Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

Within decades, a network of dams, levees and canals had dried up the basin, transforming the fertile crater into an agricultural hub. Today, the four counties sitting in the lake bed account for more than $25 billion in food and crop production, with Tulare County ranking number one in the nation for milk and oranges.

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Modern Farmer

APRIL 15, 2024

This is partially because they have been included as a key ingredient in the Biden administration’s pledge to reduce methane emissions in animal agriculture. At CAFOs, it is common to pool animal waste in one spot, called a manure lagoon. In 2020, manure accounted for about 9 percent of the US’s methane emissions.

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Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 31, 2023

Avoid the never-ending scroll on streaming platforms and instead refer to our list of recommended food and farming films, especially selected, watched and reviewed by the SFT team for your viewing pleasure. Reinventing Farming and Food Post-globalisation Director: Rana Foroohar Where to watch: Financial Times’ YouTube channel.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 13, 2023

Share Tweet This Story’s Impact 4 million readers a year 200k social reach Yale Environment 360 A new kind of food may soon be arriving on grocery store shelves: climate smart. Better manure management is among the climate-smart practices the USDA is funding in the partnerships. It also reduces runoff and evaporation.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

To ring in the first day of summer, we at Civil Eats want to offer you a list of food and farming books we think are worth your time and attention. From memoirs to cultural histories to journalistic inquiries that take on topics ranging from plant intelligence to school food to climate migration, here are 21 titles we hope you’ll enjoy.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

Many of the issues can be boiled down to the sheer concentration of manure they produce. This industry presents itself as a way to produce a lot of food while keeping costs down. This frequency with which polluting industries are built in these communities is evidence of ongoing environmental injustice.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

Many of the issues can be boiled down to the sheer concentration of manure they produce. This industry presents itself as a way to produce a lot of food while keeping costs down. This frequency with which polluting industries are built in these communities is evidence of ongoing environmental injustice.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The proposed CAFO would hold 2,400 pigs and produce as much manure equivalent as a town of nearly 7,000 people. For example, she describes how the agricultural industry backed state Right to Farm laws that limit residents’ ability to file nuisance actions against CAFOs once they’re up and running. regardless of who is in power.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 12, 2024

Meanwhile, in the Netherlands, the same farmers struggling with the effects of climate change, like drought, are revolting against stricter regulations on pollution from livestock manure. These bans hinder innovation rather than seek protocols for vetting new technologies in food science, she added. It all comes into what drives them.”

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The Equation

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Runoff from these applications, as well as from soil erosion and livestock manure, is the leading cause of river and stream pollution, the second leading cause of wetland pollution, and the third leading cause of lake pollution. The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has been ringing the alarm bell about agricultural pollution for years.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 9, 2023

Before members of Congress left for their August break, they initiated a flurry of activity in advance of what will likely be a sprint toward writing and then passing the legislation that shapes America’s food and agriculture system. Members of the House Ag Committee held listening sessions with farmers in Maine and Minnesota.

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Food Politics

AUGUST 15, 2023

This Farm Bill Could Reshape the Food System. In this week’s Field Report, an update on how lawmakers are gearing up for a food-and-ag sprint when they return to D.C. Unlike SNAP, it generally garners bipartisan support, since it focuses on healthy food and directs more dollars directly to farmers. To all of what follows, amen.

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