AGRIVI

JULY 13, 2023

By utilizing AGRIVI platform, companies can easily track fuel, work, pesticides, and water usage which are instrumental in the calculation of Scope 3 GHG emissions resulting in up to 8 % reduction in fuel usage on fields and optimization of water consumption by 15%.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Agriculture Supply Chain Pesticide 98

Agric4profits

JANUARY 7, 2025

By avoiding synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, it nurtures both the land and the environment. The process ensures healthier crops while preserving soil fertility. Organic Millet Farming is a sustainable farming method that prioritizes natural cultivation techniques.

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Farming Farming Fertilizer Pesticide 45

Food Tank

JULY 26, 2024

They feature a full processing plant while housing and feeding up to 130 people each. Since we process everything onboard immediately after catch, we maximize product quality while avoiding the need for extra processing or shipping. Who’s going to click on this nothing-burger of a story?

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Arable Land Food Production Processing 125

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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Pesticide Fertilizer Acre Crop 98

Food Tank

DECEMBER 19, 2023

We went through a two-year process, selecting 50 indicators that cover critical aspects of food systems, organized into five themes. However, we are only at the very beginning of the Countdown process. Food systems determine so many facets of our lives and so many environmental processes.

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Food Processing Production Pesticide 138

Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

He was paid to plant it by the Olmsted County Groundwater Protection and Soil Health Program , a local effort that seeks to reduce overall fertilizer use by building soil—therefore cutting down on the nutrients that enter waterways—while helping farmers save money. But what can we do to prevent this in the first place?”

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Crop Farming Farming Acre 137

Food Tank

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Local manufacturing of bio-inputs including fertilizers, bio- pesticides, and inoculants is booming. are requesting: low interest, long-term patient capital to engage in both transition to agroecology as well as building up aggregation, processing and marketing of their products.

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Agroecology Marketing Food Finance 105

Food Tank

MAY 1, 2024

Approximately 2 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions come from nitrogen fertilizers , according to a study in Nature. The prominent chemical ingredient in synthetic nitrogen fertilizers is ammonia, which comes from combining hydrogen and nitrogen gases through burning fossil fuels , including coal, oil, and natural gas.

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Food Fertilizer Crop Rotation Agroecology 65

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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Agriculture Agriculture Supply Chain Production 145

Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The vineyards are weeded only using hoes, never herbicides, and fertilized with manure. Drop Bear takes care of some of their energy needs with solar panels and uses excess heat generated during the brewing process to warm their buildings. Mijenta grows agave without pesticides or herbicides. Rise & Win Brewing Co.,

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Beverage Ecology Compost Cultivation 119

The Equation

MAY 13, 2024

Especially when it means I can breathe outside because there is no pesticide drift, wildfire smoke, vehicle exhaust, or pungent odors. In addition, Merced County applies more than 10 million pounds of pesticides per year that contribute to the area’s poor air quality. I am into air quality. These particles are categorized by size.

Ruralism 99

Ruralism Pesticide Agriculture Agriculture 99

Cropaia

JANUARY 13, 2025

Resource optimization: Software that monitors input usage, such as water, fertilizers, and pesticides, to reduce waste and improve sustainability. Machinery Integration: Platforms that sync with GPS-enabled equipment can automate processes like seeding, fertilizing, and harvesting.

Farming 74

Farming Farming Supply Chain Technology 74

The Equation

MAY 11, 2023

To significantly reduce the land sinking process, there needs to be a significant increase in groundwater levels. We estimated the potential of these buffer areas to contribute to reductions in water use, pesticide use, toxic nitrate leaching, and greenhouse gas emissions. million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year.

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Ruralism Pesticide Agriculture Agriculture 96

Kavya Organic Farm

JULY 29, 2023

Also Read: Milorganite Fertilizer: A Green Revolution in Lawn Care The Hidden World of Earthworms Earthworms, commonly found in most lawns, belong to the class Oligochaeta and are vital members of the soil ecosystem. They act as a natural fertilizer, enhancing soil fertility and supporting overall plant health and growth.

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Compost Fertilizer Ecology Pesticide 97

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. beef processing and 67 percent of pork processing, and only four corporations control 65 percent of the global agrochemicals market.

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Ruralism Farming Farming Family Farming 123

NASDA

JULY 10, 2023

Developers of PIPs created through gene editing from a sexually compatible plant are required to undertake a mandatory premarket process to confirm “eligibility” for the exemption and are subject to a recordkeeping requirement not imposed on conventionally bred PIPs. We ask that Congress take the necessary steps to ensure that U.S.

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Seeding Crop Science Minor Crop 130

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Its foundation relies on resource-intensive commodity crop production, which needs the majority of fertile lands to feed animals kept in confined spaces. Fertile agricultural soils should be used to grow diverse, nutritious crops for humans. But a closer look at our food system reveals many challenges.

Farming 99

Farming Farming Ecology Food 99

Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This certification prohibits the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. The process to be certified “USDA Organic” can be cumbersome for farmers, so the “ Certified Naturally Grown ” label uses the same requirements but is verified by a team of CNG farmers, not the USDA.

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Food Free Range Pasture Poultry 102

AGRIVI

JULY 21, 2023

The platform allows companies to closely monitor and analyze key metrics such as machinery and fuel usage, mineral fertilizers usage, pesticides and crop protection usage, and irrigation and water usage which are instrumental in the calculation of their scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).

