Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

1) Agrochemical production consumes fossil fuels to generate pesticides, fertilizers, and other inputs. ” In addition, pesticides and fertilizers are derived from fossil fuels. Since 1960, global value of pesticide exports has increased 15,000 percent while synthetic fertilizer use has increased ninefold.

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Food Tank

MARCH 19, 2025

Banana Capital: Stories, Science, and Poison at the Equator by Ben Brisbois The city of Machala, Ecuador describes itself as the banana capital of the world. Ben Brisbois reveals the less-palatable side of the banana industry, from devastating health impacts of pesticides to imperialism and ecological destruction.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

OCTOBER 24, 2024

We are all more from science,” she says in her German-accented English. If successful, Strey says a little sheepishly in the clip, Plantix would “save the environment by using less pesticides.” million, this time with money from one of the largest retailers of pesticides in the world. Something potentially very big.

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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. But how do you learn about this new technology?

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AgriLife Today

MARCH 11, 2024

Will feature turfgrass best management practices, pesticide and fertilizer application calculation workshop The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will offer a turfgrass management program for local landscape professionals on March 22 in New Braunfels.

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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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The Equation

MAY 11, 2023

Our main study, “ Water, environment, and socioeconomic justice in California: A multi-benefit cropland repurposing framework ,” was recently published in the journal Science of the Total Environment. Only about one-third of the nitrate applied as synthetic fertilizer stays in the soil and is used by crops.

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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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The Equation

JUNE 13, 2023

Human activities can alter the distribution and abundance of soil microorganisms, especially by changing how food is grown: for example, by changing the quantities of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides used, or by growing the same crops on the same fields year after year.

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The Equation

MARCH 28, 2023

An example of a negative externality is the negative health impacts of pesticides and synthetic fertilizers in rural disadvantaged community residents: community residents pay with their health for the cheaper price of conventional food production. How do we weigh these scenarios and decide if cropland repurposing makes sense?

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Food Tank

JULY 26, 2024

Unlike vast swaths of Pacific and Indian Ocean where global treaties are lacking, enforcement is sparse, science is always playing catch-up and ‘dark fleets’ perpetrate illegal fishing and human rights abuses, the Bering Sea is a global model for how fish, fishermen and communities can all thrive. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S.

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Sustainable Food Trust

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Last year we produced an acre of carrots for schools in West Wales, using no chemical fertilisers or pesticides. This was because traditional farming systems allowed the field to be a habitat for the vast range of species which used to coexist in the understory of crops or grasslands, without unduly compromising productivity.

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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.

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NASDA

JULY 10, 2023

EPA’s newly published regulation creating “PIPs created through genetic engineering from a sexually compatible plant” and “loss-of-function PIPs” is not risk-based, science-based and focuses on process of development rather than product. We ask that Congress take the necessary steps to ensure that U.S. Apple Association U.S.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 9, 2024

And, as the increasingly salty sea recedes, tens of thousands more acres of playa will be exposedas will decades of pesticides already trapped in the sediments from past farm runoff. Ammonium sulfate fertilizer inputs are so high in the Salton Sea, Lyons said, that it has 10 times the amount of sulfate measured in seawater.

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Civil Eats

JULY 17, 2023

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. Imperial County residents were exposed to over 1,200 pounds of pesticides—via the air, water, and on the plants themselves—per square mile from 2017-2019. In 2002, U.S.

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The Equation

MAY 14, 2024

The sector includes commodity crop traders, meat and poultry processors, fertilizer and pesticide makers, multinational food and beverage companies, giant supermarket chains, and all of their related trade associations. She holds a doctorate degree in environmental science from Rutgers University. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii.

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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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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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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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The Equation

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Woods brings decades of experience in the application of spatial data science to her work studying the environmental and health impacts of the US food and agriculture system. While development, forestry, and climate change all contribute to wetland loss, draining for agriculture has been the single biggest cause since the 1800s.

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Agwired

APRIL 10, 2024

EPA is warning people of the significant health risks to pregnant individuals and their developing babies exposed to DCPA and will be pursuing action to address the serious, permanent, and irreversible health risks associated with the pesticide as quickly as possible.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 10, 2024

And today, even when the soil stays on the ground, we’re actively destroying it through the use of pesticides, herbicides, synthetic fertilizers, and more. A field of Hopi corn, nonirrigated, grown with no herbicides, pesticides, or soil amenities such as nitrogen, phosphorus, or potassium. Soil is alive.

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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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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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Agwired

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Farmers seeking effective biological solutions to optimize their nitrogen fertilizer use are set to benefit from a new agreement between Syngenta Crop Protection and Ceres Biotics aimed at increasing farmer access to VIXERAN. UPL Corp , a provider of comprehensive and sustainable agricultural solutions, announces U.S. Bushel Plus Ltd. ,

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Kavya Organic Farm

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Engaging in hydroponic gardening using this method can be a hands-on way to teach children and students about the science behind plant growth. Cultivate not only plants but also a deep connection to the natural world and the science of sustainable cultivation.

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Kavya Organic Farm

AUGUST 27, 2023

Engaging in hydroponic gardening using this method can be a hands-on way to teach children and students about the science behind plant growth. Cultivate not only plants but also a deep connection to the natural world and the science of sustainable cultivation.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Left unchecked, they’re fertile ground, experts say, for harboring fecund grasses and other non-native plants, trees and even deer. Climate variability has an undeniable role in setting the scene, says Giuseppe Torri, professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Hawaii (UH) at Mānoa.

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The Equation

MAY 15, 2023

Healthy soil is good at capturing and storing water Our current agricultural system by and large fails to integrate science-based soil management practices that would replenish groundwater. Industrial agriculture has created soils that are less like sponges and more like concrete, making it difficult to soak up runoff and excess water.

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RR2CS

JANUARY 3, 2024

Since 2018, the Halls have been on a mission to collaborate with local organizations to rejuvenate their land, which was previously subjected to conventional farming methods involving fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides. And most importantly, the cows leave behind manure and help us fertilize the land.

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Agwired

JULY 26, 2023

ForeFront Ag Solutions focuses on helping growers make informed business decisions by providing progressive, science-based data. His current research is evaluating performance of application technology on sprayers and VRT on fertilizer application equipment to improve application accuracy and placement of pesticides and nutrients.

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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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The Equation

MAY 9, 2024

Corporations across the food system increasingly have the power, by virtue of their size, market domination, political connections, and deep pockets, to set prices, meddle with science, evade regulation, and write the rules to benefit themselves. If anything in our lives is essential, it’s food and the means of producing it. The average U.S.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 28, 2024

Much of this section is drawn from a public database of academic research that Mexico’s science agency has maintained since 2020. Among the 66 peer-reviewed articles cited by Mexico is a 2021 paper by Mexico’s Institute of Sciences that found Bt toxins trigger an immune response in humans “as potent as that elicited by cholera toxin.”

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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. If you can’t afford to exit, everyone loses – the founders, the investors, and the incredible science and engineering under development. The heroes are CSOs and CTOs.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 12, 2025

Case in point: The fertilizers and pesticides used on farms have to pollute our rivers, oceans, and drinking water. Twenty-five years ago, I started in the public health nutrition program at Teachers College, with a BS degree in Nutritional Sciences from Cornell. You described our industrial food system as insane and absurd.

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