Agritecture Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

This degree of control over plant nutrient supply means that the fertilization strategies are designed to match the plant needs for all 14 essential plant nutrients throughout the growth period. 5: Food Safety In using controlled growing environments, vertical farms are intrinsically free of harmful pesticides. Register today!

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Food Tank

JULY 26, 2024

That’s because we use no arable land, no freshwater (we make our own on the vessels), no pesticides or fertilizer, and no food to harvest these fish from the wild. Our carbon footprint is the lowest on Earth for any mainstream animal protein. It’s even lower than many plant-based proteins, too. Sustainable seafood is cool.

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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. These synthetic polymer products have often been used to help boost yields up to 60 percent and make water and pesticide use more efficient.

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DTN

JULY 24, 2023

fertilizer application, irrigation, machinery use, pesticide application) and the sources of carbon sequestration (e.g., The CO 2 e is used to standardize emissions from all types of greenhouse gases (e.g., And, perhaps most importantly, how do we know those results are accurate and reliable?

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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.

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Civil Eats

JULY 17, 2023

López’s family moved to Salton City from Arizona in 2018 when her then-husband got a job working in greenhouses in the Imperial Valley, south of the sea. Agricultural runoff from both valleys is the primary input into the Salton Sea, and with that runoff comes pesticides and nutrients such as phosphorous and nitrogen. In 2002, U.S.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This translates to healthier food and a healthier environment and reduces reliance on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. For instance, farmers in the Southern region face acidic, low-fertility soils, intense weed, pest, and disease pressures, along with marketing and infrastructure constraints.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 19, 2023

They produce around 30 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. High-income countries’ food systems are much larger contributors to emissions and environmental degradation, while low-income countries use resources like fertilizers and pesticides at more sustainable levels, though sometimes to the detriment of yield.

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AGRIVI

JUNE 28, 2023

On top of that , the food and beverage sector faces significant regulatory requirements , considering its substantial contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These include environmental factors and climate change , as well as economic challenges such as inflation and heightened consumer demand for organic and natural products.

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UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Processing and distributing these energy products release additional greenhouse gases, as well as when we create electricity, cook our food, or while we’re standing still idling in traffic on a highway or downtown in any metropolitan area. There is fossil carbon in the form of natural gas (methane), oil and coal.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 3, 2023

This approach is gaining popularity due to increasing fertilizer and pesticide costs, fragile ecosystems that provide essential water and air quality services, and increased attention for local and regional food systems. The conventional meat industry is one of the leading sources of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Agritecture Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

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. We also see growers with experience in greenhouses adapt well to vertical farming.

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Sustainable Harvest International

JULY 19, 2022

By: Florence Reed , Founder + Director of Sustainable Harvest International With the war in Ukraine, the global food crisis looms large, given that Ukraine is a major global exporter of both wheat and chemical fertilizers. The recent rise in food prices is buoyed by increased fertilizer, energy, and transport costs.

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AGRIVI

JANUARY 10, 2024

It provides a holistic approach to tracking and managing fertigation and irrigation practices, intended primarily for substrate-grown berries and vegetables in greenhouses, and illustrates well the full range of benefits that technology brings while making agriculture practices more efficient, productive, and sustainable.

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AGRIVI

JUNE 7, 2023

This includes aspects such as resource usage, waste management, greenhouse gas emissions, labor conditions, and supply chain transparency. The CSRD regulation in the EU plays a vital role in enhancing the transparency of the agri-food value chain, thereby contributing to better food quality and food safety.

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Hartwood Farm

MARCH 24, 2022

Those commitments could include a particular set of tractors and implements, or certain field layouts or greenhouses or barns or market delivery systems and so on. Likewise, the majority of farmland in the US relies on artificial fertilizers. How can we build systems that provide more on-farm soil fertility and weed control?

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Caff

JULY 28, 2024

The repeated application of biochar over many years turned these nutrient-poor soils into fertile agricultural land. Sonoma county encompasses many environments: wet and foggy coastal redwoods, agriculturally fertile valleys, interior coast range oak woodland, densely populated cities, rural communities, and thriving tribal groups.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Last year, the foundation supported the production of a report on greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture , which played a significant role in the national conversation around regenerative agriculture. Rosmann’s 700-acre organic operation is an anomaly in the region. That is just absolutely unheard of,” he says.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 1, 2024

Fashion contributes around 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, second only to big oil. In addition, most natural fibers are grown conventionally, which often means heavy use of pesticides, synthetic fertilizers and genetically modified or treated seeds. Another big factor is end of life. Enter next-gen synthetics.

