Modern Farmer

APRIL 10, 2024

There’s no doubt that industrial animal agriculture carries a laundry list of sins; greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity loss, deforestation, water pollution and labor rights abuses are just a few examples. Some argue that intensive factory farms produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions, in general, than extensive, pasture-fed systems.

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Farmbrite

MARCH 28, 2024

Things like automatic windows in the greenhouse are lifesavers. LIVESTOCK: Use automated feeders so you don't have to worry about forgetting when each animal needs their next meal — the feeder takes care of everything automatically when programmed correctly. Livestock Grazing Plan Step by Step: Step 1. And adapt as needed.

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Food Tank

JUNE 12, 2024

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) finds that if farmers and ranchers continue to produce the same amount of livestock, but employ tactics used by the lowest 10 percent of greenhouse gas emitters, overall emissions from the industry could decrease by 30 percent. An assessment by the U.N. Pollard said Cream Co.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 11, 2025

The food system is responsible for an estimated one-third of all greenhouse gas emissions driving this crisis. One key reason: the industrial food chain and its ultra-processed foods are deeply dependent on fossil fuels. At nearly every step of this ultra-processed foods path from the field to the grocery store, fossil fuels are key.

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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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Civil Eats

JANUARY 15, 2024

Exactly how far inland the salt encroaches will depend partially on how effective humans are at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as rising temperatures and melting ice sheets are the main contributors to the ocean’s expansions. Chris Miller in the greenhouse.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Until a few years ago, Songbird Farm in Unity, Maine, grew wheat, rye, oats, and corn, as well as an array of vegetables in three high tunnel greenhouses, and supported a community-supported agriculture (CSA) program for over 100 customers. The sources of contamination were numerous. What we are working on now is the breakdown method.”

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UnderstandingAg

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The reasoning behind the cultivation of lab grown meat is comprised of several thought processes. It reduces the need to farm and slaughter livestock. It reduces greenhouse (GHG) gas emissions. Why should that land not be in livestock production? These include: It is a “greener” alternative to traditional meat production.

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The Lunatic Farmer

JANUARY 18, 2024

All other livestock industries will suffer a similar fate, while the knock-on effects for crop farmers and businesses throughout the value chain will be severe. This rapid improvement is in stark contrast to the industrial livestock production model, which has all but reached its limits in terms of scale, reach, and efficiency.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

For example, increasing aridity in the Southwest and increasingly wet conditions throughout the northeast regions of the country–from the Midwest through New England–are likely to challenge crop and livestock production. from NCA5 Higher temperatures can stress both crops and livestock. will leave the area increasingly vulnerable.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The UEI is part of larger efforts to streamline federal grant making processes. The UEI is assigned by SAM as part of the registration process and replaces the DUNS number. Innovative livestock grazing management practices used in conjunction with automated tools promote intensive grazing land management systems.

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Civil Eats

JULY 2, 2024

The national program helps small and mid-sized dairy producers squeeze more value out of milk by diversifying their products and markets, reducing waste, and innovating packaging and processing. As the last DBII to be established, in 2019, the region has received significantly less funding, so it has only focused on dairy processing.

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Caff

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

She designed an innovative solution for their small farm which has dramatically improved their process for harvesting and drying crops such as onions and garlic. This innovation significantly cuts down on labor, time and risk of mishandling crops, making the post-harvest process more efficient, especially for a low value crop.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 30, 2023

A lot of consumers don’t understand carbon sequestration or greenhouse gas emissions, but they can really understand habitat,” she tells Food Tank. Maddie Jorden, Director of Marketing at Ranchlands, understands that cattle provide necessary ecosystem services in the absence of native bison.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 23, 2024

Agriculture contributes at least 11 percent of US greenhouse gas emissions , and meat is the biggest contributor among foods. Livestock farmers who practice regenerative farming, improving soil and biodiversity with methods such as rotational grazing, strive to waste nothing and can still wind up with leftovers. .”

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CalCAN

APRIL 6, 2023

Farming is also an important contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Side by side with that loss of diversity was a long growth in greenhouse gas emissions that has only recently begun to be addressed. public, across party lines, is concerned about the impacts of climate change on agriculture and food production.

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The Counter

MAY 19, 2022

Every year, California dairy farms emit hundreds of thousands of tons of the potent greenhouse gas methane, which gets released when livestock operations pool manure in open-air lagoons. California has sector-specific targets for emissions reductions, and cuts at dairy farms are attributed to the livestock sector.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Wild Weather Threatens Farm Viability Although the IRA funds are directed at greenhouse gas mitigation, many forms of agricultural climate mitigation also increase farm resilience. Perennial livestock systems have similar capacities to reduce vulnerability to climate impacts. At the same time, they decrease greenhouse gas emissions.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

For example, researchers utilize the long-term farming systems trials at USDA’s Agricultural Research Service station in Beltsville, MD , to address nutrients, weeds, soil health, greenhouse gas mitigation, and net economic returns in organic field crop rotations. Yet, knowledge gaps remain that warrant additional research attention.

