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Farmers Weekly Lincolnshire grower Andrew Ward has successfully harvested the world’s first field-scale trial of Capulet spring beans destined for the baked bean market.
I was interested to see this report and the academic analysis on which it is based —both from the Food Systems Countdown Initiative. indicators and “holistic monitoring architecture to track food system transformation towards global development, health and sustainability goals.” This initiative is highly ambitious.
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Food-sourcing from on-farm trees mediates positive relationships between tree cover and dietary quality in Malawi. Does long-term harvesting impact genetic diversity and population genetic structure? Plant diversity decreases greenhouse gas emissions by increasing soil and plant carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems.
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We’re closing out Farm-to-School Month by sharing the next installment of Nice Roots’ Farm-to-School curriculum: Growing from Seed to Harvest. You can check out Module 1 here: Food Justice, Land Sovereignty and Deconstructing the Food System. Most of the tomatoes sold in the U.S.
food system’s disproportionate impact on immigrants and communities of color. Immigrant food system workers toil in the nation’s restaurants, farms, and food processing facilities, and have some of the least visible but most strenuous and dangerous jobs in the country. As part of our mission, Civil Eats reports on the U.S.
Farm Action , an organization devoted to stopping corporate agrocultural monopolies and building fair competition in rural America, has issued a short report, Balancing the US Agricuiltural Trade Deficit with Higher Value Food Crops. food system focuses on feed for animals and fuel for automobiles. Make them happen!
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are preparing for the dwindling of food in the coming winter. This may seem like an antiquated concern for chefs in an era of global food distribution systems, but it’s an all-consuming preoccupation for Oyster Oyster, a restaurant named after two ingredients—a bivalve and a mushroom —known for their ecosystem benefits.
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