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The USDA Plan to Better Measure Agriculture’s Impact on the Climate Crisis

Civil Eats

Yesterday, the agency took a big step toward refining its definition of that term by announcing a major initiative intended to improve the data it uses to guide efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and make farms more resilient to climate change. Read More: US Groups Invest Billions in Industrial Ag in Africa.

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Precision Ag News 4/10

Agwired

Department of Agriculture published the second edition of Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Agriculture and Forestry: Methods for Entity Scale Inventory. The report provides farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners with the methods and tools needed to assess the greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint of their operations.

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From Commodification to Conservation: Restoring Agrobiodiversity through Seed Breeding – Part I: 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Moreover, they have more potential to contribute to greenhouse gas mitigation via carbon sequestration. This would further enable farmers to drastically cut pesticide use and increase habitat availability for a wide range of species. A better system would allow farmers to diversify the range of species they produce.

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Why Are Scope 3 Emissions a Key Concern for Food Manufacturers?

AGRIVI

On top of that , the food and beverage sector faces significant regulatory requirements , considering its substantial contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These include environmental factors and climate change , as well as economic challenges such as inflation and heightened consumer demand for organic and natural products.

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125 Food and Agriculture Organizations to Watch in 2025

Food Tank

Through research, stakeholder engagement, and storytelling, Project Drawdown drives global action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Through some of their key campaigns they have advocated for better heat regulations, overtime pay, protection from pesticides, and immigration rights. United Nations Foundation , International The U.N.

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Elementor #747575

National Young Farmers Coalition

Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI). 2501); requires at least 80% of the funds to be used for easements that will most reduce, capture, avoid, or sequester greenhouse gas emissions associated with land eligible for the program as laid out in the IRA (Sec.