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Op-Ed | A Case for Food Diversification

Food Tank

Securing seeds and equipment and building climate-smart infrastructure like greenhouses, requires funding. Integrating livestock with crops can create a closed-loop system where manure provides fertilizer and reduces reliance on external inputs. The shift toward farm diversification has its share of challenges, of course.

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Inflation Reduction Act Conservation Dollars Are a Vital Bulwark Against Climate Change

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Wild Weather Threatens Farm Viability Although the IRA funds are directed at greenhouse gas mitigation, many forms of agricultural climate mitigation also increase farm resilience. At the same time, they decrease greenhouse gas emissions. Perennial livestock systems have similar capacities to reduce vulnerability to climate impacts.

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More regenerative farming may be a climate solution. But another climate solution is impeding its progress

The Counter

Eventually, the Cobbs would decide to bring in livestock to graze, mimicking herds of wild buffalo that once roamed these prairies and added nutrients with their manure, and voila: They had meat to market while restoring the earth, storing carbon, and keeping the land farmland. Once again, it mostly comes down to finance. “A

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Global Leaders Bypass Real Agriculture Reform Again at COP28 Climate Summit

Civil Eats

It generates about a third of greenhouse gas emissions globally.” also released a roadmap this weekend that lays out how to transform the food sector to curb greenhouse gas emissions. percent of international climate financing, according to AFA’s analysis released prior to COP28.

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Why we’re in a critical period in the development of regenerative agriculture

Agritecture Blog

CONTENT SOURCED FROM JUST FOOD Written by: David Burrows January 27, 2023 Danone ’s greenhouse gas emissions are around 26MtCo2e, and agriculture accounts for 61% of them. Producer premiums for regenerative products have begun to pop up but, as Bande notes, the financing mechanism must be “way broader” than this.

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A Deep Dive on the Senate’s Farm Bill Proposal: the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

They help farmers and ranchers keep drinking water clean for our urban and rural communities, build soil resilience and limit the impacts of severe drought and flooding, provide healthy habitats for wildlife, mitigate agriculture’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and support farm operations that are productive and sustainable long-term.

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From Commodification to Conservation: Restoring Agrobiodiversity through Seed Breeding – Part I: 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Moreover, they have more potential to contribute to greenhouse gas mitigation via carbon sequestration. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions means moving away from the use of high-energy and polluting nitrogenous fertilizers. Diverse plants and manure must take their place.

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