Civil Eats

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Droughts, heatwaves, wildfires, hurricanes, and flooding brought on by climate change all have a massive impact on the food system. Farmers are having to adjust what they grow and how they grow it, and people all along the food chainfrom the workers who harvest the crops to the consumers who eat themfeel the effects.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 28, 2023

The pipe leads to a food waste collection tank and, after securing the hose, Page twists open a valve and begins pumping 2,000 gallons of spent cooking oil into the tank. Methane gas digesters are used by dairy farms to convert manure into energy and reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Photo by Meg Wilcox.

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Food Tank

MAY 1, 2024

By taking legal action, researching, and building campaigns around the world, CIEL hopes to expose the hold that fossil fuels have on industries, including the food system. The Global Alliance for the Future of Food (GAFF) reports that the food system contributes to 15 percent of the total fossil fuel consumption every year.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 23, 2023

That leaves just one percent of all water on earth for regular human use: eating, drinking and growing food. Estimates out of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization show that, by 2050, we’ll have to increase our global food supply by 60 percent. But we only have the freshwater resources to increase food supply by 10 percent.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 5, 2024

Emmert, a horticulturist at the University of Kentucky, was tinkering around with how to build a cheap greenhouse. It lines the sides of greenhouses, blankets fields as “plastic mulch,” covers hoop houses, and winds through farms as irrigation tubes, among other forms. In 1948, E.M. That’s the reason we’re facing such a massive issue.”

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 23, 2024

There are some 90 million dogs in the US alone, and their protein needs are rattling the human food chain. Humans are worried about what’s in dog food, not to mention what dog food is in––way too much non-recyclable packaging. Is there a way to make healthier dog food that won’t burden the planet so much?

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Food Tank

JUNE 5, 2024

The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) is a Nairobi-based research institute that elevates the role insects play in the creation of environmentally and socially sustainable food systems across Africa. Founded in 1970, icipe aims to understand how insects can best be introduced across the food system.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Confirmation through bird species counts has been very rewarding; we view diversity as confirmation that our management style has been positive,” Stoltzfus tells Food Tank. The Food Industry Association’s 2022 Power of Meat study finds that 32 percent of consumers look for meat products that are “better-for-the-animal, planet and worker.”

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 22, 2024

Among those benefits, growing food in backyards, community gardens or urban farms can shrink the distance fruits and vegetables have to travel between producers and consumers – what’s known as the “food mile” problem. Electricity consumption often means the food grown in these high-tech environments has a big carbon footprint.

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Food Tank

MARCH 2, 2024

“Across the industry, we recognize the imperative of implementing more sustainable production practices to protect wine as we know it,” Maxwell Howland, Enologist at Monterey Wine Company in California, tells Food Tank, “and we are coming together as custodians of the land to figure out a viable path forward.” And he adds, “we are also a U.S.

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Food Tank

JULY 26, 2024

But after listening to Food Tank’s interview with Mark Zimring about the challenges and opportunities in international fisheries , it made me realize how good we have it here in Alaska. Articles like the one you just read are made possible through the generosity of Food Tank members. Have you ever heard of wild Alaska pollock?

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

A study by Cornell University scientists explored both dietary change and agricultural technologies as means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the food-system sector. Related ATTRA resource: Climate Beneficial Practices

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Food Tank’s Dispatch from the U.N. To make sure it lands straight in your inbox and to be among the first to receive it, subscribe to Food Tank’s newsletter now by clicking here. Food waste is a significant source of methane emissions— according to the U.S. As a small economy, my nation faces the brunt.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Some of these, such as food, fiber, and energy, are marketed, and the market compensates farmers. But intensive agricultural practices prevalent since the Green Revolution began in the 1960s in India suppressed many ecosystem services and threatens India’s food, ecological, and nutritional security. percent in 1947 to 0.4

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Sturcken has been working with Walmart since 2006, and her team continues to work with the company on its Project Gigaton initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in its supply chains. Walanthropy: Walmart and the Waltons Wield Unprecedented Influence Over Food, Policy, and the Planet. So, that has embedded greenhouse gases.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 15, 2024

Hitched to the back of the bike is a narrow trailer, holding three tall receptacles for collecting food scraps. Monday through Friday, Soil Cycle sends its cyclists out on the road, picking up food scraps from houses and businesses and taking them back to its facility. Rentsch does this work for Soil Cycle , a compost-based nonprofit.

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DTN

AUGUST 29, 2023

For example, here are three instances of how farm carbon emissions data will be used now and in the future by consumer-packaged goods (CPG) companies — in particular, food, beverage, and pet food companies. Now, the concern is not only where a food product came from but also how its ingredients were grown.

