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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Education,

09/28/2020 SOURCE: www.kosu.org

In Internet Dead Zones, Rural Schools Struggle With Distanced Learning

The past seven months have been a big strain on families like Mandi Boren's. The Borens are cattle ranchers on a remote slice of land near Idaho'

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Topics: Soil Health, Economics, Sustainability, Regenerative Agriculture, Education,

Grind to Ground, the new social enterprise turning coffee into compost | The RiotACT

A new social enterprise called Grind to Ground is the brainchild of a team of students at the Canberra Institute...

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Topics: Economics, Research, Ag Innovation, World Population, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind), Education,

New storage battery more efficient and heat-resistant

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Organic, Economics, Sustainability, Beef Cattle, Education,

09/27/2020 SOURCE: www.farmanddairy.com

Rodale Institute helps Pa. farmers go organic - Farm and Dairy

More than 50 Pennsylvania farmers have committed 4,000 acres to become organic through Rodale Institutes’s farm consulting program.

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TOPIC(S): Cotton, Economics, GMO's, Research, World Population, Education,

09/27/2020 SOURCE: www.standardmedia.co.ke

Farmers’ joy as new cotton seeds boost harvest

Department says the high breed seeds will see production increase from an average of 50 tonnes to 600.

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Topics: Soil Health, Precision AG , Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Fertilizer, World Hunger, World Population, Education,

Rock-eating bacteria could help ensure food security

UC Riverside is leading an effort that could help ensure food security and improve the worst effects of climate change -- by studying rock-eating bacteria and fungi.

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Topics: Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, Research, World Hunger, World Population, Education,

Key to feeding world in next agricultural revolution? The microbiome,

The key to the next agricultural revolution? A national task force releasing a scientific paper today says the answer lies in the microbiome – the communities of microorganisms that co-exist on, in an

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Topics: Fruit, Food/Nutrition, Research, Ag Global Specialty Food, Education,

Crunchy, complex: Cornell releases three new apples | Cornell Chronicle

This fall, apple lovers can look forward to three new varieties from the oldest apple breeding program in the U.S. — located at Cornell AgriTech in Geneva, New York, part of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

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TOPIC(S): Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, Research, Education,

09/25/2020 SOURCE: phys.org

Scientists identify new species of crystal-encrusted truffle, thanks to bonobos

Mushroom-munching bonobos in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have introduced scientists to a new species of truffle.

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