Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

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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Food Agriculture Agriculture Supply Chain 133

World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 3, 2024

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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Technology Marketing Finance Production 59

Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

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.

Farming 98

Farming Farming Manure Agriculture 98

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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Food Seeding Farming Farming 98

Modern Farmer

APRIL 15, 2024

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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Manure Production Farming Farming 142

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

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.

Farming 108

Farming Farming Manure Industrial Agriculture 108

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

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.

Farming 82

Farming Farming Manure Industrial Agriculture 82