Modern Farmer

JANUARY 21, 2025

It catches up to its peers, a line of antennaed bugs roaming the winding surface of a tree, perpetually hunting for food. That makes ants, in the eyes of Ida Cecilie Jensen, a legion of unlikely warriors one humans should consider enlisting in the fight to grow food in a warming world. The ant scurries along on six nimble legs.

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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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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

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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Food Environment and Reporting Network

OCTOBER 24, 2024

For smallholding farmers in developing nations, who grow more than a third of the world’s food, having Plantix on your phone was like having a highly accurate plant pathologist in your back pocket, one who would also present afflicted farmers with options for treatment. million from a group of venture capital investors.

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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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Sustainable Food Trust

JANUARY 14, 2025

I am old enough to remember when arable weeds were an integral part of crop production, not threatening the yields too much, but nevertheless providing nourishment for a vast range of species higher up the food chain. I find it sinister and rather shocking that the chemical companies refer to pesticides as plant protection products.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 1, 2023

These severe conditions have a tremendous impact on our food system, affecting everything from crop yields to working conditions on farms. The group is working to adapt more food crops to the changing climate. Can Farming With Trees Save the Food System? Climate Change Is Walloping US Farms.

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Agritecture Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

With a population of 5.454 million as of 2021, this thriving metropolis faces a unique challenge when it comes to sustaining its food supply. GroGrace, a concept farm of Urban Farming Partners , began its journey in 2019, with a vision to provide a healthy, pesticide-free diet for founder Grace Lim's three children.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2023

These synthetic polymer products have often been used to help boost yields up to 60 percent and make water and pesticide use more efficient. Plastic contaminates fields at a much greater scale than it does our oceans , posing an acute threat to soil health and food security. But it carries the highest risks.”

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Civil Eats

MAY 6, 2024

They play critical roles in their ecosystems, sustaining and keeping in check species higher and lower on the food chain. First of all, farmland reduces mammals’ natural habitats and diminishes their ability to find shelter as well as food and prey, explained Koen Kuipers, a researcher at Radboud University in the Netherlands.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 22, 2023

Yet despite the Act’s historical ties to pesticides—the discovery of DDT’s impacts on bald eagles was one factor that propelled lawmakers to begin protecting threatened species—officials in the pesticide office at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are only now starting to figure out how to comply with the law.

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Cropaia

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in regenerative agriculture, a holistic approach to farming that seeks to restore and revitalize the land while improving crop yields and overall farm profitability. This means increased crop yields and reduced inputs like fertilizers and pesticides.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 20, 2024

As a researcher of urban agriculture, I was shocked to see a recent news article bearing the headline “ Food from urban agriculture has a carbon footprint six times larger than conventional produce, study shows.” with the Berkeley Food Institute, and this conclusion seemed to fly in the face of all that I’d read.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

For a food to become certified organic, the farmland must be proven to have not received any pesticides or unapproved substances for at least three years. During this transition period, yields can drop and farmers can still be years away from a return. MF: Organic certified foods may fetch premium prices.

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UnderstandingAg

MAY 3, 2024

Overapplying readily available N can also interfere with the uptake of other nutrients and lead to yield drag and profit loss, just as underapplying can. This sets up a situation where a pesticide treatment may be needed, which knocks out beneficial biology that could keep pathogens in check, which leads to a downward spiral of degradation.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

To help you find a winemaker, distiller, or brewer to support, Food Tank is highlighting 20 producers and programs bringing sustainable sips to glasses around the world. The hilly, coastal prefecture is known for its ideal ecological conditions which yield high-quality rice. Mijenta grows agave without pesticides or herbicides.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

It’s clear that crop yields are higher with better pollination. Cranberry yields are higher when native bees are at work. They need space where pesticide use is low enough that they can successfully reproduce and become (or remain) locally established. Many farms already benefit from wild, native bee pollination. Elizabeth D.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Farm income, yields and food availability have all increased tremendously since the inception of the Farm Bill in 1933, in line with its original intent. But a closer look at our food system reveals many challenges. The efforts to truly create sustainable food systems do not go far enough.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In a county that was intentionally poisonedand a world suffering from a changing climatehe is reviving the soil under his feet by transitioning away from pesticide-dependent row crops like tobacco to industrial hemp, which is known to sequester carbon and remediate soil, and using earth-friendly organic and regenerative methods.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

After years of philanthropic support for fisheries, water, and education, members of his generation (along with some of their elders) are not only accelerating that environmental focus, they’re applying it to food and agriculture in new ways. Then there’s the Walmart Foundation, which last year gave the Nature Conservancy $1.5

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DTN

JANUARY 9, 2025

Sustainable and Regenerative Practices Consumer demand for sustainably produced food is growing, pushing farmers to adopt more environmentally friendly practices to produce crops with lower carbon impacts. Its fair to say that the level of precision continues to get better, and retailers need to offer solutions that take advantage.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In Florida, where citrus greening has shrunk the orange and grapefruit yields by more than half , the department of agriculture and community services has approved a new treatment from Massachusetts-based Invaio. The trademarked Trecise application method means growers are able to use far less of the solution than a traditional pesticide.

