AgriLife Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Biological nitrification inhibition trait in sorghum may allow reduced fertilizer use and greenhouse gas emissions The post Texas A&M AgriLife researchers identify novel approach to minimize nitrogen loss in crops appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Food Politics

MARCH 5, 2024

But a recent article on meat industry influence on climate change science, sent to me by one of its authors, focuses on two individual recipients of meat industry funding. In the USA, one of the largest consumers and producers of meat and dairy products, livestock greenhouse gas emissions remain effectively unregulated. Jacquet, J.

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Food Tank

APRIL 18, 2024

Methane is one of the most powerful greenhouse gases—it accounts for as much as 30 percent of climate warming and is 86 times more potent than carbon dioxide over a 20 year period, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration reports. Climate Change Conference (COP30), set to take place in the Fall of 2025.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 23, 2023

We’ve done testing from a high-tech, very controlled greenhouse to an open field in Egypt,” says Ryan Lefers, CEO and co-founder. Right now, Lefer and his team utilize their own greenhouses and nurseries to grow seedlings and will also look to sell them to consumers. In a hydroponic system, water is recirculated.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 5, 2024

Certainly, the change in availability is in part due to ease of imports and prevalence of greenhouses today. Greenhouse gases in our atmosphere mean there’s an excess of carbon dioxide now, which stimulates photosynthesis and growth in those plants while also changing their chemistry.

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Food Tank

JULY 26, 2024

Unlike vast swaths of Pacific and Indian Ocean where global treaties are lacking, enforcement is sparse, science is always playing catch-up and ‘dark fleets’ perpetrate illegal fishing and human rights abuses, the Bering Sea is a global model for how fish, fishermen and communities can all thrive. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 5, 2024

Although the food system generates one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions , it has largely been excluded from the climate agendas of most governments. Seaweed farms on both coasts are beginning to take hold, tapping into decades of painstaking science, and could help shellfish thrive in waters affected by climate change and pollution.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 2, 2024

In one of the greenhouses on the Lundberg Family Farms acreage in northern California, there sits a binder. Rice growing in one of the Lundberg Family Farms test greenhouses. People are always turning to science to identify the beneficial genes which could give them an advantage.” Hence, the binder. Photography by author.

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Food Tank

JUNE 5, 2024

He explains that they reduce the time it takes to compost, lowering greenhouse gas emissions, and they require very little water for breeding. Insects can help decrease the number of inputs typically expected in food production, Tonga says. Ultimately, insects have the potential to be used as meat substitutes or dietary supplements.”

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Agwired

JANUARY 3, 2024

Midwestern corn and soybean growers earned more than $140,000 in 2023 for reduced greenhouse gas emissions and increased soil carbon through implementing regenerative agriculture practices. These producers received both payments and technical assistance from Nutrien Ag Solutions as part of their participation in Eco-Harvest pilot projects.

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Food Tank

JULY 7, 2023

In support of Goal 4, to sustainably produce, distribute, and dispose of food: The Mayor’s Office on Climate and Environmental Justice released the City’s first integrated greenhouse gas inventory—measuring emissions from New Yorkers’ consumption of goods, services, transportation, food, and housing.

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Agwired

JULY 17, 2024

a leading designer and manufacturer of precision meters for the agriculture, turf and greenhouse industries, has announced the release of a compact, handheld meter. ICPA brings together brightest minds from around the world, under one canopy to share and advance science and technologies of precision agriculture.

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Food Tank

JUNE 19, 2024

Hot Farm Food and agriculture systems are responsible for roughly one third of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. Maintenance Phase In Maintenance Phase , hosts Michael Hobbes and Aubrey Gordon set out to debunk the junk science that underlies health and wellness fads and misguided nutrition advice.

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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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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Participants will then receive incentive payments for adopting practices that — besides being “climate-smart” — have benefits such as increasing the water-holding capacity of soils, reducing the need for expensive synthetic fertilizers, and boosting overall farm productivity.

