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Op-Ed | A Case for Food Diversification

Food Tank

Securing seeds and equipment and building climate-smart infrastructure like greenhouses, requires funding. Diversifying into a new product also means finding a market for it. This can be challenging, especially for niche products. If one product suffers due to pests or weather events, others can still provide income.

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Is pasture-raised beef better for the environment? It sure could be.

Food Politics

But the study delves into a more comprehensive analysis, considering factors beyond direct greenhouse gas emissions. We find that pasture-finished operations have 20% higher production emissions and 42% higher carbon footprint than grain-finished systems. Comment I can understand Kris’s confusion.

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These Manure Digesters Incorporate Food Scraps. Does That Make Them Better?

Civil Eats

The waste grease, collected from a local pizzeria, a Mexican restaurant, and a pub, will be mixed with manure in the dairy farm’s anerobic co-digester and converted into renewable energy. Methane gas digesters are used by dairy farms to convert manure into energy and reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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New York is Suing One of the Country’s Largest Meat Processors for Greenwashing

Modern Farmer

JBS USA is one of the largest meat processors in the world, self-reportedly generating 32 billion pounds of product each year. A few years ago, JBS announced that it would “achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.” JBS USA’s parent company reported greenhouse gas emissions of 71 million tons in 2021.

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Op-Ed | USDA Opens the Door to Climate-Friendly School Meals

Food Tank

Plant-forward menus, which offer fiber-rich vegetarian dishes and plant-based proteins alongside animal-based foods, have a significantly lower environmental footprint when it comes to greenhouse gases, water and land use, manure pollution, and harm to wildlife and native habitats.

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Precision Ag News 2/19

Agwired

In its second year, the NEXTILE competition is designed to highlight the creativity and originality of students studying design by encouraging the use of sustainable textiles, namely soy-based products. Poultry litter is rich in nitrogen and phosphorus, and much of the waste product is applied to farmland as a low-cost fertilizer.

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Meet the Poultry Farmer Teaching Others How to Make Regenerative Farming Add Up

Modern Farmer

Yet, there were few resources to help with marketing your product, finding customers, getting sales and becoming profitable. He took his products to farmers markets and found if he processed birds and sold legs, wings and breasts separately, people were more likely to buy them. But, starting the farm didn’t come easy at first.

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