Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Patrick Brown, who was named North Carolinas Small Farmer of the Year by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University this year, grows almost 200 acres of industrial hemp for both oil and fiber, and 11 acres and several greenhouses of vegetablesbeets, kale, radishes, peppers, okra, and bok choy.

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Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

Modern Farmer

APRIL 15, 2024

A new report by Friends of the Earth US and Socially Responsible Agriculture Project (SRAP) backs up that sentiment. The study suggests that methane digesters create incentives for the growth of industrial agriculture, further entrenching food systems that harm both people and the environment.

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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.

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Agriculture Agriculture Greenhouse Manure 78

Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 31, 2023

Foroohar grew up in the Midwest heartland of Indiana where the industrial food system was born. She explores the transformation of farming, especially in this region which is dominated by corn, soy and wheat production, and how smaller-scale farmers have been pushed out as large corporations take increasing control over the land.

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Food Farming Farming Ranching 52

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

This frequency with which polluting industries are built in these communities is evidence of ongoing environmental injustice. Foster Farms is a poultry company that sells chicken and chicken products in chain grocery stores across the country. By incentivizing manure production, biogas encourages mega-dairies to grow in size.

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Farming Farming Manure Industrial Agriculture 103

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

This frequency with which polluting industries are built in these communities is evidence of ongoing environmental injustice. Foster Farms is a poultry company that sells chicken and chicken products in chain grocery stores across the country. By incentivizing manure production, biogas encourages mega-dairies to grow in size.

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Farming Farming Manure Industrial Agriculture 71

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. In reality, there is a very long way to go before cultivated meat could really cut into the meat industry.

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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. Back at the barn, companies that sell their products at The Mill had set up folding tables to talk to farmers and hand out swag. First, the farmers embarked on a wagon tour. they yelled.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

billion people rely on non-timber forest products (NTFPs) for food, energy, medicine, and income. Yet these qualities are their superpowers, making these food systems resilient, nutritious, and far more secure than industrial agriculture. Addressing these in silos misses their interconnections, says Laird.

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The Equation

DECEMBER 12, 2023

That makes the fertilizer industry a double threat to the climate. SW: Fertilizer companies encourage the industrial agriculture sector to overapply its product, and when all of that synthetic nitrogen-based fertilizer is sprayed on soil, nitrous oxide is emitted into the atmosphere.

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Fertilizer Pesticide Agriculture Agriculture 114

National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

As it reads now, the bill fails to prioritize equitable farmland access, divests from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and strikes climate provisions that would assist farmers in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preparing for extreme weather events. The committee considered the bill in a 13.5-hour

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In an age of mechanized and industrialized agriculture, they face many challenges in operating a sustainable cattle farm—and there’s federal assistance to help with that. has the world’s largest fed-cattle industry and livestock make up half or more of some states’ ag exports , what if your state isn’t big into pork or beef?

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