Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2023

These synthetic polymer products have often been used to help boost yields up to 60 percent and make water and pesticide use more efficient. All told, annual greenhouse gases released from plastic production, landfilling, and incineration total 850 million tons , or 4.5 percent of global emissions. plastics policy.

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Food Tank

JUNE 12, 2024

This means crops and animals are raised without pesticides or hormones, have access to open areas and are entirely or partially grass-fed. Founded in 2016 by Cliff Pollard in the Bay Area of California, Cream Co. Meats requires all their partner farms to be operating with never-ever practices or better. Many of Cream Co.

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Besides allowing for a high degree of traceability using emerging technologies, a key factor in food safety is the reduced need for harmful pesticides. Well-designed vertical farms exclude disease vectors that are found in conventional agriculture and this reduces the need for applications of pesticides for pest management.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The declaration is key to what will be a two-year process through which countries will converge their work on climate and their work on food in ways that serve the interests of farmers and. consumers of all kinds,” said Nabarro. There is built into the declaration the notion that there will also be accountability.” On Thursday, the U.S.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 1, 2024

Fashion contributes around 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, second only to big oil. Companies often blend natural with plastic fibers, adding dyes and finishes, and blends are particularly hard to recycle because the components require different processes. Another big factor is end of life. Enter next-gen synthetics.

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DTN

JULY 24, 2023

fertilizer application, irrigation, machinery use, pesticide application) and the sources of carbon sequestration (e.g., To help explain the complex calculations behind measuring a farm or field’s carbon footprint, we’ve summarized some of these tools and processes below. reduced tillage, cover crops, treed acres).

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The Equation

MAY 11, 2023

To significantly reduce the land sinking process, there needs to be a significant increase in groundwater levels. We estimated the potential of these buffer areas to contribute to reductions in water use, pesticide use, toxic nitrate leaching, and greenhouse gas emissions. million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year.

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 26, 2023

For example, a large percentage of tomatoes, cucumber and peppers sold at US food retailers are grown in greenhouses today. pound Greenhouse-grown, conventional: $6.28/pound pound Greenhouse-grown berries (non-organic) are priced at a 121% premium to conventional and a 70% premium to organically grown berries.

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AGRIVI

JUNE 7, 2023

Keeping food safe is a complex process that starts on the farm and ends with the consumer. This includes aspects such as resource usage, waste management, greenhouse gas emissions, labor conditions, and supply chain transparency.

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Food Tank

MAY 1, 2024

Approximately 2 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions come from nitrogen fertilizers , according to a study in Nature. The entire industrial agri-business-based system needs fertilizers and pesticides to function,” Tostado says. Food production “doesn’t even start at the farm, it starts at the fossils.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 3, 2023

This approach is gaining popularity due to increasing fertilizer and pesticide costs, fragile ecosystems that provide essential water and air quality services, and increased attention for local and regional food systems. Furthermore, any change to a farmer’s process costs time, money, and carries a level of risk.

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AGRIVI

JUNE 28, 2023

On top of that , the food and beverage sector faces significant regulatory requirements , considering its substantial contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This is especially important for food and beverage companies, as two-thirds of Scope 3 emissions occur in the farming and food-processing stages.

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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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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Last year, the foundation supported the production of a report on greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture , which played a significant role in the national conversation around regenerative agriculture. Rosmann’s 700-acre organic operation is an anomaly in the region. Walmart was far from alone in initiating these shifts.

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CalCAN

JUNE 28, 2023

Organic systems are shown to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and store carbon while also eliminating the use of fossil fuel-based pesticides and fertilizers. Please add your organization or farm to the growing list of supporters by signing on to this letter below.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This translates to healthier food and a healthier environment and reduces reliance on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. Given its history of supporting highly innovative and practical research, ORG merits an increased investment through formal authorization in the next Farm Bill and robust funding in the annual Appropriations process.

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Caff

JULY 28, 2024

This chemical process is called pyrolysis, and produces charcoal, or, biochar. Creating Biochar: Methods and Processes Biochar can be produced using specialized biochar kilns or through traditional methods like pile burning. Portuguese settlers called these Amazonian soils terra preito do indo which means Indian black earth.

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Sustainable Harvest International

JULY 19, 2022

Of course, the agrochemical companies and their apologists have a profit motive to make us believe we can’t produce enough food without synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. As the name implies, this is a no-cost system relying on ecological processes to produce the same yields as more expensive conventional systems.

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Cropaia

DECEMBER 25, 2022

They can also recommend the most appropriate pesticides and fertilizers to apply. As climate change continues to be a major global challenge, more and more companies are setting ambitious net zero targets in an effort to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate their impact on the environment. Lack of farmer involvement.

