Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 2, 2024

The next government should make sustainable food and farming key to the future economy, addressing climate change, restoring nature and re-building public health. Here, we break down the six commitments we want to see from the new administration. Deliver this through Environmental Land Management schemes and a Land Use Framework.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

A version of this piece was featured in Food Tank’s newsletter, released weekly on Thursdays. It is obvious to most of us that food is a human right. But our discussions of food justice need to be grounded—literally—in what experts are calling a right to healthy soils. human rights conference on food justice in Doha, Qatar.

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Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Dive deep into the global food scene with this list of compelling films and docuseries. These 18 documentaries unpack everything from the struggles of small-scale farmers to the incredible work of activists advocating for a more sustainable food future. Watch it on YouTube.

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Trimble Agriculture

JULY 17, 2024

Industrial agriculture is a term often used negatively, but is it the villain it’s made out to be? The debate surrounding industrial agriculture and farm consolidation is complex and multifaceted. On the other hand, it is highlighted for its efficiency and ability to meet the food demands of a growing population.

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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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The Equation

MAY 1, 2024

Tyson Foods, the largest meat and poultry producer in the United States, churns out billions of animal products each year. In addition to countless ribeye steaks and chicken nuggets, Tyson also produces contaminated wastewater—over 18.5 billion gallons in 2022 alone.

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Food Tank

JUNE 10, 2024

The International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) recently released its report entitled Land Squeeze. Since 2000, land around twice the size of Germany has been snatched up globally in transnational deals, according to IPES-Food’s report. But, the report also touches on newer concepts.

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Sustainable Food Trust

AUGUST 6, 2024

He believes that there is much to be learnt from how Wales was once farmed and that by using the right animals in the right places, increasing tree cover and farming in harmony with nature, agriculture can be an effective, culturally sensitive and socially just means of managing and restoring the Welsh landscape.

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The Equation

MAY 14, 2024

Generically called the “farm” bill, it is actually a farm and food bill that supports a wide range of programs, including ones that cover crop insurance, financial credit, and export subsidies for farmers, as well as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps.

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The Equation

APRIL 4, 2023

I’m excited to publish my first-ever blog post at UCS on the food and farm bill, and tell you a bit about myself, my background, and—most importantly—how UCS hopes to shape this important legislation to help build a better food system for everyone. So, what exactly does UCS hope the next food and farm bill will accomplish?

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Food Tank

JUNE 12, 2024

Meats is working to create opportunities for small farms and ranches to support a more localized food system. “We’re We’re living in a time when the health of our planet is in peril, and regenerative agriculture offers a beacon of hope,” Pollard tells Food Tank. “By Many of Cream Co. An assessment by the U.N.

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The Equation

APRIL 5, 2023

For the average US consumer, this may mean fewer or more expensive strawberries in the grocery store, but for the people of Pajaro, this means a loss of income and livelihood, which can have dramatic consequences for their housing and food security.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Powerful PR firms have worked overtime in recent years to craft a narrative that highlight farms’ potential role in mitigating climate change, but the truth is that agriculture consumes 6 percent of the world’s fossil fuel energy , and the oil and gas industries rely on industrial agriculture for one of its largest and most lucrative markets.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The Indigenous ethnobotanist and food sovereignty activist foraged with her mom and grandmother in the Ohio River Valley as a child, then made the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota her home alongside her husband, Luke. My mom was an Indigenous woman from Korea, and she grew up foraging and growing her own food as a matter of survival.

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ATTRA

MARCH 29, 2024

In its 2024 grant cycle, Sky High Farm will make at least $350,000 in grants (total) to individuals working in agriculture, food justice, and/or land sovereignty. Funding decisions will be made by an independent committee of farmers, food justice activists and key stakeholders working to create a more equitable food system.

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Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

As key players in producing food, restaurants and farms can take on a central role in creating climate progress. During a standing-room-only Climate Week NYC event, hosted by Food Tank and the James Beard Foundation, panelists discussed the power of a food justice approach among those working on the ground in the food system.

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Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The climate crisis is not a standalone crisis,” Duko Hopman, a partner at McKinsey and co-author of the report, tells Food Tank. As a sector, agriculture has the single largest direct impact on planetary boundaries. Articles like the one you just read are made possible through the generosity of Food Tank members.

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Daily Yonder

OCTOBER 29, 2024

For centuries before Europeans reached North America, many Native Americans grew these foods together in one plot, along with the less familiar sunflower. And nationwide, many Native American communities lack access to healthy food. The first Europeans who reached the Americas were shocked at the abundant food crops they found.

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Modern Farmer

APRIL 24, 2024

As the owner of a multi-generational farm, Mardesen has seen industrial agriculture and factory farming take increasing control over meat production in the last few decades. If there wasn’t such a focus on yield and production in the food system, fewer animals would be crammed into tight spaces and fed poor diets, says Utesch.