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CalCAN

JUNE 28, 2023

Organic systems are shown to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and store carbon while also eliminating the use of fossil fuel-based pesticides and fertilizers.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 20, 2024

The choice to compare greenhouse gas intensity of soil-based urban agriculture systems with conventional farming systems brings up an inherently unfair comparison.

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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. Recently, these unassuming spaces are cultivating a new trend in home-grown businesses.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

Suppressing pests and disease Much of pest management in conventional systems relies on synthetic pesticides, often alongside genetically modifying a single variety for resistance to sprays, in the case of herbicides. agriculture toward more diverse landscapes that directly reduce greenhouse gasses and increase agrobiodiversity.

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Cropaia

DECEMBER 25, 2022

They can also recommend the most appropriate pesticides and fertilizers to apply. Many food and beverage companies have programs in place to educate smallholder farmers about best practices for growing crops and raising livestock, as well as providing them with access to resources such as seedlings, fertilizers, and equipment.

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Farmbrite

MARCH 28, 2024

Things like automatic windows in the greenhouse are lifesavers. This means you'll waste less time, money, and resources on things that don't contribute much value or might even be detrimental to your farm's growth (like using expensive fertilizers when cheaper ones work just as well).

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Everything from silage wraps, tote drums, containers, plastic mulch, greenhouse sheeting and row covers have a use in modern-day agriculture, although much of it is single-use and not recyclable. million empty pesticide and fertilizer containers and nearly 300,000 empty seed and pesticide bags. Globally, 12.5

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DTN

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

It provides incentives for the agriculture sector to increase sustainable farming practices; it is poised to reduce biofuel and ethanol production costs while increasing profit margins; and helps lower greenhouse gas emissions across multiple sectors. EcoField data can also be modeled to evaluate farm emissions delineated by their origin.

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The Counter

APRIL 27, 2022

By one estimate, storing an extra 2 percent of carbon in soil would return atmospheric greenhouse gases to “safe” levels. Cobb was also held up as proof that farmers, who are a notoriously change-averse group, could make a switch away from conventional, chemical-dependent commodity crops and still make a profit.

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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. It’s a reminder of how vital it is to know and understand the evolution of our vegetables and what’s at stake as myriad local varietals disappear.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 12, 2023

It generates about a third of greenhouse gas emissions globally.” Representatives from Bayer and CropLife America, the pesticide trade group, were also present as sponsors of the Sustainable Agriculture of the Americans pavilion. “Let’s be clear: we know our current food systems are broken,” she said.

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Civil Eats

JULY 9, 2024

It was the annual field day at The Mill , a popular Mid-Atlantic retailer of agricultural products including seeds, fertilizer, and pesticides. During a demo of a drone spraying a pesticide over rows of corn, the operators laughed as a gentle breeze blew the mist toward the onlookers. First, the farmers embarked on a wagon tour.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Even before that food gets to the dump, its production—involving fossil fuel–based fertilizers and pesticides, nitrous oxide released in fields, and energy use— results in annual greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to that of 42 coal-fired power plants. In the U.S., about 35 percent of food is thrown out before it’s eaten.

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World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 3, 2024

He manipulates weather patterns to bring on drought and extreme temperatures, summons pests that are resistant to pesticides, and degrades the soil. Mark Brooks, FMC VENTURES Mark Brooks, Managing Director, FMC VENTURES: “My supervillain is ScorchedFarm, who exposes the vulnerabilities of modern agriculture in the face of climate change.

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The Equation

DECEMBER 12, 2023

According to the EPA, it applies about a half million tons of pesticides, 12 million tons of nitrogen, and 4 million tons of phosphorus fertilizer to crops in the continental United States every year. That makes the fertilizer industry a double threat to the climate. That was—and still is—a major oversight.

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Civil Eats

JULY 12, 2023

Yesterday, the agency took a big step toward refining its definition of that term by announcing a major initiative intended to improve the data it uses to guide efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and make farms more resilient to climate change. Read More: US Groups Invest Billions in Industrial Ag in Africa.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Moreover, they have more potential to contribute to greenhouse gas mitigation via carbon sequestration. This would further enable farmers to drastically cut pesticide use and increase habitat availability for a wide range of species. A better system would allow farmers to diversify the range of species they produce.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

With instructions on how to choose the heartiest cultivars, “harden” them for winter, and outfit a greenhouse to keep vegetables just warm enough without using massive amounts of energy, The Winter Market Gardener makes a strong case for winter growing.

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