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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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Hartwood Farm

JANUARY 22, 2021

One thing that I love about being farming is this sheer bulk of information we need to process, and the different things we can tweak to be just a little bit better. Wherever I am on the farm, if I’m within Wi-Fi range and have my headphones on, I’m probably listening to a webinar.

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Farmbrite

MARCH 28, 2024

Things like automatic windows in the greenhouse are lifesavers. Implement a Crop Rotation Plan Crop rotation is the process of growing different crops in a sequential, multi-year cycle. CROPS: Automate watering tasks by using an automatic drip system or sprinkler system. And adapt as needed.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Everything from silage wraps, tote drums, containers, plastic mulch, greenhouse sheeting and row covers have a use in modern-day agriculture, although much of it is single-use and not recyclable. million empty pesticide and fertilizer containers and nearly 300,000 empty seed and pesticide bags. Globally, 12.5

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 12, 2023

It generates about a third of greenhouse gas emissions globally.” Representatives from Bayer and CropLife America, the pesticide trade group, were also present as sponsors of the Sustainable Agriculture of the Americans pavilion. “Let’s be clear: we know our current food systems are broken,” she said.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 23, 2023

The term is meant to capture the nuance between different agricultural methods that are often promoted as competing against each other, [such as vertical farms and greenhouses,] when in fact, they overlap, and various combinations of them can reap greater environmental, economic, and social benefits than any one solution alone.

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DTN

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

It provides incentives for the agriculture sector to increase sustainable farming practices; it is poised to reduce biofuel and ethanol production costs while increasing profit margins; and helps lower greenhouse gas emissions across multiple sectors. EcoField data can also be modeled to evaluate farm emissions delineated by their origin.

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RR2CS

MARCH 8, 2022

Through careful observation of land and climate, Jenna and Thomas have gradually built two cabins, a greenhouse, an organic market garden, and apiary. They’re also in the process of establishing a shelter belt and heirloom flower garden. It’s important that we use organic varieties, as we’re hoping to grow organic certified crops.

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World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 3, 2024

Kiersten Stead, DCVC BIO Kiersten Stead, Managing Partner, DCVC BIO: “The supervillain is misleading, unhelpful, marketing of food as “natural”, “non-GMO”, “clean”, or suggesting “processed foods are bad” , higher GHG emitting farming methods-“organic” “biodynamic”. Regulatory approvals are lengthy processes. Crops take time to grow.

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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. During a demo of a drone spraying a pesticide over rows of corn, the operators laughed as a gentle breeze blew the mist toward the onlookers. First, the farmers embarked on a wagon tour.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Even before that food gets to the dump, its production—involving fossil fuel–based fertilizers and pesticides, nitrous oxide released in fields, and energy use— results in annual greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to that of 42 coal-fired power plants. In the U.S., about 35 percent of food is thrown out before it’s eaten.

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Civil Eats

JULY 12, 2023

Yesterday, the agency took a big step toward refining its definition of that term by announcing a major initiative intended to improve the data it uses to guide efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and make farms more resilient to climate change. Read More: US Groups Invest Billions in Industrial Ag in Africa.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 12, 2024

Conspiracy Theories and an Ongoing Culture War Dozens of peer-reviewed studies have shown that livestock accounts for anywhere between 11 and 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, much of which comes from land use and cow burps. He argues that it’s as safe as traditional meat.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Moreover, they have more potential to contribute to greenhouse gas mitigation via carbon sequestration. This would further enable farmers to drastically cut pesticide use and increase habitat availability for a wide range of species. A better system would allow farmers to diversify the range of species they produce.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 12, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) retract a memo it released last year that reported the agency found no evidence of PFAS in its tests of commonly used pesticides. EPA initiated the tests after an environmental toxicologist found alarming levels of multiple PFAS in six out of 10 agricultural pesticides he tested.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

And it found that despite an executive order directing agencies to consider greenhouse gas emissions in procurement, another addressing consolidation , and hundreds of millions of dollars granted to small and mid-size farms and processors over the past few years, the government isn’t exactly putting its money where its mouth is.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

And while many states have acted to restrict farms’ ability to spray pesticides near those schools, Congressional lawmakers are considering multiple proposals that could block them from doing so in the future. The bill had strong support among groups that represent the agriculture, landscaping, and pesticide industries.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

As it reads now, the bill fails to prioritize equitable farmland access, divests from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and strikes climate provisions that would assist farmers in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preparing for extreme weather events. Shifts the burden of proof in the appeals process to USDA.

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