? And if they do, do they make the link to nutrition? That latter question is investigated in a new report from the Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition (I-CAN), entitled “ Biodiversity and Nutrition Syne
Food Politics
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Marianna Chilton. The Painful Truth about Hunger in America: Why We Must Unlearn Everything We Think We Know—and Start Again. MIT Press, 2024. 366 pages. MIT Press asked me to do a back-cover blurb for this book, which I was pleased to do. Marianna Chilton’s uncompromising book cuts to the heart of what’s wrong with America’s “safety net” for poverty and hunger.
Agri-tech
OCTOBER 31, 2024
An international research collaboration has completed the most detailed genome assembly to date of grass pea (Lathyrus sativus). This new chromosome-scale reference genome published in Scientific Data offers new potential to accelerate modern breeding of this underutilised legume for climate-smart agriculture. Nearly twice the size of the human genome, the sequence was assembled from scratch and.
West Texas Livestock
OCTOBER 27, 2024
Deciding which cows to cull is a challenging task for most producers. Sometimes, their personal feelings about that particular animal get in the way. Sometimes, they don’t even know which ones are under-performing and which ones need to be kept. Given the current conditions, which have persisted for the last year or so, the need […] The post Cull smart: strategies to really increase your cull’s value appeared first on West Texas Livestock Growers.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 29, 2024
It can be easy to be impressed by slick new technology — the lights and displays, read outs and even images. With technology comes data, and it’s actually the data collected that really proves a tech’s worth. It’s crucial, then, that tech adopters understand the data analysis portion of ag tech, but this isn’t always. Read More It can be easy to be impressed by slick new technology — the lights and displays, read outs and even images.
Berkeley Blog
OCTOBER 29, 2024
The new, long-term partnership between researchers at Rausser College of Natural Resources and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife will gather data on wolf ecology, diet, predator-prey dynamics and recolonization while contributing to conflict reduction strategies. The post California Wolf Project will advance science and management of gray wolves appeared first on Berkeley News.
Agricultural Biodiversity
OCTOBER 20, 2024
Global and local perspectives on food security and food systems. Six experts have their say on how to transform food systems, and dietary diversity seems to be a common (though not a universal) theme. Let’s dig a little deeper into that. Global estimation of dietary micronutrient inadequacies: a modelling analysis. A lot of people could probably do with eating more fruits and vegetables, for example.
Food Politics
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Ronnie Cummins and Andr é Leu. The Regenerative Agriculture Solution: A Revolutionary Approach to Building Soil, Creating Climate Resilience, and Supporting Human and Planetary Health. Chelsea Green, 2024. I was asked to do a blurb for this one, and did: This book is a testament to the vision of the late Ronnie Cummins. His friend, André Leu, memorializes Cummins’ lifelong work with this overview of the demonstrable benefits of regenerative agriculture for everything in the book’s subtitle, a
CABI
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Two training workshops have been held to help strengthen the capacity of 10 PlantwisePlus plant clinics recently launched in Namibia in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The plant clinics are part of a project to help improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers as well as local and national… The post Training workshops held to help strengthen capacity of PlantwisePlus plant clinics in Namibia appeared first on PlantwisePlus Blog.
Grow Link
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Dylan Knapp, better known as "Mitten_Master" on Instagram, is one of Michigan’s most passionate cannabis cultivators. His love for the plant, combined with years of experience, has made him a respected voice in the industry. Despite the market's ups and downs, Dylan remains focused on producing high-quality cannabis, maintaining the spirit of the early days when growing was more about passion than profit.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 30, 2024
This editorial was submitted on behalf of the Dairy Farmers of Canada, Egg Farmers of Canada, Chicken Farmers of Canada, Farmers of Canada, and Canadian Hatching Egg Producers. RealAgriculture has reached out to supply managed sectors several times for interviews regarding Bill C-282 but has not been granted an interview. Canada is an attractive trading.
Agwired
OCTOBER 28, 2024
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) expressed concerns about the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s latest report, criticizing the lack of scientific basis for recommending plant proteins as a replacement for animal proteins. The Committee recommends moving beans, peas, and lentils from the vegetable group to the protein group. While this increases the amount of recommended protein intake, this would be deceiving to Americans, as there are essential nutrients in animal protein
Agricultural Biodiversity
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Sorry everyone, but I totally forgot to remind you all that Jeremy would be presenting a GROW webinar on biofortification yesterday. But fear not, the recording will be up soon , and of course Jeremy interviewed one of the authors of the Global Food Security paper behind the whole thing last year. Yes, he interviewed himself, take it up with him. Anyway, there was a reply to the paper.
Food Politics
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Two items about pet food this week. Today: safety. Tomorrow: environmental sustainability. I have a long-standing interest in pet food, which I view as an integral—essential—component of our overall food system , not least because pet food uses food components that would otherwise be wasted. I co-authored a book about pet food issues: Feed Your Pet Right.
