Agwired

JULY 23, 2024

In November 2023, the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute announced a new USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Irrigation and Mechanization Systems (ILIMS). How to subscribe: Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Spotify Direct rss feed link

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Food Politics

JUNE 19, 2024

coli] can survive in the air and that dust can act as a transfer mechanism for both pathogens and indicator organisms (e.g. Here is food safety lawyer Bill Marler’s comment. The post FDA says (quietly) CAFOs contaminate leafy greens appeared first on Food Politics by Marion Nestle. What a surprise ]. generic E.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 4, 2024

It is time to radically redirect our food system to better adapt to a hotter, drier world, what some of us now call Planet Desert. While climate change will generate many severe impacts on our food systems that we cannot control including floods, wildfires and more severe hurricanes. And yet, much of what the U.S. In the U.S.

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Food Politics

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), as part of its IFAD Research Series, released a report, Overweight and obesity in LMICs in rural development and food systems , along with a literature review. The report finds obesity rates across developing countries to be approaching levels found in high-income countries.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 27, 2024

Recycled content in food packaging is increasing as sustainability advocates press manufacturers to cut their use of virgin plastic. Most is recycled mechanically, by sorting, washing, grinding, and re-compounding the material into pellets. Since 1990, the U.S. The Coca-Cola Co. parts per billion. .”

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Especially when it comes to food systems. Governments are still failing to recognize food systems as a critical lever for change—despite food systems pumping out one-third of greenhouse gas emissions, and climate chaos decimating harvests and slowing productivity. Often with little recognition.

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NASDA

MAY 9, 2024

Letter Dear Chair Murray and Vice Chair Collins, We, the undersigned groups, are writing to express our support for providing state and local food safety regulatory agencies with fiscal certainty and security by specifying a line item within the fiscal year (FY) 2025 appropriation for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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NASDA

MAY 9, 2024

Letter Dear Chairman Cole and Ranking Member DeLauro, We, the undersigned groups, are writing to express our support for providing state and local food safety regulatory agencies with fiscal certainty and security by specifying a line item within the fiscal year (FY) 2025 appropriation for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Sustainable Food Trust

DECEMBER 3, 2024

An alternative strategy, which would be better for the cows and the dairy farming community in the long run, would be to make an announcement that the co-op will incrementally encourage, through price mechanisms, a transition over time towards producing milk from holistically managed grass-fed herds. Will they do this?

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Current food systems are responsible for one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions and for nearly 80 percent of biodiversity loss. Switching to agroecology offers a way to produce food within diverse landscapes growing and nurturing different crops, livestock and fisheries suited to the conditions and communities that live in the area.

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Far Eastern Agriculture

MARCH 24, 2025

GEA has introduced its new patented technology the GEA Direct Sprayer DS 25 for industrial tank cleaning in the food and beverage industry The patented spray technology effectively removes residues from the undersides of agitators, pipes, and flow breakers. This is where the Direct Sprayer DS 25 comes into picture.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The poorest people in our society struggle every day, every mealtime, to put food on the table. ” Sunita works in a Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) supported micro-enterprise, in Bihar, in the eastern part of India, producing fortified, blended food powder, or Take-Home Ration (THR).

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Food production accounts for 26 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions , and past COP conferences have been accused of greenwashing , in part by offering meat on the menu while talking about reducing global meat consumption. This year, at COP28 in Dubai, global food systems and agriculture were discussed more than ever before.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

JULY 3, 2024

Kent has you covered: To begin with, we have been able to set up fully functional mechanisms out of the text of the Treaty. As the International Plant Treaty celebrates its 20th birthday , here’s a nice interview with the current Secretary, Kent Nnadozie. Want a quick summary of the Treaty’s achievements?

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The Markets Institute at World Wildlife Fund (WWF) proposed a new framework to support the growing demand for globally traded food while reducing the worst environmental consequences of food production. According to WWF , food production has the largest impact of any human activity on the planet.

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Food Politics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Further research should focus on mechanisms associated with physical performance. The post Industry-funded study of the week: a citrus and pomegranate supplement appeared first on Food Politics by Marion Nestle. Funding: Funding: Authors IC and FT are supported by the Province of Limburg, The Netherlands [grant number HEFI-2].

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Food Politics

AUGUST 28, 2023

A reader, Emma Calvert, a Senior Food Policy Officerfor the European Union in Brussels, sent me “ this article. She also pointed me to the article Food Navigator wrote about it: “Review hails health benefits of beer-gut alliance.” Beer, alas, is not a health food, best consumed in moderation if at all.

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NASDA

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) recently interviewed Oklahoma Agriculture Secretary Blayne Arthur as part of its Work In Ag series to gain insights into the vital role that the chief state agricultural officers play in promoting and advancing farmers and the food system within their respective states.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 3, 2025

BFF is one of a handful of organizations formed since 2020 to support BIPOC farmers and food businesses unable to obtain capital and other critical aid through conventional options, like a farm credit bureau or bank. Its nut and oat milks are sold in over 200 stores in the Northeast, including Whole Foods; that number will double by April.