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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

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

“I loved the process of moving the tractor, getting them food and water and raising them,” he says. The experience led him to start learning about regenerative agriculture and the benefits raising chickens could have for the soil fertility and sustainability of his nine acres. But, starting the farm didn’t come easy at first.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Black polyethylene “mulch film” gets tucked snugly around crop rows, clear plastic sheeting covers hoop houses, and most farmers use plastic seed trays, irrigation tubes, and fertilizer bags. Plastic contaminates fields at a much greater scale than it does our oceans , posing an acute threat to soil health and food security.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 7, 2023

Space agriculture is an essential aspect of sustainable interplanetary exploration, as astronauts need a source of fresh food during long-term missions. The unique challenges that come with producing food in a resource-deficient environment can also lend themselves to innovative solutions in CEA on Earth. Credit: Davi Souza.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

According to a study published in the Journal of Cleaner Production and Beverages , the production of alcoholic beverages can contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, land degradation, and water depletion. The vineyards are weeded only using hoes, never herbicides, and fertilized with manure. for a new beer initiative.

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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. Only about one-third of the nitrate applied as synthetic fertilizer stays in the soil and is used by crops.

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AGRIVI

JUNE 28, 2023

Food production is a complex, dynamic system facing a multitude of pressures. On top of that , the food and beverage sector faces significant regulatory requirements , considering its substantial contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Scope 1, 2, and 3 E missions – Why the Latter Matter to Food and Beverage Industry ?

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

At age 30, she was forced to seek asylum in Nepal, and for the next 19 years, she was unable to work or grow her own food. “I New Leaf launched its community farmer program in the fall of 2022 as a way for refugees to grow their own food and earn supplemental income. It makes me very happy to eat the food I had growing up in Bhutan.”

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World Agri-Tech

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Nitrogen fertilizer is an expensive yet essential crop nutrient, supporting the food supply of half the world’s population. Current manufacturing is largely based on fossil fuels and leads to over a gigaton of CO2 equivalent emissions and many damaging environmental consequences such as fertilizer run-off and eutrophication.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Until a few years ago, Songbird Farm in Unity, Maine, grew wheat, rye, oats, and corn, as well as an array of vegetables in three high tunnel greenhouses, and supported a community-supported agriculture (CSA) program for over 100 customers. Farmers were hurting, consumers were worried, and Maine’s food system looked to be in crisis.

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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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World Agri-Tech

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Nitrogen fertilizer is an expensive yet essential crop nutrient, supporting the food supply of half the world’s population. Current manufacturing is largely based on fossil fuels and leads to over a gigaton of CO2 equivalent emissions and many damaging environmental consequences such as fertilizer run-off and eutrophication.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

Basements and garages have long been fertile ground for innovation, with a host of well-known companies including Apple, Amazon and Harley-Davidson tracing back to humble residential roots. It’s a great gateway crop,” says Don DiLillo, owner of Finest Foods in Huntington, New York, for ushering in a new breed of novice farmers.

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Civil Eats

MAY 8, 2024

The dark, rich mulch keeps the weeds back and water in the soil, requiring no extra fertilizer. Since 2020, Lilani has seeded and grown 2,500 curry leaf plants, but because her greenhouse is located in a quarantine zone, her customers can only buy on-site. Because I love the smell so much, I like to share it,” said Guerra.

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World Agri-Tech

OCTOBER 17, 2024

October 17, 2024 Since featuring at the summit in March 2024, Switch Bioworks has gone from success to success, recently raising $17M in series seed financing to bring new biological fertilizer technology to the field. What is your value proposition? Be specific. What are your company’s recent key milestones? and internationally.

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Agritecture Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Demand for localized food systems and the products coming from them is rising, and companies are responding to it. Vertical farms and greenhouses are seeing much more capital investment than they had in the past, and CEA businesses are improving their unit economics through new technologies which attract investment, as well.

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Sustainable Food Trust

AUGUST 9, 2023

Alexander starts with the pea which developed widely across the globe beginning in the Fertile Crescent, where it dates back 8500 years to Neolithic settlements. If you really want to get to know your food, spend some time with The Seed Detective and you’ll be more literate and informed about the wonder of your vegetables.

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UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Here’s why: All digestion of food sources by all living organisms on the planet release carbon in various molecular combinations. Two of these are carbon dioxide and methane, and yes, we humans produce a lot of carbon dioxide and methane in our bodies, too. follow the laws of thermodynamics, and B.)

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 16, 2023

One of the key advantages of saltwater farming is its ability to address the growing global demand for food while minimizing the strain on land and freshwater resources. Since over 70% of the Earth's surface is covered by oceans, saltwater farming presents untapped potential for increasing food production. Credit: Seawater Greenhouse.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 9, 2024

As an adult, she worked her way up in the local governments food security program. Loving fertilized with the ash of its stewards, the forest is cleansed of excessive pests and invasives safely for established growth to flourish. But when her father passed, she found herself reconnecting with farmers in the fields.

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