Western FarmPress
OCTOBER 25, 2024
My Generation: Loss has run tragically deep in one farm neighborhood this fall. Here are those stories, and the love that remains.
Berkeley Blog
OCTOBER 23, 2024
A new type of porous material called a covalent organic framework quickly sucks up carbon dioxide from ambient air The post Capturing carbon from the air just got easier appeared first on Berkeley News.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Hot on the heels of the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute’s conference on sustainability and agri-food, occasional Ag Policy Connection host, Shaun Haney, sat down with Tyler McCann, managing director of CAPI, Darlene McBain, of FCC, and Sara Kate Smith, of Clear Strategy, to unpack two days of policy panels, discussion, and insight. In this episode.
Agwired
OCTOBER 30, 2024
ZeaKal today announced that PhotoSeed Soy has been validated as the first sustainability-embedded trait technology for agriculture, a technology that could expand the volume of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production by approximately one billion additional gallons on existing U.S. soybean acreage. Han Chen, co-founder and CEO of ZeaKal, says they were able to validate PhotoSeed’s impact on the carbon intensity (CI) score of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from soybean oil by using well-respec
Agricultural Biodiversity
OCTOBER 11, 2024
With remarkable regularity, China announces some impressive genebank thing. Like a catalog for 105 tropical crop genebanks. But where is it? On the other hand, we probably don’t hear enough about African genebanks, so this piece is very welcome. Or about genebanks in Papua New Guinea , for that matter. Have we heard enough about “ opportunity crops ” yet?
Food Politics
OCTOBER 7, 2024
A reader, Bart Peuchot, writes: I would be very interested to have your view on this new publication for Nature. As you taught me, I checked the competing interests and it seems to be a perfect industry-funded publication. And then ,I ran across this Tweet (X) from @Stuart Gillespie : New paper concluding “more research needed” …brought to you by Nutrition Foundation of Italy… …which in turn is brought to you by ….
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Photo credit: USDA EDITOR’S NOTE: On October 9, 2024, NSAC released “ Stewarding Success: CSP Under the 2018 Farm Bill ”, a comprehensive analysis of the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) over the course of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill). The report offers an in-depth analysis of CSP’s enrollment trends, conservation practices supported, and funding impacts, including the effects of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022.
Berkeley Blog
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Berkeley also moved up to 8th best in the world overall in the 2024 report. The post Times Higher Ed ranks UC Berkeley No.1 public university in U.S. appeared first on Berkeley News.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 28, 2024
It takes years of dedication and whole lot of patience to develop a strong forage variety. For Dr. Bruce Coulman, his journey into plant breeding started when he was working in the Crop Science Department at the University of Saskatchewan back in high school. Coulman’s enjoyment in working the plots sparked a long career, leading. Read More It takes years of dedication and whole lot of patience to develop a strong forage variety.
Civil Eats
OCTOBER 2, 2024
As part of our mission, Civil Eats reports on the U.S. food system’s disproportionate impact on immigrants and communities of color. Immigrant food system workers toil in the nation’s restaurants, farms, and food processing facilities, and have some of the least visible but most strenuous and dangerous jobs in the country. Many are underpaid and vulnerable to food insecurity and workplace abuses.
Agricultural Biodiversity
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Jeremy’s latest newsletter discusses the (partial) revival of the Carolina African Runner Peanut by chefs. We have blogged about that here on before , but this is a useful update. Believe it or not, there are other food podcasts worth listening to. One of them is Gravy, produced by the Southern Foodways Alliance. Recently I listened to the episode America’s Lost Peanut and the Price of Bringing it Back and I have no hesitation in recommending you do the same.
Food Politics
OCTOBER 1, 2024
PCAST, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, has released its REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT A Vision for Advancing Nutrition Science in the United States. I learned about the report from a Tweet (X) : I wrote about an earlier draft of the report in a previous post: The federal vision for chronic disease prevention: individual behavior, not the environment.
USDA Blog
OCTOBER 9, 2024
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Advancement (SARA) supports rural communities through strategies that address environmental, economic and social aspects of agricultural sustainability. Additionally, SARA encourages its university faculty and students to engage in research, education and hands-on learning experiences in these communities.
Ohio State University
OCTOBER 29, 2024
The Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics (AEDE) is excited to recognize Breonna Shepherd for earning a competitive scholarship to attend the recent Women in Agribusiness Summit held in Denver, Colorado in September. Sponsored by ADM, Shepherd is a fourth-year student majoring in Agribusiness and Applied Economics with a minor in Horticulture.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Farmers have become quite familiar with the 4Rs of nutrient management — when it comes to fertilizer application they need to consider the right source, rate, time and placement of nutrients. As more farmers use biologicals to help meet crop nutrient needs, Mosaic regional agronomist Braydn Lingbeck feels it’s important to take a 4R approach. Read More Farmers have become quite familiar with the 4Rs of nutrient management — when it comes to fertilizer application they need to consider the
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