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Farmbrite

MARCH 2, 2023

This career field is as varied as the subject of agriculture itself is: there are dairy farmers, livestock ranchers, fruit growers, crop farmers, and organic farmers, just to name a few. Farmers are the people who grow crops and raise livestock, but they are also so much more.

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Food Tank

JUNE 19, 2024

Hot Farm Food and agriculture systems are responsible for roughly one third of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. Each month on Lecker, Dearlove also selects a new food-related book and interviews the author about the process of writing it.

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Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The plant was originally sold as both a cheap feed for livestock and a way to replenish soil, but eventually lost favor due to its aggressive growth. 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.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

His mom, Christy Walton—widow to Sam’s son John—has a net worth of about $11 billion, which she has used to fund restaurants, large ocean aquaculture projects, and a 40,000-acre ranch that offers a “regenerative experience” to tourists and has acted as a site for research on land and livestock management.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 21, 2023

In the release, the WFO claimed cultivated livestock products “are supported by marketing campaigns that enhance the myth of greater sustainability compared to agriculture” and asserted that “there is no reliable evidence to compare cell-based food to farmer-produced one.” Photography by Good Meat. Now, that’s a long journey to get there.”

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 28, 2023

Methane gas digesters are used by dairy farms to convert manure into energy and reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The heat from the digestion process produces a pathogen-free fiber. That figure includes food losses during farming, processing, distribution, retail operations, and consumption (e.g.,

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Caff

JANUARY 24, 2024

A Workshop with Cheetah Tchudi on Mycoremediation In December 2022, the Community Alliance with Family Farmers partnered with TurkeyTail Farm to co-host a workshop and peer-to-peer learning event about using mushrooms for bioremediation (utilizing natural processes to improve/heal something) in post-wildfire applications.

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Agwired

OCTOBER 30, 2024

This reduction is comparable to the greenhouse gas emissions produced by 185,641 gasoline-powered vehicles driven over the course of one year. Denali’s depackaging process enabled farmers to receive fertilizer and/or animal feed at no cost, saving them a minimum of $100 per acre.

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ATTRA

APRIL 30, 2024

We traveled to Dickenson College Organic Farm in Carlisle, PA to visit Matt Steiman, Farm Energy and Livestock Manager at the farm. The process of anaerobic digestion for production of natural gas is straightforward. The digestate goes through a liquid removal process and can then be used for bedding in the barn.

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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This region has great potential to store atmospheric carbon (greenhouse gases), which is the driver of climate extremes, e.g., more frequent droughts, prolonged heat, higher average daily temperatures, and changes in rain intensity, timing, and amounts (flooding events). and the world. Most of this region of the U.S. What’s carbon farming?

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 15, 2023

While farmers like Fischer are avid proponents of the need to address greenhouse gas emissions, others may be less certain about that need. Another livestock farmer, Bob Vollinger, has also shifted toward grazing practices. At Elmwood Stock Farm in Kentucky, he was practicing crop-livestock integration and extending his rotations.

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Sustainable Food Trust

AUGUST 9, 2023

At the same time, diets are becoming increasingly ultra-processed at the expense of nutritious whole foods. Ultra-processed foods currently make up 57% of our diets. Early warnings of the potentially damaging effects of industrial agriculture and food processing technologies upon planetary and human health provoked a vehement backlash.

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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. the research is part of the Association’s comprehensive research program encompassing all phases of poultry and egg production and processing. The topic is “Where Are Red Meat Exports Heading?”

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JUNE 22, 2023

This included voicing support for pieces of legislation like the Agriculture Resilience Act, the Strengthening Local Processing Act, and the Local Farms and Food Act. Cody Hopkins of Grassroots Coop in Arkansas said, “The EQIP contract has been great for us, but we still need more expertise in silvopasture and livestock technical assistance.”

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Civil Eats

JULY 30, 2024

According to a joint study by the Environmental Working Group and the firm Clean Metrics, dairy-based cheese is the third-highest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, trailing behind beef and lamb. At one time, she conserved rare breeds of livestock in Maine. A cheese expert feels the rind that develops during the aging process.

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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. Its like full circle.

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CalCAN

MARCH 27, 2023

Farmers and ranchers in our network have lost crops, livestock, and structures, been evacuated (some multiple times), and had their operations disrupted by smoke, public safety power shutoffs, or loss of insurance. These high-intensity, uncontrolled wildfires are both exacerbated by and contribute to climate change.

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Cropaia

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Without access to financial resources, it can be difficult for smallholder farmers to invest in the equipment and inputs they need to grow crops and raise livestock. Failing to involve smallholder farmers in the planning and implementation process: Smallholder farmers are the experts when it comes to their own operations and challenges.

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