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. Pollution from Tyson farmers’ corn and soybean fields and poultry and beef CAFOs, for example, has severely impacted Midwest waterways.

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Supply Chain Food Agriculture Agriculture 145

CalCAN

APRIL 6, 2023

Farming is also an important contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Side by side with that loss of diversity was a long growth in greenhouse gas emissions that has only recently begun to be addressed. public, across party lines, is concerned about the impacts of climate change on agriculture and food production.

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Agriculture Agriculture Greenhouse Food 52

Agwired

JUNE 18, 2024

Dairy Forage Research Center in partnership with UW–Madison CALS, the new facility and its associated buildings will house robotic milking systems, chambers for measuring greenhouse gas emissions, an advanced animal nutrition unit and state-of-the-art laboratories for agronomy and dairy science, as well as offices and a visitor center.

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Science Animal Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture 45

Agwired

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Bovaer reduces methane emissions by 30 percent on average for dairy cows, and thereby lowers the overall greenhouse gas footprint per liter of milk by 10-15 percent. The award pays tribute to individuals for “sustained and exemplary service” to the poultry and egg industry.

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Cattle Poultry Production Animal Agriculture 59

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

They help farmers and ranchers keep drinking water clean for our urban and rural communities, build soil resilience and limit the impacts of severe drought and flooding, provide healthy habitats for wildlife, mitigate agriculture’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and support farm operations that are productive and sustainable long-term.

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Ruralism Food Farming Farming 111

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

Foster Farms is a poultry company that sells chicken and chicken products in chain grocery stores across the country. Federal and state governments have put forth biogas technology as a way to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. In Linn County, there was no public announcement of Foster Farms’ arrival.

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Farming Farming Manure Industrial Agriculture 107

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

Foster Farms is a poultry company that sells chicken and chicken products in chain grocery stores across the country. Federal and state governments have put forth biogas technology as a way to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. In Linn County, there was no public announcement of Foster Farms’ arrival.

Farming 81

Farming Farming Manure Industrial Agriculture 81

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

While many of these priorities – such as agricultural climate adaptation and mitigation, MMRV of greenhouse gas emissions, and public cultivar development – are important additions to improve AFRI’s focus on agroecological research, without increased funding, AFRI will be limited in its ability to address these new priority areas.

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Farming Farming Agriculture Agriculture 115

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 12113).

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Food Farming Farming Farmland 40

Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The food sector, top to bottom, generates nearly 40 percent of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. And the meat industry alone, by some estimates, accounts for nearly 60 percent of all greenhouse gasses produced by the food system. Climate change, though, is where the game is really changing for meat. And on it went.

Food 52

Food Greenhouse Cattle Production 52