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The Equation

MARCH 28, 2023

The ARA is comprehensive, science-based legislation that covers many topics related to environmental and climate concerns in agriculture, including conservation on both agricultural and pasture land, renewable energy, and food loss and waste. And our agricultural research dollars can help get us back on track.

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The Equation

MAY 15, 2023

Industrial agricultural practices such as tillage (plowing) and leaving fields bare between growing seasons degrade soil structure, reduce water infiltration, lower water storage capacity, and increase runoff (the flow of water across the soil’s surface).

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The Equation

MAY 11, 2023

Because like the Dust Bowl of so many decades ago, this tragedy stemmed from a collision of multiple systemic problems—in this case, unchecked climate change layered atop the excesses of industrial agriculture. Enter the Agriculture Resilience Act, or ARA.

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Sustainable Food Trust

AUGUST 9, 2023

If you really want to get to know your food, spend some time with The Seed Detective and you’ll be more literate and informed about the wonder of your vegetables. At the same time, diets are becoming increasingly ultra-processed at the expense of nutritious whole foods. The ‘Junk Food Cycle’ is one of Dimbleby’s main concerns.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

Align yourself with a supporting organization Food and Water Watch addresses factory farming on a big-picture scale. Michaelyn Mankel of Food and Water Watch Iowa says connecting with others is valuable at that broader scope, too. “If Jennifer Breon of Food and Water Watch Iowa echoes this point. “I

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The Equation

JUNE 20, 2023

Farmworkers face many hazards while performing the labor that props up the $1.264 trillion US food and farm economy, yet a new analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) found that federal agencies focused on agriculture and health invested an average of only $16.2 5138 (Industrial Agricultural Accountability Act), and S.3285

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Daily Yonder

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This story was produced through a collaboration between the Daily Yonder, which covers rural America, and Modern Farmer , a a nonprofit covering equity and resiliency in the food system. She later became the executive director of the nonprofit Friends of Toppenish Creek , which advocates for improved oversight of industrial agriculture.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Food Tank’s Dispatch from the U.N. To make sure it lands straight in your inbox and to be among the first to receive it, subscribe to Food Tank’s newsletter now by clicking here. What an amazing day for food systems at COP28 on Food, Agriculture and Water Day! Is the food culturally appropriate?

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Daily Yonder

JUNE 28, 2024

Shane Hamilton is a historian of American agriculture and agribusiness who teaches at the University of York in the United Kingdom. to address some of the grand challenges in food and agriculture that we face today. Those large-scale structural issues have certainly not fundamentally changed since 2014.

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Sustainable Harvest International

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Regenerative agriculture offers a powerful solution to today’s interconnected crises, including the climate crisis, poverty, declining food security, and biodiversity loss. SHI-Belize partner farmer Juvini Acosta reforests land affected by conventional agriculture. In improving the soil, SHI farmers improve the environment.

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The Equation

APRIL 3, 2023

The ongoing megadrought that has afflicted California since 2000 has caused profound challenges for people, agriculture, and ecosystems throughout the state. Additionally, the displacement of families due to flooding can result in children missing school and experiencing educational disruptions.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Regen10 is a coalition of organisations working together to accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture. Alongside partners at the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), the GFM team are leading Regen10’s trials of its Regenerative Outcomes Framework.

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Sustainable Harvest International

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

“ “My philosophy has always been that the health of soil, plants, animals, people, and the environment is one.” ” — Rattan Lal, professor of soil science + 2020 World Food Prize Laureate Conventional, or industrial, agriculture uses chemicals to defend crops from weeds, certain insect species, and diseases.

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The Lunatic Farmer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

We’ll offer havens of protection and nourishment to lead our culture into stable families, fertile soil, nourishing food, working faith, and overall health. Industrial agriculture is killing authentic farming and land stewardship as much as food processors and bureaucrats. Many families have already taken the plunge.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

She later became the executive director of the nonprofit Friends of Toppenish Creek , which advocates for improved oversight of industrial agriculture. Loopholes within drinking water laws and the agriculture lobby’s influence in Congress have prevented substantive policy reform to address the issue, according to food safety experts.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 13, 2024

(Photo credit: David Thoreson) Chris Jones, a retired University of Iowa research engineer and the author of The Swine Republic , explains that because of this difference in the soil, the region has never been well suited for large-scale industrial agriculture. So, when we try to farm at these very large scales.

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The Equation

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Over the past year, UCS worked with the Federation and other partners to craft the policy brief Lost Inheritance , which summarizes this confounding issue and offers policy recommendations that can be written into this year’s food and farm bill. Can the system be fixed?

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Civil Eats

MAY 1, 2024

Utesch worries that the current system of industrialized agriculture has created a world where people living closest to the polluters do not have access to clean water themselves, and are afraid to speak out against the actions of their neighbors. Public water systems have these maximum contaminant levels that are set by the EPA.

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