John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Cover Crops, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Regenerative Agriculture, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind),

Biodiversity in Food Systems

As we grapple with the challenges of feeding the growing world population without destroying our planet, agendas are increasingly turning to the role of biodiversity in food systems. Biodiversity at all levels – genetic, species and ecosystems – is the basis of our food system, yet our comprehension of its role is often overlooked or undervalued. WUR delivers world-leading research in both food and biodiversity. Its food systems approach acknowledges the many interlinkages between people, agriculture, biodiversity, water, health and climate change. WUR’s ambition is to leverage the role of biodiversity in this food systems thinking, and thus provide thought leadership that contributes to transforming our food systems and bending the curve of biodiversity loss.

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Lamb/Sheep, Research, Education,

DNA in Sheep and Dinosaurs

About 1,600 years ago, salt miners in Iran apparently left their lamb lunch down the shaft. Their loss became scientists' gain. The now-mummified sheep carcass suggests that salt helps preserve sheepskin DNA. The research results, published in Biology Letters, showed probably the best-preserved DNA from any skin from that time.1 The Iranian and European team used radiocarbon dating to help establish an age estimate. They sequenced DNA from the sheep skin and discovered that it was high en

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TOPIC(S): Poultry, AgriBusiness, Consumer/Retail,

08/12/2021 SOURCE: apnews.com

With chicken prices soaring, Sanderson Farms sold for $4.5B

With the price of chicken soaring, the third-largest poultry producer in the U.S. is being bought for $4.53 billion. Cargill and Continental Grain have formed a joint venture to acquire Sanderson Farms, paying $203 per share in cash for a company that last year processed more than 4.8 billion pounds of meat.

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Beekeeping, Sustainability, Pollinators, Education,

Biodiversity

Biodiversity is a comprehensive concept. It includes the diversity of all life on earth, from flowers and bees to bacteria and tropical forests. Biodiversity is essential to humankind, for it is the foundation for our food, clean air, soil quality and other ecosystem services. Biodiversity and nature also benefit our well-being: green is good for us. Moreover, biodiversity has intrinsic value: who are we to decide whether a panda or tiger deserves to live?

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Topics: Agriculture Global, Ag Innovation,
John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Beef Cattle, Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog, USDA, Government / Policies,

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