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A growing array of techniques and technologies aims to reduce the supersized environmental footprint of commercial beef production.
by Joel Makower
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How can satellite data and digitization help famers? Molly Brown has more than a few ideas.
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Technologies such as satellite rainforest monitoring, tree-planting drones and carbon credit trading software are a 'burgeoning market opportunity' for nature-based solutions, according to a new report.
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Sponsored by CIBO Technologies: Crop models simulate conditions in the soil and plants on the computer to avoid errors in the real world and hedge farmers’ risks.
by Bruno Basso
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The pandemic also revealed deep vulnerabilities in our concentrated meat processing system. Fixing them can help fight climate change.
by Lena Brook
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Researchers are finding that when pulverized rock is applied to agricultural fields, the soil pulls far more carbon from the air and crop yields increase. More studies are underway, but some scientists say this method shows significant benefits for farmers and the climate.
by Susan Cosier
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Local agriculture initiatives offer a way toward food security through reconnection with the land and the true spirit of aloha.
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It takes creativity, tenacity and funding to build a sustainable land-based operation in Sebastopol, about 60 miles north of San Francisco, where Green Valley Farm + Mill is situated.
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There are gaps in coverage, but a new dashboard aggregates more than 170 indicators about food waste, greenhouse gas emissions and other key agricultural metrics.
by Jim Giles
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Milk consumption has suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has severely disrupted supply chains that move food from farm to fork.
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There's an emerging market to pay farmers to store more carbon in the soil by using improved agricultural practices. But some scientists are questioning whether these efforts will actually help slow global warming.
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Skeptics are sowing doubts about the carbon sequestration potential. The questions underscore the complexities of soil science.
by Jim Giles
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From high-tech indoor farms in France and Singapore to mobile apps connecting urban growers and eaters in India and the United States, here are more than a dozen initiatives using tech, entrepreneurship, and social innovation to change urban agriculture.
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What will it take to support sustainable agriculture in the United States? A new generation, for starters.
by John Davies
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A new report shows how some companies and academic research labs are applying extrusion, 3D printing and cellular agriculture to produce meat alternatives.
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Articial intelligence and big data may help produce more food, use less water, limit resource consumption, redirect food waste and reduce food prices.
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New approaches, from CO2-sucking materials to regenerative agriculture, were in the spotlight at VERGE 19.
by RP Siegel
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From ceremonies to harvesting and food storage, to political leadership, to gender relations, indigenous groups have detailed understandings of how design societal institutions to support resilience. But colonialism changed that.
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Where food prices are 35 percent higher than the US mainland average, community members do what they can to address food insecurity.
by Mark Winne
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Companies such as Anheuser-Busch InBev and Mars have allied with the company to help customers better understand their product origins and sustainability.
by Cyan Zhong
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Plus, Associate Editor Holly Secon chats with Soylent CEO Bryan Crowley about affordable, appealing alternatives to animal protein.
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The biggest food company in the world is expanding animal agricultural technology.
by Jenny Ahlen
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The legislation sows the seeds for monetizing a new agricultural product, carbon capture and storage.
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Many farmers cultivating organic crops believe that genetically modified crops pose threats to human health. It's not that simple.
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A cooperative network of data sets could spur innovation and drive resilience in the agricultural sector.
by Anna Short