Food Tank

DECEMBER 19, 2023

They produce around 30 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. It starts with governments having a plan to transform their food systems in ways that incentivize the production, distribution and consumption of foods that are good for health and good for the environment. Food systems will now be center stage in all future COPs.”

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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. It addresses a critical need for organic producers who often lack access to cultivars optimized for their production methods.

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Agritecture Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Demand for localized food systems and the products coming from them is rising, and companies are responding to it. Vertical farms and greenhouses are seeing much more capital investment than they had in the past, and CEA businesses are improving their unit economics through new technologies which attract investment, as well.

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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. This approach promotes resilience, reduces reliance on centralized production methods, and empowers smaller-scale farmers. Founded in 2016 by Cliff Pollard in the Bay Area of California, Cream Co.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

million (among other grants) to help farmers change their practices and launch a “regenerative foodscape” and is involved in a $80 million USDA-supported project on climate-smart rice production. If you don’t say yes, they pull your product.” If you don’t say yes, they pull your product.” Then, they’ll lower it every few years.

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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

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. degree warming target set in the Paris Agreement due to the state oil company’s plan to continue increasing oil and gas production.

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Agritecture Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

and Gotham Greens are bringing greenhouse-grown produce and fresh, plant-based foods to more customers across the country. Gotham Greens' farming practices allow the brand to grow, harvest and deliver non-GMO, pesticide-free salad greens and herbs 365 days of the year.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 24, 2023

He powered the greenhouse with on-site solar panels, opted for natural pest control instead of synthetics and sold his products in recyclable, 99% plastic-free packaging. “It’s But with that speed comes massive greenhouse gas emissions from lighting, heating, cooling and dehumidification—powered mostly by petrochemicals. “The

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DTN

JULY 24, 2023

fertilizer application, irrigation, machinery use, pesticide application) and the sources of carbon sequestration (e.g., Data collection and projection to compare sustainable farm practices To help estimate values for other variables, including the use of carbon products, panels of farmers are interviewed.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 1, 2024

If the end game is simply more mass production and consumption, with the thought that all of this material will quickly degrade or find its way to recycling, our oceans and landfills of trash will only grow. Fashion contributes around 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, second only to big oil. Enter next-gen synthetics.

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Caff

JULY 28, 2024

In this blog post, I’ll share insights and lessons learned from a workshop I attended regarding the practice of pile burning for biochar production, and also introduce the benefits and limitations of biochar use. This is particularly beneficial in arid and semi-arid regions, where water scarcity limits agricultural productivity.

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AGRIVI

JULY 21, 2023

The platform allows companies to closely monitor and analyze key metrics such as machinery and fuel usage, mineral fertilizers usage, pesticides and crop protection usage, and irrigation and water usage which are instrumental in the calculation of their scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 26, 2023

All of this is very important to get CEA produce closer to cost parity with outdoor-grown products. However, the industry must also work on increasing consumer demand for CEA-grown specialty products, which is critical to the sector’s overall growth. pound Greenhouse-grown, conventional: $6.28/pound

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Sustainable Harvest International

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Conventional sugarcane production uses high levels of pesticides and other agrochemicals, which are harmful to local wildlife and local communities. Aside from the environmental effects of sugarcane production, the grand reach of the industry takes agency and opportunity away from smallholder farmers.

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Civil Eats

JULY 17, 2023

López’s family moved to Salton City from Arizona in 2018 when her then-husband got a job working in greenhouses in the Imperial Valley, south of the sea. Agricultural runoff from both valleys is the primary input into the Salton Sea, and with that runoff comes pesticides and nutrients such as phosphorous and nitrogen. In 2002, U.S.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

The question of how to diversify farm production is closely linked with the question of expanding access to land. Suppressing pests and disease Much of pest management in conventional systems relies on synthetic pesticides, often alongside genetically modifying a single variety for resistance to sprays, in the case of herbicides.

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Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

However, since Soli grows in soil, their products are certified organic. Orbillion claims to “move from sample to finished product 18x faster and 10x cheaper than other cell-cultured meat companies”, which accounts for their speedy timeline. Voltiris Voltiris’s solar panels can help power greenhouses.

