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TOPIC(S): Environment, USDA, Government / Policies, Climate Change, Carbon Farming,

02/07/2022 SOURCE: news.yahoo.com

USDA to spend $1 billion to promote climate-friendly agriculture

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will invest $1 billion in pilot projects that promote farming, ranching and forestry practices that cut greenhouse gas emissions or capture and store climate-warming carbon, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack told Reuters. The agency is due to announce the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program later on Monday. The program will tap funds from the USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation, which provides up to $30 billion annually from the U.S. Treasury to help stabilize agricultural product prices and support farm income.

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Topics: Fertilizer, Environment, Climate Change,

If farmers spray these microbes on crops, they don’t need synthetic fertilizer

Nitrogen fertilizer requires fossil fuels to make and can damage the environment after it’s used. Kula Bio is using microbes to cleanly recreate the same process.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Water, Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog, Environment, US EPA,

02/04/2022 SOURCE: modernfarmer.com

EPA Launches Investigation Into North Carolina Hog Operations

The state is allowing Smithfield Foods plants to produce biogas from hog waste lagoons—a decision that disproportionately affects the surrounding communities of color.

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Nancy Kavazanjian
shared this 2 article 3 years ago
Topics: Environment, Climate Change,

Why Environmentalists Pose a Bigger Obstacle to Effective Climate Policy than Denialists

In the recent Netflix smash hit Don’t Look Up, scientists try to warn the world about a comet hurtling towards Earth that is going to wipe out human civilization and possibly life itself. Except, no-one wants to hear the bad news: the US president is too busy with the

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Randy Krotz
shared this 2 article 3 years ago
Topics: Soybeans, Environment, Commodity/Trade Groups,

Biodiesel Board Rebrands as Clean Fuels Alliance America

The National Biodiesel Board today unveiled its new name and new brand, Clean Fuels Alliance America, during the opening session of the 2022 National Biodiesel Conference & Expo. The transformation to Clean Fuels helps the industry represent all its industry members: biodiesel, renewable diesel and

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Nancy Kavazanjian
shared this 2 article 4 years ago
Topics: Environment, Biotech, Ag Africa,

https://globalfarmernetwork.org/2021/12/african-farmers-should-benefit-from-the-cohabitation-and-free-choice-between-biotech-crops-and-agroecology/

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Food Waste, Environment,

12/06/2021 SOURCE: www.mercurynews.com

New California law aims at keeping food out of the trash

“This is the single fastest and easiest thing each of us can do to address climate change.” Rachel Wagoner

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Randy Krotz
shared this 2 article 4 years ago
Topics: Environment, Climate Change,

Amazon says it plans solar farm in Georgia

Amazon plans to build a solar farm in east Georgia, its first in the state.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Sustainability, Environment,

12/06/2021 SOURCE: coloradosun.com

A Colorado family tried to save their cattle ranch by betting big on rare birds. It’s paying off.

A cattle ranch is protecting rare wildlife to find an environmentally and financially sustainable future with the help of the Audubon Society.

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Nancy Kavazanjian
shared this 2 article 4 years ago
Topics: Agriculture US, Sustainability, Environment,

The butterflies are back! Annual migration of monarchs shows highest numbers in years

The annual winter monarch butterfly migration, which has seen steep declines in recent yea...

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