Modern Farmer

MARCH 1, 2024

Textiles are a major source of microplastics in the ocean, where they weave their way into the food chain, causing untold harms to marine life. There is nowhere near enough fiber recycling infrastructure in the US, where 85 percent of used clothes and other textiles get sent to the landfill. percent of the world’s farmland but uses 4.7

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Demand is on the rise for sustainably made clothing and other textiles. “People who are working in textiles want [linen],” says Barr. “It’s As textile mills began to proliferate, the cotton grown on Southern plantations, which relied on the labor of enslaved people, proved to be a cheaper option than flax.

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OECD: Environment

MARCH 22, 2024

Addressing water pollution calls for a multi-pronged approach and sustained efforts The OECD has been working on the economics of water pollution since the 1960s , examining in turn pollution associated with detergents, pesticides in the environment, or lake eutrophication.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 4, 2024

(Photos courtesy of PuriFungi) No silver bullet Mycoremediation—the practice of using fungi to clean up pollutants such as petroleum, chemicals and plastics—has long been studied as a promising solution to decontaminating oil spills, pesticide-laced soil and toxic wildfire ash. Left: Native fungus isolated from creosote-treated wood.

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