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shared this 2 article 5 years ago
Topics: Forestry, Water, Fruit, Sustainability, Research, Vertical Farming,

Space to grow, or grow in space-how vertical farms could be ready to take-off

Vertical farms with their soil-free, computer-controlled environments may sound like sci-f...

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Team AgWiki
shared this 2 article 5 years ago
Topics: Soil Health, Agriculture Global, World Hunger, Climate Change, World Population,

An effective climate change solution may lie in rocks beneath our feet

Why has Earth's climate remained so stable over geological time? The answer just might roc...

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Nancy Kavazanjian
shared this 2 article 5 years ago
Topics: Agriculture Global,

Research: Crop plants are taking up microplastics

Microplastics (MPs), i.e., tiny plastic particles less than 5 millimeters in length, can n...

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Team AgWiki
shared this 2 article 5 years ago
Topics: Soil Health, Organic, Agriculture Global, Research, USDA, World Hunger, Climate Change, World Population,

Soil carbon research reduces uncertainty in predicting climate change impacts

DOE and USDA researchers use new global models to study how environmental controllers affe...

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John LaRose Jr.
shared this 2 article 5 years ago
Topics: Forestry, Coffee/Tea, Cocoa, Economics, Sustainability, Coronavirus/COVID,

Coffee, cocoa and vanilla: an opportunity for more trees with tropical agroforestry

The cultivation of coffee, cocoa and vanilla secures the income of many small-holder farme...

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John LaRose Jr.
shared this 2 article 5 years ago
Topics: Soil Health, Cover Crops, Agriculture Global, Conservation/Tillage, Sustainability, Ag Innovation, Regenerative Agriculture,

Conservation agriculture increases carbon sequestration in extensive crops

Agricultural activity is responsible for about 12% of the total emissions of greenhouse ga...

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Nancy Kavazanjian
shared this 2 article 5 years ago

Anaplasmosis bacterium tinkers with tick's gene expression to spread to new hosts

For the first time, scientists have shown that the bacterium that causes the tick-borne di...

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John LaRose Jr.
shared this 2 article 5 years ago
Topics: Forestry, Research, Government / Policies, Ag Africa,

Agricultural fires in central Africa light up in Suomi NPP satellite image

Fires have spread across the majority of the landscape in Angola and the Democratic Republ...

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John LaRose Jr.
shared this 2 article 5 years ago
Topics: Wheat, Corn/Maize, Rice, Cotton, Agriculture Global, Research, World Hunger, Government / Policies, World Population,

New study reveals use of antibiotics on crops is more widespread than previously thought

The world is aware of the overuse of antibiotics and the development of resistance in bact...

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John LaRose Jr.
shared this 2 article 5 years ago
Topics: Soil Health, Agriculture US, Research, Government / Policies, Regenerative Agriculture,

An analysis of the system-wide costs and benefits of using engineered nanomaterials on crop-based agriculture

A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. has conducted an an...

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Matt Brechwald is the world's most prolific agricultural podcaster. Consistently podcasting since 2014 Matt has hosted well over 1,000 podcasts about agriculture and conducted hundreds of radio interviews as well. From his farm in Kuna, Idaho, Matt has developed the term "Off-Farm Income" into a multi-national brand.

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