Topics: Soil Health, Livestock/Meat, Cover Crops, Vegetables, Beekeeping, Fruit, Stone Fruit,
Many will find this hard to believe because of the conditioning we received... “Managed honey bee colonies supplement the work of natural wild pollinators, not the other way around. In a study of 41 different crop systems worldwide, honeybees only increased yield in 14 percent of the crops. Who did all the pollination? Native bees and other insects. A whole host of little blueberry bees, squash bees, and orchard bees co-evolved with many of our fruits and vegetables. It makes sense they would be good at pollination. In watermelons, native bees do 90 percent of the pollination. Native bees improve fruit production in apples. Native bee pollination creates twice as much fruit as honey bees in blueberries. In tomatoes, native bee species increase fruit production significantly.”
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Topics: Poultry, Beef Cattle, Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog, Cellular Meat,
An opinion piece authored by a lead scientist at The Good Food Institute. Their website makes this statement regarding the groups focus - "We work with scientists, investors, and entrepreneurs to make groundbreaking good food a reality. We focus on clean meat and plant-based alternatives to animal products—foods that are more delicious, safer to eat, and better for the planet than their outdated counterparts."
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An opinion piece authored by a lead scientist at The Good Food Institute. Their website makes this statement regarding the groups focus - "We work with scientists, investors, and entrepreneurs to make groundbreaking good food a reality. We focus on clean meat and plant-based alternatives to animal products—foods that are more delicious, safer to eat, and better for the planet than their outdated counterparts."
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Topics: Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Beef Cattle, Cellular Meat,
"Raising livestock for slaughter is, of course, not particularly good for the planet. Animals demand lots of food and water: A single cow might consume 11,000 gallons of water a year. And that cow burps up methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas." WIRED.COM
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Ag Podcast US, Beekeeping, Ag United Kingdom, Ag Europe, Ag Asia / Pacific,
Honey bees pollinate roughly only 50% of the worlds crops. Its the native pollinators we have little clue about.
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