John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Forestry, Research, Genes /Genetics, World Hunger, World Population, Regenerative Agriculture,
Could lab-grown plant tissue ease the environmental toll of logging and agriculture?
It takes a lot to make a wooden table. Grow a tree, cut it down, transport it, mill it … you get the point. It's a decades-long process. Luis Fernando Velásquez-García suggests a simpler solution: ...
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01/08/2021 SOURCE: geneticliteracyproject.org
Researchers at CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, led an international effort to develop wheats with a stronger and potentially more durable
‘Like putting 5 locks on a door’: Wheat with multiple rust resistance genes could protect vital staple crop
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Forestry, Sustainability, Research, Ag Africa, World Population, Ag South America,
Colombia’s sustainable forestry drive boosts biodiversity and business | South Africa Today
Despite the high costs and long registration times, sustainable timber harvesting has the potential to bring more value to rural Colombians while also acting as an effective and important conservation tool. Forest management plans are critical to establishing which trees should be exploited, as well as setting standards for related processes so that the environmental […]
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Agriculture US, Forestry, Economics,
Agricultural Economic Insights | 6 Christmas Tree Facts
With Christmas just a few days away, we breakdown six Christmas Tree facts. These data come from the USDA’s 2019 Census of Horticultural Specialties.
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12/21/2020 SOURCE: massivesci.com
If the USDA approves it, this would be the first use of genetic modification for conservation purposes
Genetic engineering can save the American chestnut tree from a deadly fungus
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Forestry, Sustainability, Climate Change, World Population, Ag Middle East,
Turkish man on mission to leave behind greener planet - Turkey News
A retired Turkish officer is on a mission to leave behind a greener planet to honor the memory of his late wife.
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Andrew Chronister
Topics: Forestry,
Drones Are The Future of Wildland And Wildfire Management – If We Allow Them To Be - sUAS News - The Business of Drones
by DJI ViewPoints Team This year stands as the worst year for wildfires on record in California and across much of the western United States. Five of the six largest fires in California history happened this year, and experts estimate more than 8.5 million acres have burned so far due to decades of forest mismanagement and […]
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Organic, Forestry, Fruit, Food/Nutrition, Ag Europe, Ag Global Specialty Food, World Population,
New apple variety discovered by Wiltshire jogger
Experts have confirmed the apple found by Archie Thomas has never been seen before.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Forestry, Sustainability, Ag Asia / Pacific, Government / Policies, World Population, Regenerative Agriculture,
New rule clears Indonesia’s protected forests for agribusiness
Indonesia’s environment ministry has issued a new regulation aimed at boosting domestic crop supplies, but critics say it prioritises the interests of agribusiness at the expense of small farmers and...
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