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A Real Solution to the Cattle Industry’s ‘Methane Problem’

UnderstandingAg

The entire production chain of the feedstuffs going into modern confinement dairies and feedlots involves the burning of fossil fuels to produce the fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides necessary for large-scale, mono-crop, industrial production of corn and soy. follow the laws of thermodynamics, and B.)

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Regenerative Food Certification: Gold Standard or Greenwashing?

Modern Farmer

But she maintains that “organic is still really important,” and that’s why USDA organic standards, food grown without most pesticides and synthetic fertilizers, is the minimum baseline for the ROC certification. Meanwhile, Whitlow from ROC maintains that it matters what practices you use to get to the outcome. “I

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What to Know About Wildfire and Food Safety

Caff

The Problem Although not all fire fallout is toxic, the impacts on livestock and crops from wildfire ash containing contaminants from household products, vehicles, fuel, fertilizers, pesticides, plastics, electrical systems, etc. Designated Containment Areas Keep pesticides/fertilizers, etc.

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PARALLEL ECONOMIES - AGRICULTURE

The Lunatic Farmer

Floating on a sea of cheap energy, these facilities promised mechanized farming and pharmaceutical health. Throughout history, agriculture required a highly integrated approach because until cheap energy and mechanization, distribution was laborious. Travelers drug manure into hotels. SEGREGATED VERSUS INTEGRATED.