Food Environment and Reporting Network

OCTOBER 24, 2024

If successful, Strey says a little sheepishly in the clip, Plantix would “save the environment by using less pesticides.” During the three intervening years, Strey and her team had reshaped Plantix from a tool they hoped would help reduce global pesticide use into an app that would make it easier for farmers to buy pesticides.

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NASDA

JANUARY 30, 2024

The MTB temporarily reduces or eliminate tariffs on products that are not available in the United States. The lack of a renewal is harming manufacturers of all domestic industries, significantly raising costs and impacting products and jobs and especially impacting small and medium-sized businesses as they pay more for product inputs.

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Kavya Organic Farm

AUGUST 29, 2023

As the creator Vanessa Dawson was moving places, she discovered the harmfulness of present day chemical-based products for plants. The things noticed by Vanessa in the retail environment was that the day-to-day resources and products for plants are actually harmful to the planet, plant pollinators, people and even pets.

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Pesticide Production Marketing Seeding 98

Kavya Organic Farm

OCTOBER 4, 2023

As the creator Vanessa Dawson was moving places, she discovered the harmfulness of present day chemical-based products for plants. The things noticed by Vanessa in the retail environment was that the day-to-day resources and products for plants are actually harmful to the planet, plant pollinators, people and even pets.

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Pesticide Production Marketing Seeding 98

Civil Eats

AUGUST 22, 2023

Yet despite the Act’s historical ties to pesticides—the discovery of DDT’s impacts on bald eagles was one factor that propelled lawmakers to begin protecting threatened species—officials in the pesticide office at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are only now starting to figure out how to comply with the law.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Black polyethylene “mulch film” gets tucked snugly around crop rows, clear plastic sheeting covers hoop houses, and most farmers use plastic seed trays, irrigation tubes, and fertilizer bags. These synthetic polymer products have often been used to help boost yields up to 60 percent and make water and pesticide use more efficient.

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Agriculture Agriculture Supply Chain Production 131

ATTRA

DECEMBER 27, 2023

This new law prohibits the use of certain neonicotinoid pesticide (neonics) treated corn, soybean, or wheat seeds and neonicotinoid pesticides for outdoor ornamental plants and turfs, in the interest of protecting pollinators, birds, and other wildlife.

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NASDA

JULY 10, 2023

EPA’s newly published regulation creating “PIPs created through genetic engineering from a sexually compatible plant” and “loss-of-function PIPs” is not risk-based, science-based and focuses on process of development rather than product. We ask that Congress take the necessary steps to ensure that U.S.

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AGRIVI

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Customers globally are becoming more and more conscious of the food they are buying and demanding more transparent information about the lifecycle of the products. Taking this into account, the right question is are labels enough to communicate transparency and traceability to buyers?

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Food Production Processing Pesticide 59

Food Tank

AUGUST 29, 2023

On a summer day in downtown Salinas, California, a group of farmers, biotechnology start-ups and pesticide corporations gathered to talk about the benefits of biology. While the realm of pesticides and fertilizers has been dominated by chemistry for the past eight decades, it seems like biology may soon have its day.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 11, 2024

And yet, what we have learned from our African colleagues is that without simultaneously investing in healthy local markets, these investments in sustainable production are likely to fall short. When considering the amount of food and land under climate resilient food production, the carbon reduction is significant.

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Agroecology Marketing Food Finance 107

Farmbrite

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

We all know that farming can be a challenging gig, but with a few nifty tricks up your sleeve, you can turn your farm into a powerhouse of productivity and fun. In this article, we'll share the top 10 tips to boost your farm's efficiency, productivity, and yields – all with a dash of farm flair!

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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. working alongside U.S.

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Agriculture for Life

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Pesticides applied to crops is one of these factors. Decisions made by the farmer make a difference in the exposure of bees and other beneficials to toxic levels of pesticides. While pesticides applied to crops are only one among many factors that threaten pollinators, this is one factor that growers can do something about.

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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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Production Agriculture Agriculture Manufacturing 52

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 9, 2024

In Mexico, as in the rest of the modern world, biologically diverse traditional agriculture is increasingly being crowded out by hybrid and genetically modified crops that can withstand heavy applications of industrial herbicides and pesticides. There are two major threats to criolla [native] seeds today,” said Fuentes. “One

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Crop Plantation Seeding Agriculture 86

Civil Eats

AUGUST 1, 2023

We have covered the incorporation of hedgerows to sequester carbon in soil, an ultracross seed-breeding project to create climate-adapted plant varieties, and the adoption of care-centered politics , among many other efforts. Below are some of our most important climate solutions stories from 2023.

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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. 3: Tailoring The Development Of Genetic Varieties Vindara argues that the difference is in the seeds. This results in genetic tradeoffs that reduce nutritional value.

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Sustainable Harvest International

JUNE 19, 2024

One of the highlights for me was a lunch at a farmer-participant’s home where the SHI-Belize team had brought together tables of produce from the farms and products made from those items, which help provide additional income for the participants. Mahogany seeds held by Shipstern conservation ranger. All I can say is, it’s incredible!

