Global Agtech Initiative

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Hippo Harvest deploys Zebra Technologies’ robotics automation and machine learning solution in greenhouses to reduce water consumption, food waste and land use. The post CEA Startup Cuts Water Use by 92% with Autonomous Mobile Robots appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.

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Sustainable Harvest International

APRIL 22, 2025

At Sustainable Harvest International (SHI), one of the ways we care for the Earth is by partnering with family farmers in Central America to grow food organically and sustainably. Mara Gonzles shows her cabbage harvest proudly, with an appropriate shirt that says YUM! Your harvest might give you more than you can eat at once.

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Sustainable Harvest International

MARCH 12, 2025

2024 was a year of new partnerships and growth for Sustainable Harvest International (SHI). Farmers in the Honduras TREE program participate in a workshop at a community greenhouse. Volunteers beautified schools, constructed greenhouses, planted tree nurseries, and helped prepare gardens for SHI family farmers.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In the produce section of the IGA grocery store in Saint-Laurent, Quebec , a TV monitor shows customers, in real time, the roof of the store and farmers harvesting cucumbers that within an hour will be on store shelves. We can harvest 100 units of fresh produce on a Wednesday and, by Saturday, it is gone,” says Ebbs.

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Food Politics

MARCH 5, 2024

In the USA, one of the largest consumers and producers of meat and dairy products, livestock greenhouse gas emissions remain effectively unregulated. In the subsequent 17 years, numerous studies have attributed significant climate change impacts to livestock. What might explain this?

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Sustainable Harvest International

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Love Tropics, an annual Minecraft charity livestream event, has chosen to support Sustainable Harvest International and the partnering community of Santa Martha, Belize, for this year’s event.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Belmont Estate is also seeking contributions to reconstruct greenhouses and farm buildings, as well as purchase new equipment for essential agricultural activities. The trees’ adoptive “parents” receive seasonal updates, explaining the processes from flowering to harvesting through to the arrival of packaged coffee at their front door.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Without a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, average temperatures in Oregon, the largest producer of Christmas trees in the United States, will increase 8.2 But with longer summers, the trees are harvested while temperatures in November often remain above freezing. Photo courtesy of Aldor Acres Farm.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 29, 2023

His vision has gotten a jump start through a partnership with Carbon Harvest. As part of a $20 million project led by the Kentucky-based nonprofit Accelerating Appalachia , Carbon Harvest will receive roughly $200,000 over two years to conduct research on the potential for a regional offset market.

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

A study by Cornell University scientists explored both dietary change and agricultural technologies as means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the food-system sector. Related ATTRA resource: Climate Beneficial Practices

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 15, 2024

He plans to harvest some grasses as hay for animal bedding and weed control. Exactly how far inland the salt encroaches will depend partially on how effective humans are at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as rising temperatures and melting ice sheets are the main contributors to the ocean’s expansions.

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Caff

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

She designed an innovative solution for their small farm which has dramatically improved their process for harvesting and drying crops such as onions and garlic. Large farms have other means of curing onions, but there was a gap for the small farm on how to harvest and dry onions with fewer steps while using minimal storage space.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 18, 2024

As a result, carbon stored in vineyard soils won’t ever add up to a meaningful reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions. I do think vineyard operators are not under the same stress of harvesting kale and rushing to market five days a week, so there’s a real cushion,” Whitlow said. “It Grape harvest photo courtesy of Dodon.

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Modern Farmer

JUNE 21, 2024

A new report from the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, or FAO, has found that more fish were farmed worldwide in 2022 than harvested from the wild, an apparent first. Still, seafood generally has much lower greenhouse gas emissions than other forms of protein from land-based animals.

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Hartwood Farm

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Individual days and weeks can sometimes seem so long (especially when that harvest list runs onto three pages!), In 2021, we took out a loan to build a shiny new heated greenhouse. My old greenhouse was bought in 2004, so this addition really impacted the economics of starting seeds for us.

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Agritecture Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

Howe emphasizes the advantages of consuming fresh, locally-grown produce, as many vital nutrients diminish shortly after harvest. ComCrop , Singapore's pioneering rooftop greenhouse farm, is making significant strides in the local agricultural landscape. Growbrix also prioritizes circularity in its approach. courtesy of ComCrop.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 5, 2024

Emmert, a horticulturist at the University of Kentucky, was tinkering around with how to build a cheap greenhouse. It lines the sides of greenhouses, blankets fields as “plastic mulch,” covers hoop houses, and winds through farms as irrigation tubes, among other forms. In 1948, E.M. That’s the reason we’re facing such a massive issue.”

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Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Mckinsey finds that human activity has already extended beyond the “safe operating space” for four of these boundaries: biodiversity loss, chemical and plastic pollution, nutrient pollution, and greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. As a sector, agriculture has the single largest direct impact on planetary boundaries.

