Food Politics

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is taking the lead on bringing dietary guidelines into the 21st Century. It is calling for national dietary guidelines not only to be nutrient-based and food-based, but food systems-based. Food systems-based guidelines extend beyond food-based guidelines that “provide advice on foods, food groups and dietary patterns to provide the required nutrients to the general public to promote overall health and prevent chronic diseases.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

When it comes to Canadian agriculture, criticism towards federal policies and their broader implications is not uncommon. Farmers’ list of grievances reflect legitimate concerns over how this federal government’s bent will shape the sector’s future. However, it’s crucial to differentiate between warranted critique and misplaced outrage.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The economic impact of CGIAR-related crop technologies on agricultural productivity in developing countries, 1961–2020. In 2020, modern varieties bred by CGIAR or developed by other institutions using CGIAR germplasm were sown on about 190 M ha, about 26% of the total harvested area of these crops in developing countries, and 43% of the total area sown with modern varieties for these crops in developing countries.

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Agri-tech

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

A genetically modified purple tomato first produced by Norfolk scientists nearly two decades ago has been enthusiastically adopted by home gardeners after it was made available for purchase in the United States. Seeds of the high-anthocyanin purple tomato are in strong demand, with more than 1,200 packets selling within 48 hours of launch, and 9,600 sold in the first week.

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Every now and then a headline makes me gasp : Deena Shankar’s article in Bloomberg News begins: It’s been just about a year since the US government slashed additional pandemic-related food-stamp benefits, and some of the companies that make and sell food are seeing that hit their sales. As she explains, Enhanced benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, ended last February, meaning families and individuals saw monthly cuts of $95 to $250 or more in what they received

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

How does an on-farm biodigester and 2,200 beef cattle merge to make a farm more profitable and sustainable? On this episode of RealAgriculture’s Profitable Practices, Carl Frook shares how Frook Farms and Mar Creek Renewables has come together to help him manage manure, his cattle, his crops, and boost the bottom line for the family. Read More How does an on-farm biodigester and 2,200 beef cattle merge to make a farm more profitable and sustainable?

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The following is excerpted from Taras Grescoe’s The Lost Supper , and has been lightly edited for length and clarity. There were times during this voyage that it seemed humanity was driving down an alley toward a brick wall, fast. Catastrophe loomed everywhere I looked: in the dust bowls on the once-fertile plains of central Turkey, in the vanishing lakes of Mexico City, in the fetid cesspools outside the factory farms of North Carolina, in the disease-ravaged olive trees of Puglia, in the rapi

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

I don’t say much about potentially harmful agricultural or other industrial chemicals in food for several reasons: There are so many of them— hundreds to thousands They are present in food in small amounts The extent of their harm is not well established BUT (in capital letters because it is a bit one): They are not well regulated What is known about their health effects suggests harm Studies of three chemicals illustrate these problems.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

When you think about managing crop residue breakdown, do you think about the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio of the residue? If not, it might be time to do so, as genetic advancements in corn, for example, has actually made it somewhat harder for stalks to breakdown. That’s just one discussion in this week’s episode of Wheat Pete’s. Read More When you think about managing crop residue breakdown, do you think about the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio of the residue?

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Jim Embry sees tending to land as a sacred and spiritual responsibility. The food systems advocate, land steward, and beekeeper came of age during the civil rights movement in Kentucky and has spent five decades working for social and racial justice. In 1972, he founded the Good Foods Co-op in Lexington. Then, in 2001, at a pivotal point of his life, Embry moved to the heart of Detroit, assuming the role of director at the Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership , where he began integrating

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Agricultural Biodiversity

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Specialism in science being what it is, it’s understandably unusual to see papers which combine combine analysis of genetic diversity in humans over time with that of crops, or indeed livestock. It’s less understandable why it should also be unusual in science journalism, and examples should be celebrated. So hats off to Warren Cornwall for his very readable synthesis in Science of the history of human and crop genetic diversity in the Canaries over the past two thousand years.

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

I received this email from USDA’s MyPlate group: Hi Marion MyPlate National Strategic Partners, a group developed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), just announced the launch of a new resource to help Americans build healthier sandwiches! The full press release is below, and I am happy to answer any questions or arrange any interviews!

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

When RealAgristudies surveyed farmers in January as part of the Canadian Farmer Sentiment Index, some very interesting trends developed, with notable changes happening over the last few months. Today, we are going to look at the impact that age has on how farmers view their current farm financial performance: In aggregate, famers said that their.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Civil War Sacrifice: Forgotten Farm Boy Was First Soldier Buried At Arlington apiuser Tue, 02/20/2024 - 07:50

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Agricultural Biodiversity

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

It’s that time of year again. Yes, the time to exchange bean seeds via the INCREASE project. Read all about it here , and get your beans ready for spring.

