Food Tank

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Today, this model of industrial agriculture is no longer fit for purpose. As the COP28 climate talks take place Dubai, it is urgent to both drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from food and farming, and for our food systems to become more resilient to the extreme events the climate crisis is creating.

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Industrial Agriculture Agroecology Food Agriculture 144

Trimble Agriculture

JULY 17, 2024

Industrial agriculture is a term often used negatively, but is it the villain it’s made out to be? The debate surrounding industrial agriculture and farm consolidation is complex and multifaceted. The topic of farm consolidation is closely tied to this term, as one typically leads to more of the other.

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Industrial Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture Finance 52

Food Tank

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Industrial agriculture and associated land-use changes are the biggest drivers of food system emissions. They are succeeding because they are collaborating across governmental departments; establishing robust planning, monitoring, and evaluation mechanisms; and creating inclusive processes and partnerships.

Food 140

Food Mechanics Processing Production 140

The Equation

JUNE 20, 2023

Farmworkers face many hazards while performing the labor that props up the $1.264 trillion US food and farm economy, yet a new analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) found that federal agencies focused on agriculture and health invested an average of only $16.2 5138 (Industrial Agricultural Accountability Act), and S.3285

Pesticide 116

Pesticide Mechanics Food Science 116

Civil Eats

JULY 8, 2024

So, when new diseases strike, new pests emerge, and climate stresses increase on North American farms, scientists tend to look to places that are far from American farmland to find genetic resources in centers of origin that were never domesticated. As she sees it, the loophole lets many companies off the hook. All knowledge has an origin.”

Seeding 143

Seeding Food Production Technology 143

Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Department of Agriculture denied Albert Johnson Sr.’s ’s application for a farm loan in the mid-1980s, he went to a private lender who made him list as collateral all 20 of his cattle and his one bull. “I walks among the cattle on his family farm near Lexington, Mississippi, on Nov. When the U.S. Albert Johnson Jr.

Cattle 111

Cattle Family Farming Farming Farming 111

World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 3, 2024

Kiersten Stead, DCVC BIO Kiersten Stead, Managing Partner, DCVC BIO: “The supervillain is misleading, unhelpful, marketing of food as “natural”, “non-GMO”, “clean”, or suggesting “processed foods are bad” , higher GHG emitting farming methods-“organic” “biodynamic”. Heroes are People who do the work on farms.

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