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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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Consider Lukas Walton, Tom’s cousin, who is using a $2 billion venture capital fund to invest in organic chicken, grass-fed dairy, plant-based supply chains, and ag-tech, while supporting food access and fisheries innovations with his philanthropy. If Walmart does that, it goes against every grain of their corporate culture.”

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Photo credit: Cornell Watson) Ideally, wed get this sweet corn in the ground today, he says, indicating a bag of organic seed and a nearby half-acre plot of loose brown soil. A fast-growing and high-yield plant, hemp suppresses weeds, thrives without fertilizer and pesticides, and requires less water than many other crops.

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World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 28, 2025

AgPlenus is a pesticide discovery company implementing cutting-edge AI and deep-learning to discover novel sustainable crop protection solutions. Platypus transforms the pest control industry with a unique material, providing economical, effective, and sustainable solutions across the agri-food supply chain.

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Caff

DECEMBER 23, 2021

But while the world watched as engineers scrambled to remove this gargantuan threat to a multi-billion dollar supply chain, CAFF was back home planting seeds for local resilience. While the plight of that oversized boat and its 20,000 shipping containers did finally come to an end, our country’s supply chain woes have not.

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Cropaia

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Such risks include pests, diseases, fluctuating market prices, and supply chain disruptions and more. Instead of applying pesticides uniformly, farmers can target specific affected zones, reducing chemical use and saving costs. This way, they can plan better for storage, marketing, and supply chain logistics.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 1, 2024

Some see the answer to more sustainable fabrics in new materials that can readily decompose or be recycled; others say natural fibers and local supply chains are the way to go. percent of the world’s pesticides and 10 percent of its insecticides. What’s the solution? Cotton, the most used natural fiber, occupies 2.4

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

Small footprint, big potential “Microgreens” is a term used to describe the tender, edible seedlings of various herbs, vegetables and grains typically seeded in shallow, soil-filled trays, grown under natural or artificial light, then harvested within two weeks of germination. Photography submitted by Don DiLillo, Finest Foods.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

But the varieties now springing up in places that have long been dominated by corn, wheat and soybeans aren’t meant to be used for seed. Photo: Zoe Schaeffer) Yet truly sustainable linen will be expensive, at least early on, when the supply chains are still getting up to speed.

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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. Bayer announced that the company has selected Genvor Inc.,

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

It’s a tedious but worthwhile process: drying mushrooms, vegetables, and herbs, making pickles and slaw, and preserving garlic blossoms and coriander seeds in airtight jars before these ingredients vanish with the end of the season. are preparing for the dwindling of food in the coming winter. percent [of U.S.

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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.

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AGRIVI

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Although a processed product, e.g. pickled cucumbers, or tomato sauce, has labels that indicate the additives added during processing, or the nutritive levels of the products, they do not give information about how those cucumbers or tomatoes were treated, produced, and if there are residues of pesticides still contained in the product.

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Agwired

MARCH 21, 2024

The American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) updated its guide assisting farmers, landowners, and others to easily locate and contact professional seed suppliers for quality environment, conservation, and cover crop seed. Lavie Bio Ltd. , announced that Ceres Global Ag Corp.,

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Agwired

JUNE 28, 2024

America’s Largest Seed Industry Convention is now open for attendee registration and hotel reservations. Join the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) this December 10-13 in Orlando for the Field Crop Seed Convention , an unparalleled seed business networking and educational opportunity.

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Agritecture Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Data from the 2022 Africa AgriFoodTech Investment Report reveals that the number of seed stage deals rose nearly 70% in 2021, compared to an 8% jump the previous year , while overall agrifoodtech deals grew 250% from 2020. A further breakdown indicates that Egypt claimed $186.1 million, with Nigeria securing $147.8 million, Kenya $88.5

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AGRIVI

JANUARY 10, 2024

We have built AGRIVI Engage to change the way agrifood companies, or input manufacturers interact with farmers, empowering them with AI-driven insights and recommendations tailored to their specific needs seamlessly through a simple WhatsApp chat.

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Besides allowing for a high degree of traceability using emerging technologies, a key factor in food safety is the reduced need for harmful pesticides. Well-designed vertical farms exclude disease vectors that are found in conventional agriculture and this reduces the need for applications of pesticides for pest management.

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Hartwood Farm

MARCH 24, 2022

We simply don’t have the equipment, storage and harvest capacity, labor, seed access, materials, and so on. There’s talk about food prices feeling insane, but less folks are seeing the double and triple rising of other supply costs for farms. How can we create shorter supply chains, both to and from the farm?

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The Equation

MAY 9, 2024

Those lesser-known companies tend to operate up the supply chain, and include Bayer and Syngenta, which sell the seeds farmers need and the pesticides they’ve come to rely on, and Nutrien and CF Industries Holdings, which manufacture synthetic fertilizers. Does any of that sound familiar?

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 11, 2023

We learned that the garden is home to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) foodways that serve as an archive of seeds for African, Middle Eastern, and Four Corners bio-regional terraces, to protect culturally rooted, regionally adapted foods. They also have a farm stand.

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Farmbrite

MARCH 14, 2023

Also, companies handle GAP-certified products well in the supply chain to maintain the quality of the products. They include assessment notes, traceability system field maps, the flow of food maps, pesticide logbooks and labels, training certificates, and other relevant supporting documents.

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Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Most coffee (which comes from roasting and grinding the seed of the plant’s cherry-like fruit) is generally perceived as tasting too harsh. What’s more, unlike annual crops such as corn that produce a new generation every year, a coffee plant is a tree that takes three to four years to mature enough to produce seeds.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

They are behind the Fair Food Program , a partnership that seeks to create a more ethical supply chain that benefits workers, growers, retailers, and eaters. Every seed is important. Theres nothing more meaningful than planting a seed and watching it grow, says Waters.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

With this revelation, Restoring Eden becomes an examination of how much remains unknown about the impacts of widely-used pesticides—even within the local agencies tasked with environmental protection in farming communities. And Hilborn’s intimate, passionate connection to her land and its ecosystems demonstrates what’s at stake. Jewell asks.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Dispensaries may charge a premium for heritage strains or sun-grown, organic weed, but a hazy supply chain can obscure a lot between seed and sale. An open ledger With supply chains becoming ever more complex, tracking the source and path of agricultural products is essential to food safety and quality.

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Farmbrite

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Purchasing cooperatives allow members to buy inputs, such as seeds and fertilizers, at lower prices through bulk purchasing agreements. These taxes are imposed on imported goods and can create changes throughout the agricultural supply chain, impacting everything from farm gate prices to consumer costs. Buy local when possible.)

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 23, 2024

Along with reducing the need for synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides, practices that build healthy soil, for example, make land more resilient to drought, flooding, wildfires, and erosion. Last April, Montana took a notable step in promoting good soil practices by designating an official Healthy Soils Week.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

This bill defines precision agriculture as: “managing, tracking, or reducing crop or livestock production inputs, including seed, feed, fertilizer, chemicals, water, and time, at a heightened level of spatial and temporal granularity to improve efficiencies, reduce waste, and maintain environmental quality.” 6422, 6314, 6410, 6411).

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 15, 2025

Regulating Pesticides and Other Chemicals Ongoing pesticide approvals and regulations generally chug along without much disruptioneven as administrations change. Its unclear if that strategy will remain in place under Trump. That was true under Biden, barring a few exceptions. Because most GMO corn exported from the U.S.

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