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23 Fall Food and Agriculture Books to Discover Now

Food Tank

His narrative helps readers understand the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the food’s journey and recommends in-season, local alternatives to many common, high-carbon food choices. Ecologist Mark Easter examines the foods we eat as they move along the supply chain from soil to seller.

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Investors Rewind 10 Years of AgTech: Supervillains, Heroes and Unexpected Truths

World Agri-Tech

Vipula Shukla, GATES FOUNDATION Vipula Shukla, Senior Program Officer, Agriculture R&D, THE BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION : “The hero is always the progressive, technology-driven farmer/producer who understands what does and does not add value to their operation. HarvestHero is winning, barely. anyone who eats!)

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Summer reading 2023: Book reviews

Sustainable Food Trust

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.

Food 98
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‘An Insane Amount of Water’: What Climate Change Means For California’s Biggest Dairy District

Modern Farmer

Although California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) aims to recharge them by regulating draws, the dried-up lake bed has long been collapsing under the massive weight of industrialized agriculture—to the tune of a couple of inches per month.

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Biogas From Mega-Dairies Is a Problem, Not a Solution

Modern Farmer

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. These researchers, communities and advocates are working hard to resist the greenwashing of this technology—and sometimes they succeed.

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Factory Farms Make Bad Neighbors. Folks Are Fighting Back

Modern Farmer

This frequency with which polluting industries are built in these communities is evidence of ongoing environmental injustice. Growing up i n Michigan, the rapid consolidation of dairy farms due to industrialized agriculture led her family to the very difficult decision to sell their dairy.

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Inside Florida’s Ban on Lab-Grown Meat

Modern Farmer

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. This is about allowing a technology to be developed and potentially marketed.”