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Cropin Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Digital transformation in the crop protection industry is key to overcoming food production and pest management challenges. Optimized use of agri-input resources via constant monitoring of precision agriculture using crop monitoring systems and smart agriculture practices can result in higher yields at a reduced cost of production.

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Caff

JUNE 13, 2023

Introduction In 2011 the Food Safety Modernization Act was signed into law. Of the many rules in this law, the Produce Safety Rule (PSR) was created to address federal food safety requirements at the farm level, specifically for produce crops. Why is this important?

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AGRIVI

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Therefore, to maximize profits, they must focus on areas they can influence: achieving high crop yields and quality and securing cost savings through efficient input application and farm operations. Precision Agriculture Rather than just chasing yields, profitable farmers work hard to utilize their inputs efficiently.

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UnderstandingAg

JUNE 17, 2023

Those of us who grow and raise food and fiber refer to ourselves as farmers, ranchers or producers. Technically, this violates the regulations on spraying pesticides, but it happens every year in too many places. Do we operate with a mindset that we are producing a commodity, or do we operate from the mindset of producing a food?

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

#1: Harvesting On Demand At Peak Freshness &ever’s Grow Tower; image sourced from &ever With the power to farm vertically within one’s own home, consumers can now harvest their crops only moments before consumption, resulting in a higher nutritional value, better-tasting greens, and significantly less food waste. &ever’s

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UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Undoubtedly, good things have come from needing fewer people to produce food, fuel, and fiber. When I later became an Extension ag engineer, I became even more painfully aware of how the more yield and greater efficiency approach to commodity production was affecting the people I was trying to help.

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Agriculture for Life

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

In other crops such as sweet corn or potato, bees are among many beneficial insects that seek out pollen or nectar resources as a food source, but crop yield does not depend upon their activity. Pesticides applied to crops is one of these factors. Many factors have contributed to their decline.

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Trimble Agriculture

JUNE 14, 2023

More than 75 percent of crop types and 35 percent of the food we eat relies on pollinators —including cocoa, coffee, soybeans, palm oil, avocados, and more. One 2020 study found that increasing pollination produces higher-yield crops with more concentrated sugar than other methods, like increasing water or fertilizer use. In the U.S.,

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AGRIVI

APRIL 6, 2023

Monitoring resource use : AGRIVI offers tools to monitor the use of resources such as water, fertilizers and pesticides. Crop growth and health monitoring : AGRIVI will help in crop growth monitoring and grape yield monitoring.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The American Chemical Society’s Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry published a study that examined the impact of watering practices on tomato plants. Plants sprayed with large water droplets were shorter and more compact, but fruit yield and quality were similar among the three groups.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 22, 2024

The idea behind the project was to build food security in a world where all climate models are pointing to hotter and dryer extreme conditions. are found in the state, including desert-adapted relatives of critical domesticated foods—not just peppers, but also tomatoes, squash, amaranth, beans, corn, and wheat. An Arizona Walnut tree.

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The Equation

MAY 15, 2023

With fields waterlogged, many farmworkers were unable to work and pick produce, signaling that crops like strawberries might see lower yields and higher prices in the near future. However, the upcoming food and farm bill is an opportunity to push for more climate-resilient policies that can benefit farmers and create healthier soils.

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Agwired

JUNE 12, 2024

The members of trade association CropLife International have issued an Industry Declaration renewing and reaffirming their commitment to the principles and standards of the International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management. Campbell Tractor Co. , potato, leading to healthier and higher-quality products, including potato chips.

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Farmbrite

AUGUST 16, 2023

Polyculture has been practiced for centuries by traditional farmers around the world but has only recently gained popularity with modern-day farmers who are looking for an alternative way to grow food. Another environmentally-friendly feature of polyculture farming is the ability to grow food in small spaces with limited resources.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

She also came to announce that USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) will invest nearly $1 million in a new A&T project to help advance environmental justice in agriculture through its Agricultural and Food Research Initiative (AFRI).

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