Sustainability
TOPIC(S): Irrigation, Agriculture US, Organic, Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, Urban Farming,

09/03/2020 SOURCE: www.duluthnewstribune.com

Farming the Saltless Sea: Duluth woman launches urban farm in Lincoln Park | Duluth News Tribune

Saltless Sea farm is about a half acre in a dense residential neighborhood below Lincoln Park Middle School. “This was almost entirely wasteland when I moved here,” Starr Brainard said.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Economics, Sustainability, World Hunger, Climate Change, World Population,

09/03/2020 SOURCE: www.forbes.com

Climate Risk Threatens Agricultural Profitability, But Lenders Can Help

While lenders can’t tell farmers to adopt specific practices, they can develop lending programs and products to support farmers in transitioning to conservation practices that build resilience.

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TOPIC(S): Vegetables, Jobs, Sustainability, Ag Middle East,

09/03/2020 SOURCE: www.avapress.com

Balkh: 3,000 women have been given jobs in agriculture - AVA

The provincial department for Agriculture and Livestock has said that 3,000 women are involved in agriculture in the northern Balkh province of Afghanistan.

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Topics: Water, Sustainability, Climate Change, Ag Africa, Regenerative Agriculture,

Nigerian farmers urged to utilise NiMet rainfall predictions in farming activities - Daily Post Nigeria

Farmers in Nigeria have been urged to properly utilise the annual seasonal rainfall predictions produced by the Nigeria Meteorology Agency (NiMet) to

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Topics: Organic, Food/Nutrition, Food Waste, Sustainability, Ag India, Ag Global Specialty Food, Regenerative Agriculture,

Mother-Daughter Make Organic Fertilizer Using Waste Tea Grounds

India: There is much more to tea than just taste and nostalgia. Packed with nutrients, it is being touted as a DIY organic fertilizer.

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Topics: Economics, Sustainability, Ag India, Ag Innovation, World Hunger, World Population, Regenerative Agriculture,

Bihar Entrepreneur Grows 50% of India's Makhana, Empowers 12,000

“The way we are going, in the next 2 to 3 years, we will successfully be able to contribute 70 to 75 per cent of the total makhana production in the world."

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TOPIC(S): Sustainability, Aquaculture/Fish Farming, World Hunger, World Population, Regenerative Agriculture, Coronavirus/COVID,

09/01/2020 SOURCE: www.abc.net.au

Huon Aquaculture's revenue grew, but the salmon grower still took a hit due to COVID-19

Feeling the pinch from COVID-19, Huon Aquaculture has raised millions of dollars after it issued new shares on the stock market as it grapples with rising debt levels — despite growing its revenue last financial year.

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Topics: Crop Consultant, Sustainability, World Hunger, Ag Africa, World Population, Ag Podcast Global,

Families left ‘roaming like weeds’ in Uganda, forced to make way for commercial farming

Tension often arises on abandoned African land concessions, researchers say, with landless people settling in the areas, only to be moved out when new owners acquire the land

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Topics: Agriculture US, Education U.S. NorthEast, Gardening, Sustainability, Regenerative Agriculture,

The Chabad Farm House: 25 Acres of Judaism in New York’s Hudson Valley - Hebrew school is in the barn, and there’s a rustic kosher market amid wildflowers

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