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The Equation

MAY 11, 2023

Our main study, “ Water, environment, and socioeconomic justice in California: A multi-benefit cropland repurposing framework ,” was recently published in the journal Science of the Total Environment. But I’ll tell you the truth: this work has been hard for me. million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

The grant, which will provide funding through June 2028, will help the college to enhance its current culinary, horticulture and science curriculum with new classwork that will explore sustainable food production and safety practices, waste management and agribusiness. “We director of the Agriculture Science program.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 18, 2023

Some of the benefits of incorporating vertical farming and hydroponics into school curricula include: Hands-on learning experiences - Students can participate in all aspects of the growing process, from seed selection to crop harvesting, all while learning about the science behind plant growth, nutrition, and water management.

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Farmbrite

MARCH 2, 2023

They work on farms, in fields and greenhouses, around livestock, with plants, soil and water. Agricultural engineers must be skilled in soil science, physics and chemistry as well as computer modeling techniques. They often work in laboratories or greenhouses where they conduct experiments on plants and animals.

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Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

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. Voltiris Voltiris’s solar panels can help power greenhouses. Helaina Helaina employees collaborating in the lab. Credit: Helaina. Credit: Serpentine Ventures.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 10, 2024

A recent study in the journal Science finds that an organic waste ban in Massachusetts has reduced overall waste by 13 percent from 2014 to 2018. Bans on organic waste, or food waste, offer a tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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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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NASDA

JUNE 12, 2023

.” For example, Reardon stated, as the farming community grows closer to housing communities, it is reasonable to expect that greenhouse production or controlled environment agriculture may become more commonplace. Virginia Tech, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Fox, Deanna N. “Have a farming question?

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DTN

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Vessel performance analysis includes numerous data streams, including fuel consumption and efficiency to voyage timings, engine performance, speeds, weather conditions, trim and stability information, propulsion data, hull, propeller conditions, and greenhouse emissions.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 5, 2023

Hylant can build policies for any scale CEA operation, from container farms all the way up to multi-acre greenhouse facilities. Photosynthetic is a brand by award-winning LED technology pioneer Rift Labs, pushing the boundaries of the science of light for more than a decade. Hylant Group Credit: Hylant Group.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 26, 2023

According to CEA operators, some challenges faced by the sector are: Credit: Frontiers in Plant Science The hype surrounding the industry inflates the successes and can gloss over the serious issues that need to be addressed. At the heart of each greenhouse lies cloud-based monitoring, facilitating optimal crop management.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Sturcken has been working with Walmart since 2006, and her team continues to work with the company on its Project Gigaton initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in its supply chains. I believe it called for a reduction or avoidance of 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gasses. So, that has embedded greenhouse gases.

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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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OECD: Environment

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The author shows that initial concerns about potential negative economic effects for the European industry did not materialise.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

We can start treating trees about two months out of the greenhouse and jump on those trees early,” says Gerrard. “By I think ARS’s coordinated national response and team approach to science for solving citrus greening is a model for other challenges in tree and fruit crops,” says Tim Rinehart, a national program leader with ARS, in an email.

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Civil Eats

JULY 2, 2024

However, critics highlight their outsized environmental impact, including excessive water use and pollution caused by concentrated waste, as well as greenhouse gas emissions. These highly productive operations maximize returns in an industry with crushing profit margins.

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Agwired

JANUARY 10, 2024

The finding, reported in the December issue of Pest Management Science , will enable farmers to avoid crop losses, such as by choosing a tolpyralate-tolerant variety or by using a different herbicide product. At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES2024) this week, 3M is unveiling a 30 ft.

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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The science of leaf color is complex and not well understood. This region has great potential to store atmospheric carbon (greenhouse gases), which is the driver of climate extremes, e.g., more frequent droughts, prolonged heat, higher average daily temperatures, and changes in rain intensity, timing, and amounts (flooding events).

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Agritecture Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Image courtesy of Sollum Technologies Written by: Rose Séguin, Agronomist, Sollum Technologies September 5, 2023 Horticulture lighting science and technology have significantly advanced since the advent of HPS lighting. Understanding these dynamics and how to evaluate these new light solutions is important for greenhouse growers.

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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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Ohio State University

OCTOBER 14, 2024

By: Tracy Turner, Ohio State News Contributor The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) has partnered with the City of Columbus to pilot a consumer-focused food waste reduction campaign, with Columbus serving as the first test site for the initiative. The campaign is part of a larger $2.5

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

(Photo courtesy Schreiner) “We have created a template for a tribal farm, which operates very differently than a standard non-Native farm,” explains Schreiner, who has a background in natural resource management, soil science, and water conservation. “We

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