Food Tank

JUNE 12, 2024

“By regenerating soil health, sequestering carbon, and restoring biodiversity, sustainable ranching practices have the power to reverse the damage caused by decades of industrial agriculture.” This means crops and animals are raised without pesticides or hormones, have access to open areas and are entirely or partially grass-fed.

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Sustainable Food Trust

AUGUST 9, 2023

In Dimbleby’s vision for a sustainable and resilient food future, a diversity of approaches will be needed: “Organic farms will live alongside solar-powered, high-rise greenhouses growing fruit and veg in cities. There will be more space for wild landscapes, as well as nature-rich upland farms.

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World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 3, 2024

Mark Brooks, FMC VENTURES Mark Brooks, Managing Director, FMC VENTURES: “My supervillain is ScorchedFarm, who exposes the vulnerabilities of modern agriculture in the face of climate change. He manipulates weather patterns to bring on drought and extreme temperatures, summons pests that are resistant to pesticides, and degrades the soil.

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Technology Marketing Finance Production 59

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. During a demo of a drone spraying a pesticide over rows of corn, the operators laughed as a gentle breeze blew the mist toward the onlookers. First, the farmers embarked on a wagon tour.

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The Equation

DECEMBER 12, 2023

But those laws primarily focused on the industrial sector, leaving agriculture largely alone. According to the EPA, it applies about a half million tons of pesticides, 12 million tons of nitrogen, and 4 million tons of phosphorus fertilizer to crops in the continental United States every year. Big Ag is a major polluter.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 12, 2024

Conspiracy Theories and an Ongoing Culture War Dozens of peer-reviewed studies have shown that livestock accounts for anywhere between 11 and 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, much of which comes from land use and cow burps.

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Cultivation Cattle Science Ranching 64

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Many of us think about factory farming or industrial agriculture as something that has been around forever, or at least for a really long time. Globally, food systems make up one-third of greenhouse gas emissions, but get 3 percent of public climate funding within the United States. How did it get to this point?

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