Greenhouse Harvesting Industrial Agriculture Yield 
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. Today, this model of industrial agriculture is no longer fit for purpose. Moreover, they contribute to forest destruction, the displacement of communities, water pollution and soil degradation.
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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Sustainable Food Trust
MAY 31, 2023
The film unravels some of the issues that have driven our present-day problems, and points to a way forward that draws on the time-honoured practices of mixed rotational farming, eschewing extractive industrial food production for a more hopeful, sustainable future. Film poster courtesy of Mystic Arts. on Amazon Prime/Apple TV/iTunes.
Food Environment and Reporting Network
JULY 13, 2023
Department of Agriculture (USDA) program, this amalgam of farming methods aims to keep the American agricultural juggernaut steaming ahead while slashing the sector’s immense greenhouse gas footprint. billion to hundreds of agriculture organizations, corporations, universities, and nonprofits for climate-smart projects.
Civil Eats
JULY 9, 2024
It was the annual field day at The Mill , a popular Mid-Atlantic retailer of agricultural products including seeds, fertilizer, and pesticides. One stop showed off a soybean yield trial. First, the farmers embarked on a wagon tour. At another, a scientist presented research on a new class of nitrogen-fixing inputs.
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