Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2023

These synthetic polymer products have often been used to help boost yields up to 60 percent and make water and pesticide use more efficient. Plastic contaminates fields at a much greater scale than it does our oceans , posing an acute threat to soil health and food security. Simply put, “there are no magic solutions,” says Demokritou.

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Caff

MARCH 23, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has revealed weaknesses within our food and farming system and exacerbated long-standing inequities. This measure aims to deliver healthy food to the most vulnerable Californians while climate-proofing our farms that face droughts, wildfires, and extreme weather. Find a recording of the press conference here.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

After years of philanthropic support for fisheries, water, and education, members of his generation (along with some of their elders) are not only accelerating that environmental focus, they’re applying it to food and agriculture in new ways. Then there’s the Walmart Foundation, which last year gave the Nature Conservancy $1.5

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Even though organic farming makes up less than one percent of US farmland , it’s still a multi-billion-dollar industry. Certified organic farms can’t use pesticides or other prohibited substances. MF: Organic certified foods may fetch premium prices. Get to know your farmers, get to know how your food is produced.

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Food Tank

AUGUST 29, 2023

On a summer day in downtown Salinas, California, a group of farmers, biotechnology start-ups and pesticide corporations gathered to talk about the benefits of biology. While the realm of pesticides and fertilizers has been dominated by chemistry for the past eight decades, it seems like biology may soon have its day.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In a county that was intentionally poisonedand a world suffering from a changing climatehe is reviving the soil under his feet by transitioning away from pesticide-dependent row crops like tobacco to industrial hemp, which is known to sequester carbon and remediate soil, and using earth-friendly organic and regenerative methods.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 20, 2024

As a researcher of urban agriculture, I was shocked to see a recent news article bearing the headline “ Food from urban agriculture has a carbon footprint six times larger than conventional produce, study shows.” with the Berkeley Food Institute, and this conclusion seemed to fly in the face of all that I’d read.

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The Equation

MAY 11, 2023

The volatility of wet and dry years, the lack of water infrastructure, and the continued depletion of groundwater resources adds up to California losing its resilience to cope with future droughts and to preserve future food security. Agriculture is the main water user in California by far, accounting for 80% of the water use in the state.

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UnderstandingAg

JANUARY 28, 2024

Poor water quality has been a persistent challenge in agriculture, particularly due to sediment and nutrient loss from farmland. We already do this for pesticide and manure applicators. Soil does not function properly without an intact soil food web. But one requirement that would make sense is education.

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The Equation

MARCH 4, 2024

But maybe the most famous sabotage occurred in March of 2023, after heavy rains flooded Dear Creek and someone artificially diverted the water flow toward Allensworth to protect industrial farmland operations elsewhere. Those corporations spray pesticides that often drifts over people and sensitive environmental areas. Source: SEEN.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 22, 2024

The idea behind the project was to build food security in a world where all climate models are pointing to hotter and dryer extreme conditions. are found in the state, including desert-adapted relatives of critical domesticated foods—not just peppers, but also tomatoes, squash, amaranth, beans, corn, and wheat. An Arizona Walnut tree.

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NASDA

JANUARY 25, 2024

As the challenges for America’s farmers and ranchers continue to grow, we believe crop insurance as a safety net is only becoming more important to stability in rural America and a secure domestic food supply. Given the challenges faced by rural America and the critical nature of crop insurance, cuts to the program should be avoided.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

Editor’s Note: Small actions towards community self-sufficiency and food sovereignty can have resounding effect on the longterm health and sustainability of the land, the people, and the local food system. But if you can’t feed yourself, and you can’t produce your own food, how sovereign are you?” Credit: Omaha World-Herald.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Keeping fields productive is an essential land management strategy, experts say, while encouraging a diversity of agricultural uses builds resilience in both the land and Hawaii’s food system. When farmland and pastures turn idle, the economics often make land use changes tempting, says Heaivilin. It’s a one-way valve.”

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Trimble Agriculture

JULY 24, 2024

As the global population continues to surge, the demand for increased food production becomes ever more pressing. farmland as a way to diversify and increase revenue streams. For instance, precision ag data can help farmers apply fertilizers and pesticides more accurately, leading to better crop health and reduced input costs.

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Agritecture Blog

JULY 27, 2023

More crops, longer shelf life, no pesticides, fewer bacteria, less land, 99% less water, climate independent. The ability to control our food supply gave rise to surplus production, enabling specialization, trade, and the blossoming of diverse cultures. Agriculture spurred the development of our societies.

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Weve experienced nothing like this before, said New River Conservancy Executive Director Andrew Downs.This is due to fuel, pesticides, and sewage that has polluted the streams. I live outside of Boone, North Carolina, and have driven past many farms and witnessed firsthand the destruction of farmland and forests.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 18, 2024

That’s the conclusion researchers came to in a study published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems earlier this year, which found that a slew of soil-building practices, especially in combination, added more carbon to soils when used in vineyards compared to being used on annual cropland. “If we take this as a holistic system.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

And when nitrates are present, it’s inevitable that other contaminants, such as pesticides , are also polluting the water. farmland is regularly cover cropped. Olmsted County officials acknowledge that water in certain areas of the county will continue to see increasing nitrate levels as the contaminant moves deeper into aquifers.

