John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Precision AG , Agriculture Global, Water, Economics, Sustainability, World Population, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind),
1,000-foot multi-rotor floating Windcatchers to power 80,000 homes each
Norway's Wind Catching Systems (WCS) has made a spectacular debut with a colossal floating wind turbine array it says can generate five times the annual energy of the world's biggest single turbines – while reducing costs enough to be immediately competitive with grid prices.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Precision AG , Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Regenerative Agriculture,
How Airports Could Be a Key Player in Reaching a Zero-Emission Economy
Research argues that fully integrated solar airports would significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and could be up to 10 times more effective than existing residential rooftop PV systems.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Precision AG , Crop Consultant, Education U.S. NorthEast, Economics, Sustainability, Research, Weather,
Why Scientists Are Solving an Underground Mystery about Where Certain Soil Microbes Live
BU researchers develop first-of-its-kind model to predict which species of soil organisms live in different environments, which has huge implications for agriculture, climate change, and public health
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Precision AG , Agriculture US, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Economics, Sustainability, Research, Fertilizer, World Hunger, Climate Change, World Population,
Mixed Farming Methods Could Eliminate Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Small-scale mixed-use agriculture that avoids synthetic fertilizers in favor of manure could eliminate agricultural greenhouse gas emissions if established across the United States' 100 million hectares of lush high quality cropland, according to a study by Gidon Eshel, publishing 3rd June 2021 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture US, Cover Crops, Crop Consultant, Education U.S. MidWest, Sustainability, USDA, Regenerative Agriculture,
Cover Crops Grow In Popularity, But Not Everyone Can Afford Them
For farmers, soil is everything. "I can't afford to hurt my soils."Liz Graznak is the owner of Happy Hollow Farm a 10-acre, USDA-certified organic farm in the small village of Jamestown, Missouri. Its one of only a few organic vegetable farms in the state. "My farm in general is pretty small, like the amount of ground that I'm growing in is pretty small. So we ask a lot of our soils," Graznak said. Cover crops are used to protect and improve soil health. They're plants, like red clover, that are meant to cover the ground, not to be harvested. They slow runoff, which can both reduce the loss of topsoil due to erosion, and increase soil nutrients. "Where I am farming right here, there's some significant clay in the soils and the cover crops have helped a lot," Graznak said.But because space is limited, planting cover crops isn't always an option so she turns to compost, which is more expensive."In order for me to pay my bills, I have to grow this amount of produce," Graznak said. "So we put them in where we can."Although cover crops are becoming more common, less than 10 percent of all the crop land in the U.S. has them. "We're seeing more big companies, even food companies like General Mills or clothing companies like Wrangler, that are encouraging farmers to use cover crops, which has been a big change in the last few years," University of Missouri Center for Regenerative Agriculture Director Rob Myers said. Agriculture has been seeing the impacts of climate change for years. Experts say cover crops can help fight climate change because they capture carbon from the atmosphere."If we have well-established cover crops, then the cover crops can withstand intense rainstorms because the rainstorm is going to cause what? Is going to cause a lot of erosion," Humberto Blanco, an agronomy and horticulture professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said. "So it can ...
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Organic, Agriculture Global, Fruit, Sustainability, Urban Farming, Education,
Meet the Appalachian Apple Hunter Who Rescued 1,000 'Lost' Varieties
Tom Brown's retirement hobby is a godsend for chefs, conservationists, and cider.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Research, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,
Govt locks down Bondolfi over COVID-19 outbreak
LESSONS have been suspended at the Roman-Catholic Church-run Bondolfi Teachers College in Masvingo following a spike in COVID-19 cases at the institution.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Precision AG , Agriculture Global, Economics, Sustainability, World Hunger, Climate Change, Ag Africa, World Population, Weather,
Resilience agriculture counters climate shocks
Zimbabwe’S marginalised rural communities are fast migrating from donor aid in their quest to withstand climate change shocks and are adopting sustainable development projects.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Precision AG , Livestock/Meat, Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Economics, Sustainability, Beef Cattle,
Farm Groups Gather to Discuss Cattle Market Concerns
An array of agricultural groups met in Phoenix, Arizona last week to go over challenges facing the U.S. cattle market. The meeting was...
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Economics, Sustainability, World Hunger, Ag South America, Regenerative Agriculture,
Brazil excels at agrifood production and exports, study reveals
A study released Wednesday by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Company (Embrapa) of the national Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply showed the country was the world's fourth-largest grain producers in the world, it was announced.
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