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Sustainable Food Trust

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Here, Patrick Holden explains why land sharing not ‘land sparing’ holds the key to sustainable food, biodiversity and climate resilience. Instead, I believe we should adopt a land sharing approach, producing food in harmony with nature and keeping as much agricultural land in production as is possible.

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Agwired

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute (DWFI) at the University of Nebraska recently released its 2024 Annual Report celebrating 15 years of progress toward global water and food security. McCornick, executive director of DWFI.

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NASDA

MAY 24, 2024

Letter Dear Under Secretary Jacobs-Young: We, the undersigned organizations and associations represent a broad array of food producers, processors, and marketers as well as state departments of agriculture working cooperatively to address the unintentional presence of heavy metals in certain food products.

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NASDA

APRIL 24, 2024

food and agriculture community, we urge your enhanced engagement on trade policies to bolster our global competitive standing around the world. Recommitting to an aggressive trade agenda, holding parties accountable to commitments, and improving trade enforcement mechanisms are critical steps that need to be taken. agriculture.

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Food Politics

AUGUST 16, 2024

With the savings on labor and food costs, the new met-packers could cut beef prices while still making more money, and Americans responded my eating ever more meat. The book focuses on the Big Picture: In short, our food system is frostbitten: it has been injured by its exposure to cold. I was sorry she didn’t mention this.

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Food Politics

JULY 19, 2023

Last week, I posted information and links to documents sent to me anonymously suggesting that the new Nordic Nutrition Recommendations (NNR) had been influenced by the food industry to omit a statement in an earlier draft to reduce consumption of ultra-processed foods. This is 100 % untrue.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 24, 2023

Two organizations want to put an end to the wild west of claims and prove, through certification, that food labeled regenerative is genuinely the gold standard of sustainability and not just another marketing buzzword. But outcomes of the land don’t show the whole picture in a globalized food system. But it’s not quite that simple.

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World Agri-Tech

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Leaders from FMC Ventures , The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , Leaps by Bayer , Aqua Capital , and Grosvenor Food & AgTech share the key trends shaping the industry’s evolution. December 19, 2025 The agri-food technology market is showing signs of recovery after a turbulent period.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 28, 2023

The pipe leads to a food waste collection tank and, after securing the hose, Page twists open a valve and begins pumping 2,000 gallons of spent cooking oil into the tank. PFAS contamination in food waste getting spread on farm fields is a potential concern. “It Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Here, investments focus on tools and tactics that prioritize local and regional food sheds or the well-being and profitability of farmers and communities. Together we need to build a food system that replaces damaging practices with those that rebuild the health of people and the planet itself.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Through the expansion of the online Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, grocery retailers including Amazon are making it easier for low-income families to access the foods they need. I had to go to the corner store with the brown and purple money to get food for our household,” she tells Food Tank.

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Food Tank

MARCH 5, 2024

A Presidential decree has banned the use of genetically modified (GM or genetically engineered) corn for food in Mexico. and Canada want to force Mexico to open its market to all genetically modified foods and seeds. or Canadian governments in order to demonstrate GM food safety. The purpose of the U.S. and Canada.

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Food Politics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

link] Hypothesis: Zynamite PX ® , a mango leaf extract combined with quercetin, enhances exercise performance by unknown molecular mechanisms. Mango leaf extract appeared first on Food Politics by Marion Nestle. A Mango Leaf Extract (Zynamite ® ) Combined with Quercetin Has Exercise-Mimetic Properties in Human Skeletal Muscle.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Bans on organic waste, or food waste, offer a tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In requiring food scraps to go somewhere other than landfills, waste bans help to avoid the methane that typically comes from food rotting in landfills, Dana Gunders, President of ReFED , tells Food Tank.

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NASDA

OCTOBER 15, 2024

USMCA, like its predecessor agreement (NAFTA), establish a robust consultative mechanism where federal trade officials receive input directly from state and provincial agricultural leaders. Our trade agreements require constant vigilance to secure these promised benefits.

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Food Politics

JULY 3, 2023

Grapes and blueberries are polyphenol-rich foods that have attracted attention for their potential cognitive-enhancing effects. Further research will be important to expand on the current findings and identify the potential mechanisms of action associated with the intake of this polyphenol-rich extract.

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The Lunatic Farmer

APRIL 20, 2021

His basic thesis in the piece is that the current war on real food and the ascendency of fake and manufactured food-like substances create a deep soul-level mentality that we are not dependent on food. Church becomes mechanical, just like the factory farmed pig. We need thousands like him. That's profound.

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Food Tank

JULY 28, 2023

Food Systems Summit Stocktaking Moment, the World Farmers Markets Coalition highlighted the role farmers markets can play in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Food Systems Summit in 2021. ” Articles like the one you just read are made possible through the generosity of Food Tank members. During the recent U.N.

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