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Cropaia

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Effective risk management is crucial for ensuring sustainable production, food security, and profitability. These technologies provide high-resolution images of farmland, allowing farmers to detect stress factors such as nutrient deficiencies, waterlogging, pest infestations, or disease outbreaks before they become widespread.

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The Counter

APRIL 27, 2022

They’d take a few hundred acres of both leased and family-owned central-Texas farmland—land that for decades had grown row crops of corn and cotton—and give it “what it wants back,” he said. See full series Back around 2011, Jonathan Cobb and his wife, Kaylyn, had what he calls a “simple game plan.”

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Alongside partners at the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), the GFM team are leading Regen10’s trials of its Regenerative Outcomes Framework. Perfectly square patches of farmland cover the entire southeast of the state. Regen10 is a coalition of organisations working together to accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture.

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Farmbrite

JUNE 1, 2023

How to lease farmland for alternative energy Why you should join or start a farm cooperative Is a CSA right for you The government offers a number of programs for young farmers. Tips for renting or buying farmland for new farmers 1. There are many different types of farmland—some more suitable for young farmers than others.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

OCTOBER 11, 2023

National Businesses and Organizations American Sustainable Business Network Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) Carbon180 Defenders of Wildlife Earthjustice Environmental Policy Innovation Center Environmental Working Group Farm Aid HEAL Food Alliance Healthy Food Strategies Latino Farmers & Ranchers International, (..)

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RR2CS

JULY 12, 2022

Although she pursued a career in economic development, the initial curiosity that Wolfchild felt for gardening and growing food never really left her. I wanted to try to grow as organically as possible to grow healthier foods for him.” My first attempt [at gardening] was ruined by high winds.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

As farmland becomes less functional as a result of increasing stresses from drought, floods, pests, and heatwaves, its regulation by diverse organisms becomes ever more important. Climate change and biodiversity loss represent existential threats to the agricultural status quo.

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Hartwood Farm

MARCH 24, 2022

I ran into a neighbor last week who said to me, “Oh, you must be excited about this year and how good it’s going to be for you with food prices rising for once.” There’s talk about food prices feeling insane, but less folks are seeing the double and triple rising of other supply costs for farms.

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Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

A version of this piece was featured in Food Tank’s newsletter, typically released weekly on Thursdays. The next few months have the potential to make a huge impact on global food systems. We need to keep repeating this: Food and agriculture systems have to be central to any meaningful discussions of solving the climate crisis.

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RR2CS

JANUARY 3, 2024

By Trina Moyles Glen and Kelly Hall have been managing Timber Ridge Ranch, a 480-acre farmland situated an hour south of Calgary near Stavely, Alberta, for over 40 years. Our cover crop cocktail has resulted in an immense reduction in synthetic fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides.

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Daily Yonder

APRIL 11, 2023

As a kid from rural Iowa, I have joked about growing up with herbicide for breakfast, pesticide for lunch, and fertilizer for supper. I was 10 years old when neighbors began using crop dusters to apply pesticides and herbicides. He was aware that the products he developed were harmful but they also produced an abundance of food.

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Caff

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Organic farming offers synergistic economic, environmental, and social benefits as it creates opportunities for farmers to sell at premium price, reduces negative impacts on soil and water quality, and produces nutritious food for the community that is not treated with synthetic pesticides.

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RR2CS

MARCH 8, 2022

For Jenna and Thomas, both teachers by trade, it was always a dream to build a life off-grid and grow organic food for their community. In 2006, they began to look for farmland around Edmonton, but the exorbitant cost of land — in some areas, upward of a million dollars — was insurmountable on teacher’s salaries.

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Food Politics

MARCH 19, 2024

In this system food for people doesn’t stand a chance, and forget about mitigating climate change. The post European Big Ag in action appeared first on Food Politics by Marion Nestle. Its support money goes to Big Corn, Big Soy, and Big Ethanol fuel.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 1, 2024

Both durable and efficient, with no need for farmland or vast amounts of water, it threatened to leave natural fibers like cotton in the dust. Textiles are a major source of microplastics in the ocean, where they weave their way into the food chain, causing untold harms to marine life. percent of the world’s farmland but uses 4.7

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Food Tank

JUNE 28, 2024

Farmers have reduced the amount of labor and land used to farm and increased inputs such as machinery, farm structures, fertilizer, and pesticides, according to the U.S. counties experiencing faster farmland consolidation. Articles like the one you just read are made possible through the generosity of Food Tank members.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 14, 2023

While some farmers are undoubtedly making real efforts to farm in more sustainable ways, all the indications to date suggest that the bulk of the food we consume will continue to be produced in exploitative ways that are associated with a wide range of negative impacts and increased risks , including reductions in important soil microorganisms.

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Modern Farmer

JUNE 6, 2024

The United Nations Environment Programme has pegged the global food system and its encroachment on wildlife habitats, along with its use of fertilizers, pesticides and other chemicals, as directly threatening 86 percent of species at risk of extinction worldwide.

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