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Sponsored: Quantifying environmental impact in agriculture: Peer review underscores the importance of setting high scientific standards.
by Cara Mathers
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Food companies have jumped all the way into soil carbon sequestration but there is still the question of measurement.
by Seth Olson
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How a carbon offset project developer brings ranchers together to learn about regenerative grazing.
by Jesse Klein
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From the food you eat to the soil that grows it, to the cities you live in and the satellites in the sky above you, these TED talks will teach you something new about climate action.
by Holly Secon
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Nature-based solutions, such as farming practices that help farmers reduce or forgo synthetic fertilizers, could be the answer.
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Aquaponics and other indoor ag systems rely on access to water and energy, not soil or seas. Siting them near existing distribution hubs or industrial parks makes plenty of sense.
by Jim Giles
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The story that indoor farming could potentially produce dramatic environmental gains is largely fictional today, but innovators are working to bring truth to the tale in a not-so-distant future.
by Jim Giles
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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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The benefits of protecting and restoring soil carbon go well beyond any one farm or any one year. But not enough people are taking these steps.
by Kiley Price
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But the broader agricultural world can learn much from how those operations use data.
by Karn Manhas
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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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Poor land use is increasing erosion, nutrient depletion and other threats. But sustainable practices and technologies can reverse this trend.
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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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New marketplace will reward outcomes enabled by regenerative agriculture, not specific practices.
by Meg Wilcox
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The island-state imports most of its food, but is threatened by crop yields and policy changes around the world.
by Darren Tan
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One of the biggest economic losses of the Midwestern heavy rains? The topsoil.
by Jim Ippolito
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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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Cuba offers interesting lessons for how to develop urban agriculture, including government-allocated land and agroecological methods that deliver high yields and diverse crops in small spaces.
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The history of our food system isn't just about food, it's also about power.
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The proposed bill must put just rural economic and environmental development back on the table.
by Lisa Archer
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Here are some of the promising ventures being backed by the likes of Tyson, Campbell Soups and Danone.
by Meg Wilcox
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The legislation sows the seeds for monetizing a new agricultural product, carbon capture and storage.
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Today we have a five-course menu to serve up food and climate solutions.
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Food scraps — or fertilizer?