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DTN

AUGUST 29, 2023

To meet consumer demands for sustainably produced food In the past, knowing where food products came from (country of origin labeling) was one of the top concerns for many consumers. Now, the concern is not only where a food product came from but also how its ingredients were grown.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 18, 2024

In other words, farmers lucky enough to produce a high-value product—especially when it’s intrinsically tied to the soil it’s grown in—may be uniquely positioned to help experiment, develop, and de-risk regenerative practices across all kinds of farms. It is a rapidly growing category.”

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Sustainable Food Trust

AUGUST 9, 2023

Yet, at present, if you farm in ways that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase biodiversity and deliver a range of social benefits, you are likely to make less money than if you farm extractively. This is why so many of the small family dairy farms producing milk from fewer than 100 cows have disappeared in recent years.

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Agwired

APRIL 10, 2024

Department of Agriculture published the second edition of Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Agriculture and Forestry: Methods for Entity Scale Inventory. The report provides farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners with the methods and tools needed to assess the greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint of their operations.

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UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Merely extracting these products releases methane and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Processing and distributing these energy products release additional greenhouse gases, as well as when we create electricity, cook our food, or while we’re standing still idling in traffic on a highway or downtown in any metropolitan area.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

I could triple [production] and still be able to operate it from my home,” says DiLillo. Customers now include nearby restaurants, and with business booming, he’s put a 10-by-20-foot greenhouse in the backyard and hopes to upgrade to a larger vertical farming structure in the near future.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

With climatic conditions playing no part in the crop’s success, growers have reliable year-round production of greater quantity and the highest quality. 5: Food Safety In using controlled growing environments, vertical farms are intrinsically free of harmful pesticides. These do not impact CEA growers in the same way, if at all.”

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 20, 2024

Urban ag is any kind of food production space within a city, inclusive of commercial farms that grow and sell directly to consumers, non-profit farms that serve a broader mission, community gardens, school gardens and even vacant lots turned into thriving personal gardens or homesteads. Back up a step: What is urban agriculture?

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 1, 2023

Farms Adapt to Climate Change Sorghum—popular among young, BIPOC, and under-resourced farmers—has extra long roots that allow it to withstand drought and sequester greenhouse gasses. An Ancient Grain Made New Again: How Sorghum Could Help U.S.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 3, 2023

More than just an explicit set of production practices, this way of farming is known as “agroecology”, and refers to working with, rather than against, nature. And finally, many farmers want to see a guaranteed market to sell their crops into - ideally one that carries a premium for regeneratively-grown products.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The trademarked Trecise application method means growers are able to use far less of the solution than a traditional pesticide. We can start treating trees about two months out of the greenhouse and jump on those trees early,” says Gerrard. “By But young saplings have small trunks that don’t allow for a traditional injection.

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AGRIVI

JUNE 7, 2023

This includes aspects such as resource usage, waste management, greenhouse gas emissions, labor conditions, and supply chain transparency. The increased transparency enables a deeper understanding of the agri-food value chain, including the processes involved in food production, processing, and distribution.

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AGRIVI

JUNE 28, 2023

Food production is a complex, dynamic system facing a multitude of pressures. These include environmental factors and climate change , as well as economic challenges such as inflation and heightened consumer demand for organic and natural products.

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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. Food production “doesn’t even start at the farm, it starts at the fossils. The entire industrial agri-business-based system needs fertilizers and pesticides to function,” Tostado says.

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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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Agwired

JULY 25, 2024

Tech Hub LIVE is thrilled to announce that the exhibit hall is officially sold out, showcasing a dynamic range of exhibitors and sponsors who will be present to share their innovative products and services. The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announced $2.6 The department awarded $1.72

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Agritecture Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

A recent report by McKinsey revealed that while Africa has large amounts of untapped agricultural land that could be used to increase production, much of this land is in unreachable areas. The EGGS system reportedly utilizes an estimated 2,000 liters of water in a four-week production period to produce up to 600 kg of lettuce.

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CalCAN

JUNE 28, 2023

This system will be better for my crops, better for water quality and will make me a better farmer in the long run.” — Jerry DaSilva, Manuel DaSilva Dairy, San Joaquin County Healthy Soils: ““Farming can play an integral role in wildlife enhancement as well as food production. Pollinator Habitat Program – Launched just two years ago, $14.5

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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. Chemical-dependent agriculture is a fossil fuel hungry industry and contributes disproportionately to making our planet unlivable.

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