Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

The drones have numerous other applications in ag, such as pesticide application, seeding fields, surveying plant health, and taking a tree census of the local area. Founded in 2019 by NYU adjunct professor of food science Lauren Katz, Helaina aims to create an infant formula with bioactive proteins identical to those found in breastmilk.

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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. Exploring Uncharted Knowledge Gaps Working with limited funding, OREI and ORG have enabled tremendous strides in advancing the science and practice of organic farming and ranching over the past two decades.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

And because they grow quickly with minimal resources—and without herbicides or pesticides—scientists point to their potential to help bolster nutritional security, hedge against disruptions in the food supply chain and even generate fresh produce on long-term space missions.

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Sustainable Food Trust

AUGUST 9, 2023

In Dimbleby’s vision for a sustainable and resilient food future, a diversity of approaches will be needed: “Organic farms will live alongside solar-powered, high-rise greenhouses growing fruit and veg in cities. There will be more space for wild landscapes, as well as nature-rich upland farms.

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Hartwood Farm

JANUARY 22, 2021

Every year, we use language and science, biology, geometry, chemistry, marketing, financing, graphic designing, accounting computer programing, and a truly staggering amount of algebra. For some of us, that could be no till and deep soft beds tucked in every winter under 12 inches of leaves.

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World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 3, 2024

He manipulates weather patterns to bring on drought and extreme temperatures, summons pests that are resistant to pesticides, and degrades the soil. If you can’t afford to exit, everyone loses – the founders, the investors, and the incredible science and engineering under development. The heroes are CSOs and CTOs.

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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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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In this 2023 Holiday Book Guide, you’ll find reviews of memoirs, personal essays, histories, science writing, journalism, cookbooks, guidebooks, and photo collections—written by our editors, staff writers, and freelance contributors. In addition to our top picks for holiday giving, you’ll find a roundup of our recent book coverage.

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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. We have to have accurate, reliable measurements of the impact.

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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. Compared with the global meat production, cultivated meat is still in its infancy.

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The Equation

DECEMBER 12, 2023

According to the EPA, it applies about a half million tons of pesticides, 12 million tons of nitrogen, and 4 million tons of phosphorus fertilizer to crops in the continental United States every year. Geostatistics can be applied to any spatially dependent data, and it is commonly used in environmental science investigations.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

DECEMBER 20, 2024

2501); requires at least 80% of the funds to be used for easements that will most reduce, capture, avoid, or sequester greenhouse gas emissions associated with land eligible for the program as laid out in the IRA (Sec. This program is critical for equipping farmers with the science-backed research they need to fight the climate crisis.

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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. The committee considered the bill in a 13.5-hour

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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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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

“If Trump truly wants to ‘Make America Healthy Again,’ he will ban toxic pesticides and food chemicals, put warning labels on junk food, and require farmers to test for pathogens before they water their crops.” ” Second, the people who feed us could lose important workplace protections.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JANUARY 19, 2024

According to the 2023 Iowa Climate Statement , signed by more than 200 science faculty at 31 colleges and universities across the state, a “one-acre solar farm produces as much energy as 100 acres of corn-based ethanol” over the course of a year. Nor is ethanol doing much to mitigate climate change—and it may actually be helping drive it.

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