Food Tank

DECEMBER 7, 2024

For example, livestock production, fertilizer use and deforestation for farm expansion exacerbate greenhouse gas emissions. Developing quality standards and inspection systems can also improve market access for sustainable and agroecological farmers, including smallholders, said Kimura.

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ATTRA

APRIL 16, 2024

Introduction COMET-Planner is a web-based greenhouse gas (GHG) evaluation tool used to provide modelled estimates of the greenhouse gas impacts of certain conservation practices utilized across various agricultural landscapes. To answer that question, we use a tool called COMET-Planner. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Estrella “Esther” Penunia, the secretary general of the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development, called consolidation a “big problem” and talked about transforming the food system to “shift the power to the people.” Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to advance AIM for Climate, a joint U.S.-U.A.E

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ATTRA

JANUARY 2, 2024

With a combination of these approaches, high tunnel soils can be sustained for year-round crop production. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 10, 2023

For her, the priority is “bringing a solution to the market that can also be localized.” emits greenhouse gas equal to that of 50 million gas-powered cars. In Africa, “there are often a lot of solutions pushed onto the continent,” says Tasneem Karodia, Co-Founder of New Form Foods, at the Food Systems Pavilion. Read more HERE.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JUNE 14, 2023

CAFOs — specifically their large manure lagoons — are also a huge source of methane , a potent greenhouse gas, as well as ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and particulate matter, 3 all of which pose risks to human health. United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development. Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.

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Agwired

MARCH 1, 2024

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Dr. Basil Gooden as USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development. The Agribusiness Association of Iowa (AAI) Foundation announced that its building will be named after Bill Northey and simply called “The Northey Building”. Saying U.S. remains a global leader in corn production and trade.

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