Food Politics

JULY 19, 2023

As researchers, we consider UPFs as an unspecific and non-scientifically defined concept that will make it difficult to study mechanisms and unravel causality. As an example, whole-grain bread does not become unhealthy just because it is placed in the UPF group.

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Sustainable Food Trust

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

So, we metaphorically waged war against the weeds for about eight weeks, using mainly mechanical methods and also some hand weeding, not wanting to eliminate them, but to make sure that the crop predominated. If you are a carrot grower, the biggest challenge that needs to be overcome is weed control.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This evaluation found that chickpeas are a drought-resistant legume plant with a high protein content that can complement grain cultivation systems even in urban areas. “The different varieties and wild types show very different mechanisms to deal with persistent drought stress.

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Cropaia

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

For example, research suggests that phosphorus has a stimulating effect on molybdenum uptake mechanisms within plant roots. This interference occurs due to various factors, including the chemical similarity between molybdenum and copper, which can lead to competitive inhibition for uptake mechanisms within the plant.

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UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 29, 2023

This is generally accomplished by mechanically removing plants by flail mowing, tillage, cultivation equipment, or by manual labor. Flail mow and direct seed with a grain drill – This is the best method in a larger-scale commercial garden (1+ acre).

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The Lunatic Farmer

OCTOBER 29, 2021

National Science Foundation grant to the University of California, Riverside to figure out how to get covid vaccines into lettuce and spinach as a new mechanism for inoculating humans. Right now in America, people who monitor GMO grains say we actually don't have any pure inventories now. Well, it is serious.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The six tons of grain he was towing suddenly piled forward in the wagon. The funding mechanism that’s most ideally aligned with providing rebates and funding the program would be USDA,” Sorensen said. “To He left his seatbelt unfastened as his foster brother sat wedged on a fender beside his seat. “I trillion farm bill.

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Trimble Agriculture

MAY 15, 2024

It doesn’t provide a mechanism for individual farmers to become tax exempt from property taxes on their farmland. Farm Equipment Tax Exemption IRS Section 179 allows farmers to deduct the cost of agriculture-related assets like tractors and grain bins from their gross income, reducing federal tax payments.

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

AUGUST 30, 2022

One of the latest practices being tried in Lafayette County and other parts of the state is “planting green,” or planting corn or soybeans directly into a growing cover crop (often a small grain like rye or wheat) without killing it by herbicide or mechanical means first.

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Daily Yonder

APRIL 11, 2023

In a nutshell, Borlaug’s Green Revolution was America’s investment in industrial models for food production after WW2: hybrid seeds, genetic modification, mono-culture, selective breeding, mechanization, and chemicals. Grain prices began to fall and crops weren’t worth what farmers put into them.

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RR2CS

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The land had been used for conventional grain for decades, and as a result, some of his first crops were outcompeted by wild oats. As a result, Ryan and his team are relying on a mix of regenerative agriculture methods combined with mechanical solutions. He also had to upgrade water pumps, as well.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

Turning back to the CIG program, the FFNSA adds “perennial production systems, including agroforestry and perennial forages and grain crops” to the scope of CIG On-Farm Conservation Innovation Trials.

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Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In the past the farming industry has provided: The bulk of jobs in the countryside – farmworkers, contractors, wagon drivers and mechanics. Footpaths enable the general public to wander and interfere with our assets whether be grain, grass or stock. The money to sustain the rural environment.

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Blessings, joel HILLSDALE COLLEGE PARALLEL ECONOMIES—AGRICULTURE Joel Salatin This spring when Russia invaded Ukraine, fertilizer prices increased in some cases 400 percent and global grain shipments sputtered, our farm didn’t feel anything because we don’t buy fertilizer and we don’t buy foreign grain. MECHANICAL VERSUS BIOLOGICAL.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 12, 2024

.” According to the experts, then, the only way to truly move all drugs off the conveyor belt toward no longer being effective is for FDA to go a step further and stop allowing the broader practice of putting antibiotics in feed as a prevention mechanism and only allow farmers to treat sick animals. as they do in the U.K.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Where to Get Local Grain Looking for a supplier of local grain near you? Ajamian and others established the guild in 2020 to provide a community for a new generation of millers who draw inspiration from historic practices and try to help restore regional grain economies that have been lost to industrialization.

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