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Farming Farming Cultivation Seeding 98

Kavya Organic Farm

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Arber Bio Insecticide As the creator Vanessa Dawson was moving places, she discovered the harmfulness of present day chemical-based products for plants. The things noticed by Vanessa in the retail environment was that the day-to-day resources and products for plants are actually harmful to the planet, plant pollinators, people and even pets.

Pesticide 52

Pesticide Production Marketing Seeding 52

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. percent of the world’s pesticides and 10 percent of its insecticides. Cotton, the most used natural fiber, occupies 2.4

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Textiles Manufacturing Production Processing 95

Agritecture Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

GroGrace, a concept farm of Urban Farming Partners , began its journey in 2019, with a vision to provide a healthy, pesticide-free diet for founder Grace Lim's three children. This approach maximizes growing conditions, carefully selects seeds, and embraces clean and green cultivation practices, resulting in high-quality, nutrient-rich crops.

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Food Agriculture Agriculture Cultivation 98

Agwired

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) is providing a $998,784 Seeding Solutions grant to Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI) to quantify how adopting soil health practices can reduce the need for nitrogen inputs without sacrificing yield. Farmers Business Network, Inc.

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Pesticide Science Supply Chain Technology 45

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

I could triple [production] and still be able to operate it from my home,” says DiLillo. Over the last decade, the appeal of consistent and efficient crop production—made increasingly so by precision technology, AI platforms and data analytics—has spurred a boom in Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA). Microgreens at Kupu Place.

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AGRIVI

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The old logic adding more fertilizers, more pesticides, more inputs to maximize yields is no longer relevant to the modern farmer, who must balance crop production on the one hand with ecosystem concerns , skyrocketing input prices , and climate change on the other.

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Agwired

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency to implement the Pesticide Inspector Residential Training Program. 2, will significantly expand the nationwide educational training provided to pesticide inspectors and enforcement staff over the next five years. This funding, effective Aug. Ceres Imaging announced its rebranding to Ceres AI.

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NASDA

JANUARY 25, 2024

The strength and predictability of the program is only more critical given the uncertainty that characterizes the production agriculture sector. Even in good years, farmers need access to a strong and secure Federal crop insurance program, a program that farmers have described time and again as a critical element of the farm safety net.

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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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Food Tank

JUNE 28, 2024

Farmers have reduced the amount of labor and land used to farm and increased inputs such as machinery, farm structures, fertilizer, and pesticides, according to the U.S. family farmers and ranchers that uphold high standards of sustainable and humane farming in exchange for a guaranteed market for their product.

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Agwired

DECEMBER 21, 2023

bushels per acre in this year’s annual National Corn Growers Association yield contest with Pioneer brand corn product P14830VYHR. Hula crushed his previous world record of 616 bushels per acre set in 2019 with the Pioneer brand P1197 family of products. David Hula of Charles City, Virginia, set a new world record of 623.84

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Meadow Acre Pesticide Science 59

Kavya Organic Farm

AUGUST 24, 2023

A fertiliser is a substance which pushes the plant towards growth, healthiness and productivity. Agricultural products are especially improved by this chemical. Phosphorus is responsible for this, and it also allows for better seed growth. This is why Fertilising plants is an essential habit.

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AGRIVI

OCTOBER 23, 2024

These difficult and unpredictable conditions in global agriculture have led farmers to increasingly prioritize productivity, efficiency, and sustainability. Waste Reduction Adhering to waiting periods stipulated after the application of pesticides or other chemicals is key to food safety and regulatory compliance.

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Farming Farming Yield Pesticide 52

Agwired

AUGUST 21, 2024

The final strategy incorporates a wide range of stakeholder input, ensuring EPA not only protects species but also preserves a wide range of pesticides for farmers and growers. Beck’s and the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) announce the election of Scott Beck as the central regional vice president. The tour runs Aug.19-22,

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Technology Seeding Crop Marketing 45

Daily Yonder

APRIL 11, 2023

Despite incentives to establish more sustainable – even organic – farming practices, most farmers are caught in an industrial system of chemicals, hybrid seed, and genetically modified (GMO) seed. Faribault County farmer Tim Perrizo was able to pay for a custom aerial cover-crop seeding for one of his 70-acre fields.

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Farming Farming Acre Seeding 52

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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Agroecology Yield Food Farming 82

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Keeping fields productive is an essential land management strategy, experts say, while encouraging a diversity of agricultural uses builds resilience in both the land and Hawaii’s food system. Despite the controversy, keeping thousands of acres in active production has indisputable value, says Heaivilin.

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Plantation Pasture Acre Ranching 106

Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

And when nitrates are present, it’s inevitable that other contaminants, such as pesticides , are also polluting the water. I put $6,500 total expenses into seeding—the program paid back $3,500,” says farmer Logan Clark, who used the program to convert cropland to rotationally grazed pasture on his hilly, erosion-prone farm. “So,

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