Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

One estimate, informed by USDA data, suggests that 99 percent of livestock grown in the US is raised in a CAFO. Federal and state governments have put forth biogas technology as a way to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. As of 2022, there were more than 21,000 large CAFOs in the US.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2023

All told, annual greenhouse gases released from plastic production, landfilling, and incineration total 850 million tons , or 4.5 According to FAO, plastic films such as black mulch and greenhouse covers account for the bulk of annual global use, at more than 8 million tons. percent of global emissions.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Harvey Williams Perhaps the most immediate economic opportunity, he said, would be for the Delta to lean into specialty versions of the commodities its known for: growing edamame for human consumption instead of soybeans for livestock, or jasmine or basmati rice instead of long-grain. But he has bigger plans.

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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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Agwired

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Join the Livestock Publications Council for the November Coffee and Collaboration on Friday, November 22, 2024 at 12 p.m. Over 60 industry professionals gathered for the American Feed Industry Association ’s (AFIA) annual Equipment Manufacturers Conference (EMC), held in Bonita Springs, Fla. ” with John Herath, U.S.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 24, 2024

The ability to manufacture cold has shaped not just our diet and health, she argues, but our economy, landscape, and geopolitics. Civil Eats spoke with Twilley about her book, how refrigeration has transformed our relationship with food, and the implications of feeding the world’s seemingly insatiable appetite for manufactured cold.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

and 8 percent of Californias greenhouse gas emissions, mostly from croplands, industrial vehicles, and livestock. What Prompted the Definition, and What Its Supposed to Do Agriculture plays a significant role in climate change, producing 10 percent of U.S.

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The Equation

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Runoff from these applications, as well as from soil erosion and livestock manure, is the leading cause of river and stream pollution, the second leading cause of wetland pollution, and the third leading cause of lake pollution. The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has been ringing the alarm bell about agricultural pollution for years.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The sectors boosters had promised to simulate the meats many of us grew up eatingbeef, chicken, and pork, minus the suffering and greenhouse gas emissions. The domesticated livestock we eat today might make sense from the perspective of animal husbandry, but their cells arent the best match for giant stainless-steel tanks.

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NASDA

MARCH 10, 2025

African American Farmers of California Agribusiness Council of Indiana Agricultural Council of Arkansas Agricultural Retailers Association Alaska Farm Bureau American Agri-Women American Bakers Association American Beverage Association American Cotton Producers American Dairy Coalition American Farm Bureau Federation American Feed Industry Association (..)

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