John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture US, Forestry, Economics, Research, Regenerative Agriculture,

National Forest Foundation Taking Donations For Restoration Efforts In Areas Impacted By Grizzly Creek Fire

The foundation works alongside the U.S. Forest Service and while it helps with forest restoration projects across the nation, it has contributed more than $13 million to efforts focused in the White River National Forest.

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Team AgWiki Team AgWiki
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The Biblical Flood That Will Drown California

The Great Flood of 1861–1862 was a preview of what scientists expect to see again, and soon.

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TOPIC(S): Government / Policies, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,

08/29/2020 SOURCE: cebudailynews.inquirer.net

PH records 213,131 total COVID-19 cases as recoveries reach 135K | Cebu Daily News

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines on Saturday logged 3,637 additional cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), increasing the total infection count of the respiratory disease to 213,131. Of the total reported cases, the Department of Health (DOH) said 74,611 are active cases. The DOH also documented a total of 135,101 recoveries, including 655 new recoveries. […]

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Matthew Kroger Matthew Kroger
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Topics: Soil Health,

Simply put, Biodynamic Agriculture utilizes the synergy of that environment over chemical inputs. Organic Agriculture still uses inputs but not synthetic ones. Permaculture tends to limits what inputs are used based on human ideologies and thats its Achilles heel, otherwise permaculture is basically Biodynamics. This article is a good one and goes much deeper into what Biodynamics is.

What is Biodynamics? - Sharon Palmer, The Plant Powered Dietitian

What are biodynamics, and how does this form of agriculture impact you and the environment? Learn more in this live interview with Thea Carlson.

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TOPIC(S): Ag India, Government / Policies, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,

08/29/2020 SOURCE: indianexpress.com

India can prevent 200,000 Covid-19 deaths by December, suggest new computer modelling of pandemic

Even to reach the death count of 2.91 lakh, close to 2,500 deaths would have to happen every day in the 94 days to December 1

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TOPIC(S): Commodities, Economics, Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog, Ag Asia / Pacific, World Population,

08/29/2020 SOURCE: vietnamnews.vn

Pig imports push domestic pork prices down

Efficient reproduction of pigs and enhancing imports of frozen pork and live pigs have made prices of live hogs fall, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Economics, Fishing (Commercial), Climate Change,

08/29/2020 SOURCE: www.adn.com

Alaska salmon returning smaller amid climate change and competition with hatchery fish, study finds

The decline encompasses salmon runs all over the state but varies by species and region.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Economics, Fishing (Commercial), Government / Policies,

08/29/2020 SOURCE: www.thecordovatimes.com

PWS harvest season nears a wrap with some 24 million fish -The Cordova Times

Seine fisheries in Prince William Sound are about to wrap up for the season, with humpy harvests still well below forecast, and the overall preliminary commercial salmon harvest compiled by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game at just under 24 million fish.

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TOPIC(S): Coffee/Tea, Sustainability, Ag Africa,

08/29/2020 SOURCE: www.businessdailyafrica.com

Coffee farmers torn between KPCU and rival millers in Meru

Last Friday, police intervened after members of Uruku Coffee Society in South Imenti blocked their officials from taking coffee to the union mill at Chaaria.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Economics, Regenerative Agriculture, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind),

08/29/2020 SOURCE: dailyreporter.com

74-MW solar farm earns local approval in western Wisconsin

Pierce County officials last week signed off on plans for the installation of a 74-megawatt solar array in the town of Gilman in western Wisconsin, the latest in a series of solar farms to earn approval in the state. After a public hearing on the plan, a Pierce County commission granted a conditional-use permit on Aug. 19 for the so-called Western Mustang Solar farm, a project being developed by New York-based Ranger Power. Ranger plans to build the array on 479 acres in the township of Gilman, about 30 miles from the Minnesota border. The county's approval comes as a milestone for the project. Ranger, however, is still seeking a buyer for power generated at the solar farm and hasn't set a schedule for when construction will begin. “Ranger is committed to developing the Western Mustang Solar project in cooperation with the Pierce County community and our neighbors in the Town of Gilman," Sergio Trevino, director of permitting at Ranger Power, said in a statement. "We incorporated

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