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Seeding 130

Food Politics

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

[link] xxx The post DRAFT Trends in GMO crops appeared first on Food Politics by Marion Nestle.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

We’re looking back at some of the most important lessons we learned throughout 2023. Season 2 of The Dirt podKast aired with 38 episodes featuring an impressive lineup of guests and experts, from farmers to influencers to agronomists—and even a chuckwagon driver! The season took host Mike Howell all the way from the U.S. to.

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Crop 291

Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Patrice Bailey brings a unique perspective to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.

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Agriculture Agriculture 126

AgWeb Farm Journal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

It’s important the friends, family, and business professionals close to farmers are prepared and able to effectively communicate in a mental health crisis.

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The study: Lactobacillus paragasseri OLL2809 Improves Premenstrual Psychological Symptoms in Healthy Women: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study. Nutrients. 2023; 15(23):4985. [link] Methods: “ This study employed a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel-group design to assess the efficacy of continuous ingestion of OLL2809 [the supplement] for managing menstrual symptoms in healthy women.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Farmers sitting on unpriced grain aren’t going to love this week’s market report from Neil Townsend, market analyst with Grainfox. But not liking it doesn’t change the facts: there’s plenty of grain out there and buyers know they can get what they need at a lower price than many want to accept. Townsend, in this conversation.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Pesticide restrictions could fundamentally change the way farming takes place in America.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Food gets wasted at every point in the system. It happens on farms, at factories, in grocery stores and at restaurants. But as we reported in our food waste explainer , the biggest wasters of food are households across the country. In 2022, food waste cost the US $428 billion. Nearly half— 48.2 percent —of the country’s uneaten or unused food occurs at the household level.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Antarctic krill fishing has exponentially increased by over the past two decades by 400 percent, according to a report from the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. As the krill fishing industry expands across the aquaculture and pharmaceuticals industry, scientists express concerns that these sectors will decrease krill’s carbon sink capacity and create competition for krill’s natural predators.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Canadian farmers have a chance to win one of four cash prizes of $25,000 for a community project with BASF’s Growing Home with BASF contest. Opening today and running until March 18, individuals in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario can nominate organizations that help grow their communities. Nominations submitted by March 18 will be judged.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

If you are a good record-keeper and you are integrating conservation practices into your operation, the Truterra carbon program might be for you.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Grains end lower on profit taking and farmer selling before the end of the month. Cattle make new highs for the move but are the bulls too optimistic about the CoF Report? Matt Bennett, AgMarket.Net has insight.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Consumers should not believe the hype. California’s Proposition 12 is not putting hog farmers out of business. In fact, Prop 12 provides savvy farmers with the opportunity to sell their crate-free pork at a higher price into a stable marketplace. But a small group of policymakers are putting this much-needed economic opportunity at risk through the misguided Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act (S.2019 and H.R.4417), and similar iterations.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Understanding the need for better white mold management options, Colin Dutcheshen, President of Heads Up® Plant Protectants Inc., approached Matt Oehmichen, Owner of Short Lane Ag Supply LLC., with a proposal: find a progressive local farmer who has a field with a notorious history of white mold and is rotating back to soybeans in spring.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

What changes do you see the next big technologies bringing to agriculture?

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AgWeb Farm Journal

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Zalo herbicide is registered for early to mid-post-emergence use to control broadleaf weeds and enhanced grass weed control.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Most people don’t set out to waste food. And yet, we’re pretty much all guilty of it. It happens everywhere in our food system. Tomatoes that don’t meet product specifications get left on the vine at farms. Byproducts of processed foods get tossed out on the manufacturing line. Ugly lemons get picked over at the supermarket. At home, we throw out the wilting spinach in our refrigerator that we bought when we had grand plans to cook, then ended up ordering takeout instead.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

When it comes to spraying crops, European farmers want accuracy and the ability to effectively control rates as they travel through the field. North American farmers have similar spraying goals, but the size and capacity of equipment differs considerably from one continent to the other. In this report from Agritechnica in Hanover, Germany, John Deere.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

State ag leaders want to see the Fall Covers for Spring Savings program expanded to half a million acres, as Illinois lags behind its neighbors in cover crop adoption.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Farm Journal's machinery and technology editor was on the ground in Louisville last week. Here’s a handful of the trends we saw down in Bourbon Country.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Philanthropic organizations are increasingly investing in systemic food and agriculture solutions, says Anna Lappé, Executive Director for the Global Alliance for the Future of Food. By leveraging their influence, the Global Alliance is working to close the gap in funding that is needed to drive the positive transformation of food systems. “It is possible to produce food in a way that’s good for our bodies, that doesn’t destroy the planet, that doesn’t contribute to the climate crisis,” Lappé te

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Like many technological advances, drones have become more user-friendly, less expensive, and more useful over time. Drones – or UAVs – have several uses in agriculture, from scouting and checking cattle, to mapping, and, more recently, seeding crops and even spraying. But drones are still a cost, require learning, and have limits in what they.

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