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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. Moreover, they contribute to forest destruction, the displacement of communities, water pollution and soil degradation. Today, this model of industrial agriculture is no longer fit for purpose.

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Food Tank

MARCH 2, 2024

The International Wineries for Climate Action (IWCA) helps producers with the implement practices to measure and decrease greenhouse gas emissions. To speed up the shift towards a climate-friendly wine industry, IWCA raises awareness about cutting greenhouse gasses in viticulture and hosts workshops to share emission reduction strategies.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Come autumn harvest after a short growing season of about 58 days, Sakari donates most of the yield to regional tribes with distribution assistance from state agencies. They can learn how to grow and harvest traditional foods, make their own recipes in the incubator kitchen, and market and sell their products.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 24, 2023

He powered the greenhouse with on-site solar panels, opted for natural pest control instead of synthetics and sold his products in recyclable, 99% plastic-free packaging. “It’s But with that speed comes massive greenhouse gas emissions from lighting, heating, cooling and dehumidification—powered mostly by petrochemicals. “The

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

Small footprint, big potential “Microgreens” is a term used to describe the tender, edible seedlings of various herbs, vegetables and grains typically seeded in shallow, soil-filled trays, grown under natural or artificial light, then harvested within two weeks of germination. Microgreens at Kupu Place. Photography by author.

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Hartwood Farm

JANUARY 3, 2020

I’m not generally one for New Year’s resolutions (okay, maybe I am, but my new year feels like it starts in March when we fire up the greenhouse!). Greenhouse tetris We are saving our pennies for a greenhouse expansion, but until then somehow managed yet again to run 50,000 seedlings through 600 feet of space! Water (or mud?)

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Agritecture Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

An underground greenhouse currently under construction in Pine Ridge. As these communities grapple with climate change and historical inequities, they create innovative solutions, such as these underground greenhouses. Two people bend over the pallets, using scissors to harvest delicate sprouts of microgreens. Credit: Dawn E.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

The cattle, which were artificially inseminated by students in the spring, will eventually be harvested at a USDA plant and incorporated into the fine dining menu at the college’s student-run campus restaurant, Capstone Kitchen. Over time, the administrators hope to expand with aquaculture, waste management, raised-bed gardening and more.

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Agritecture Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

and Gotham Greens are bringing greenhouse-grown produce and fresh, plant-based foods to more customers across the country. Gotham Greens' farming practices allow the brand to grow, harvest and deliver non-GMO, pesticide-free salad greens and herbs 365 days of the year.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

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. Especially when it comes to food systems. But among the doom and gloom shine beacons of hope.

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Agritecture Blog

JUNE 15, 2023

Indoor agriculture, which includes practices such as vertical farming, greenhouse cultivation, and hydroponics, relies heavily on artificial lighting, climate control, and fertigation systems, which means that these farms are not always more energy-efficient than traditional agriculture. Credit: American Geosciences Institute.

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Food Tank

JULY 26, 2024

That’s because we use no arable land, no freshwater (we make our own on the vessels), no pesticides or fertilizer, and no food to harvest these fish from the wild. Food Tank readers know that food production is a top contributor to climate change, with livestock production accounting for around 15 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

In 2022, Iowa farmers harvested 12.4 That trend prompted some Iowans to look at stores and resources closer to home—to local growers, local meat lockers, local dairies and even local greenhouses. Bushel Boy has a Mason City operation with 17 acres of greenhouses growing different kinds of tomatoes.

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Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The 2021 Global CEA Census Report revealed that at least 38% of greenhouses and vertical farms don't track their energy use. Ceres Greenhouse Solutions The unique design of Ceres’ passive and modular greenhouses. Credit: Ceres Greenhouse Solutions. Credit: GreenBiz.

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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Researchers at Cornell University compiled maps showing areas of the world where crop residues could be converted to biochar as a means of sequestering greenhouse gas emissions. Related ATTRA topic area: Biochar

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AGRIVI

JULY 13, 2023

However, this sector also faces notable challenges due to its significant contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Thus, meeting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards and complying with the Corporate Sustainability and Reporting Directive (CSRD) are essential objectives for them.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

A new study out of the University of California, Irvine, published in the journal Nature Sustainability , shows that chemically synthesized dietary fats, or food fats made scientifically in a factory—not harvested from a field—could be a viable way to reduce environmental impacts in the agriculture sector. “We

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Civil Eats

APRIL 3, 2024

The issue most cited across critiques was simple: When urban farms were separated from community gardens in the study, the higher rate of greenhouse gas emissions reported essentially disappeared. Overall, they found greenhouse gas emissions were six times higher at the urban sites—and that’s the conclusion the study led with.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

percent of its greenhouse gas emissions on food that never gets eaten, as well as an estimated 16 percent of US cropland and 22 percent of its freshwater use. Because of that, growers are always playing a guessing game about how much they will be able to sell and the price they will fetch versus the basic cost of harvest.

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