Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

It was there she met Meg Erskine, co-founder and CEO of the Multicultural Refugee Coalition (MRC), the non-profit that oversees New Leaf and a textile manufacturing studio located at the church. Bista’s son Bal is New Leaf’s chicken and greenhouse manager, and he and his in-laws also have community farmer plots.

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Agwired

MARCH 6, 2024

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) presented the seventh-annual Davidson Prize to the top three innovative products, selected from the AE50 honorees on Friday, March 1, at Commodity Classic in Houston, TX.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 1, 2024

Cheap and easy to make, it’s still the fastest-growing group of fibers used to manufacture garments. Fashion contributes around 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, second only to big oil. The difficulty, and the stage most of these startups are now, is in scaling manufacturing. What’s the solution?

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 20, 2024

He showed me the stacks of donated piping that hes going to set up in a greenhouse so he can grow food hydroponically, year-round and free from pests. It had giant combines, chemicals stored in one-ton plastic tanks, and a 12-row planter drilling rice seeds into a field by an oxbow lake. But he has bigger plans.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 16, 2023

initiative developed in partnership with the world’s biggest chemical, seed, and meat companies—many of whom drive the food system’s biggest sources of greenhouse emissions. Agriculture, Goes on Trial When Seeds Become Toxic Waste The post Will a Food and Ag Focus at COP28 Distract From the Fossil Fuel Economy?

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World Agri-Tech

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Selected from 11 promising teams participating in the three-week basecamp, the winners receive a €250K investment, dedicated support, and access to state-of-the-art laboratory and greenhouse facilities, scientific facilities at VIB and pilot facilities through its partner network.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Methane is a short-lived but potent greenhouse gas that scientists say has driven roughly 30 percent of Earth’s warming since pre-industrial times. The plant-based protein manufacturer supplies a pea crumble to schools across the country that replaces ground beef “one for one,” without changing recipes.

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Agwired

MARCH 28, 2025

Reinke Manufacturing , a global leader in irrigation systems and technology, today announced the general availability of its most advanced remote irrigation management solution to date, ReinCloud 3 , to drive operational savings and yield increases for growers tasked with managing water efficiency. Sakata Seed America, Inc.

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Kavya Organic Farm

AUGUST 29, 2023

Furthermore, Menards also has its in-house home improvement brands such as Midwest manufacturing, Masterforce, Grip fast, Tool shop, and more. Their warm and welcoming customer service allows Menards to be like a family and homely hardware store. The best thing about this company is that it meets all the needs.

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Agwired

AUGUST 15, 2024

Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it intends to establish the Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program Advisory Council (informally known as the Growing Climate Solutions Act Advisory Council) and is seeking nominations for Council membership. Register here. Total sales of Ag tractors dropped 14.1

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AGRIVI

JANUARY 10, 2024

It provides a holistic approach to tracking and managing fertigation and irrigation practices, intended primarily for substrate-grown berries and vegetables in greenhouses, and illustrates well the full range of benefits that technology brings while making agriculture practices more efficient, productive, and sustainable.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

This product combines AgroTechs patented NutriCharge technology with NewLeafs proprietary PPFM (Pink-Pigmented Facultative Methylotrophs) biostimulant technology, creating a first-of-its-kind solution for growers looking for a science-driven approach to seed-applied crop management. It will be available for sale and use this season.

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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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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Greenhouses and vertical farms, widely known as trusted methods of year-round agricultural production, seem to be context-agnostic solutions to agri-food supply chain disruptions, desertification, and other climate change-related problems. Specifically, they use vertical farms to produce seeds and seedlings for outdoor agriculture.

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

The major food safety recalls have occurred in greenhouses, which lack certain design controls that a truly controlled environment can provide and therefore can’t minimize the risk the same way vertical farms can.” in automation design, and have Food Safety processes built into end-to-end integrated software systems.”

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Kavya Organic Farm

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Furthermore, Menards also has its in-house home improvement brands such as Midwest manufacturing, Masterforce , Grip fast, Tool shop, and more. Their warm and welcoming customer service allows Menards to be like a family and homely hardware store. The best thing about this company is that it meets all the needs.

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Agwired

MAY 16, 2024

ESMC’s Eco-Harvest program compensates farmers and ranchers for reduced greenhouse gases, increased soil carbon, improved water quality, and other ecosystem services benefits. The Ecosystem Services Market Consortium (ESMC) released its 2023 Annual Report. Enter promo code MEDIA24 at checkout for free registration. GROWMARK, Inc.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Editor’s Note: This post is the first in a two-part series about seed breeding. This series will explore the history of seed breeding in the US, the impacts of consolidation and concentration of seed breeding on farmers and our food systems, and what a more democratic seed breeding system might look like.

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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. Carbon markets were first created decades ago as a means for companies to offset their greenhouse gas emissions by paying to reduce emissions somewhere else.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

WWF reports that food loss and waste contributes to 8-10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. It is exciting to see USDA and FDA working together to gather information and identify steps for how they can improve the situation. Comments can be submitted electronically on the federal register by clicking HERE.

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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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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The food sector, top to bottom, generates nearly 40 percent of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. And the meat industry alone, by some estimates, accounts for nearly 60 percent of all greenhouse gasses produced by the food system. Climate change, though, is where the game is really changing for meat. And on it went.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 15, 2025

In October, the administration unveiled a national strategy to reduce food waste , which is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. The new definition combines nutrient accounting with ingredient considerations and will now dictate when food manufacturers can use the term healthy on product labels.

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