Agriculture 52

Agriculture Agriculture Pesticide Processing 52

Agriculture for Life

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Here at Green Wave, we are continually helping farmers , gardeners, and agronomists transition successfully from a dependency on chemical fertilizers to sustainably based farming methods. High-performing, organic-based fertilizers are part of the family of fertilizers known as Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers (EEFs).

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Agriculture Agriculture Fertilizer Crop Rotation 52

AGRIVI

JUNE 21, 2023

Monitoring and Validating Practices AGRIVI FMS enables companies to monitor and track various aspects of their agricultural operations like machinery and fuel usage , mineral fertilizers usage , pesticides and crop protection usage, and irrigation and water usage. A 21% decrease in pesticide usage.

Food 52

Food Production Supply Chain Beverage 52

UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The article, written by Shannon Osaka and Emily Wright, examined research currently being conducted at the University of California-Davis using gene editing techniques on rumen microbes to produce less methane from their digestive processes. Merely extracting these products releases methane and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Cattle 74

Cattle Processing Livestock Production 74

DTN

JULY 24, 2023

fertilizer application, irrigation, machinery use, pesticide application) and the sources of carbon sequestration (e.g., To help explain the complex calculations behind measuring a farm or field’s carbon footprint, we’ve summarized some of these tools and processes below. reduced tillage, cover crops, treed acres).

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Farming Farming Crop Rotation Grain 98

UnderstandingAg

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We have just masked the symptoms of lost topsoil and poor soil function with added fertility, pesticides, and other technological and engineering fixes. These interventions do not repair broken ecosystem processes, they just treat the symptoms. Land degradation is as severe as ever.

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Ranching Mechanics Technology Pesticide 83

Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

It’s a tedious but worthwhile process: drying mushrooms, vegetables, and herbs, making pickles and slaw, and preserving garlic blossoms and coriander seeds in airtight jars before these ingredients vanish with the end of the season. Seafood processing houses, they just cut the filet off and throw the carcass in the bin. says Rubba.

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Food Farming Farming Supply Chain 135

The Equation

MARCH 4, 2024

Those corporations spray pesticides that often drifts over people and sensitive environmental areas. What they do need are huge amounts of water, huge amounts of pesticides to artificially correct the unnatural monoculture, and huge amounts of fertilizers because industrial agriculture practices deplete nutrients from the soil.

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Agriculture Agriculture Pesticide Ruralism 104

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 Seeding Poultry Crop 111

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 24, 2023

But she maintains that “organic is still really important,” and that’s why USDA organic standards, food grown without most pesticides and synthetic fertilizers, is the minimum baseline for the ROC certification. Kerston, however, insists that bad practices such as using synthetic fertilizer consistently show up in the data. “If

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Food Ranching Ecology Fertilizer 94

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

However, the topsoil is powerless to counteract the acidifying effect of ammonia-based fertilizers. Photo courtesy of Chris Rauch) Rauch is one of many farmers taking a chance on a new process called Enhanced Rock Weathering, or ERW. It’s not a widespread problem yet, but it’s rearing its ugly head in some places,” says Calderon.

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Fertilizer Acre Farming Farming 138

Modern Farmer

MARCH 1, 2024

Companies often blend natural with plastic fibers, adding dyes and finishes, and blends are particularly hard to recycle because the components require different processes. In addition, most natural fibers are grown conventionally, which often means heavy use of pesticides, synthetic fertilizers and genetically modified or treated seeds.

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Textiles Manufacturing Production Processing 97

AGRIVI

APRIL 6, 2023

Most important segments that AGRIVI and Saints Hills will work on: AGRIVI will provide a centralized Farm Management Platform , a digital twin of Saints Hills vineries with all agricultural data and process management support. Data analysis : AGRIVI enables growers to collect, analyze and use data to improve the quality of grapes and wine.

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Production Processing Yield Pesticide 52

Farmbrite

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Soil Health : Advanced soil sensors can measure critical factors like moisture levels, pH balance, and nutrient content, enabling farmers to fine-tune fertilizer use. Farmers saving 30% on fertilizer costs and boosting crop yields by up to 10% are not uncommon with these insights.

Farming 75

Farming Farming Technology Yield 75

Sustainable Harvest International

JUNE 19, 2024

These pressures include human-caused deforestation and development, nearby commercial scale use of herbicides, pesticides and synthetic fertilizers, diminishing fresh water resources, poaching, and the increasingly ruinous impacts of severe storms and droughts, to name a few.

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Farming Farming Cultivation Harvester 98

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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Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

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 rapid wiping away of diverse food webs in every biome.

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Food Pasture Agriculture Agriculture 136

AGRIVI

JUNE 2, 2023

Collecting data from various stakeholders involved allows companies to understand the overall production process, identify potential risks, and take necessary steps to mitigate them.

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Supply Chain Food Beverage Pesticide 52

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

He stopped using pesticides in the early 1980s, got certified organic in the ‘90s, and over time, built a highly diversified farm that produces corn, oats, wheat, barley, and vegetables while raising cattle, chickens, and pigs outdoors. Rosmann’s 700-acre organic operation is an anomaly in the region.

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Supply Chain Food Agriculture Agriculture 144