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Op-Ed: How reducing food waste can help solve the climate crisis
Investing $14 billion a year over the next decade can eliminate 45 million tons of food waste each year — a reduction of 75 million tons of greenhouse gases.
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Loose cow ties up Atlanta interstate traffic for an hour
A single cow held up traffic for about an hour near Atlanta, Ga., on Saturday after falling out of a livestock trailer.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Livestock/Meat, Agriculture US, Economics, Beef Cattle, Research,
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Corn/Maize, Rice, Irrigation, Vegetables, Agriculture Global, Water, Fruit, Economics, Food/Nutrition, Ag Asia / Pacific, Government / Policies,
La Union farm strengthens farming families, aims to boost agri-tourism in the province
La Union is one of the most popular surfing destinations in the Philippines to date. One farm that has been embracing this edge and promoting agri-tourism in the same province is Ibit’s Integrated Farm.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Corn/Maize, Rice, Cotton, Sugarcane, Agriculture US, Economics, Coronavirus/COVID,
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture US, Organic, Sustainability, Vertical Farming, Urban Farming,
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Education U.S. MidWest, Economics, Hemp, Ag Africa,
Two Wits students focus on agritech for cannabis industry
Two master’s students at the University of Witwatersrand (Wits), Constant Beckerling and Anlo van Wyk, are developing new technologies aimed at disrupting the booming cannabis, or so called ‘green gold’, industry. Their novel cannabis cultivation technologies, developed for the African climate, have earned them special recognition in the Biosciences category of the Gauteng Accelerator Programme (GAP).
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Here’s one way we can get people to choose more climate-friendly foods
Even some people who didn’t want to know the environmental impact of their food were convinced to make a more sustainable swap.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Vegetables, Agriculture Global, Economics, Food/Nutrition, Ag Global Specialty Food, World Hunger,
Trelawny Is Jamaica’s ‘Yam Belt’ And Where Yam Legends Are Made
Eighty percent of all agricultural production in Jamaica's parish of Trelawny consists of yams, making it the backbone of Jamaica's global export dominance of the staple. Trelawny yams have also taken on a legendary status, and are viewed as a source of both stamina and longevity.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Agriculture US, Jobs US,
Why Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Could Be a ‘Big F**king Deal’ for American Farmers
It is, at long last, Infrastructure Week in Washington. It likely will be for months to come, too. President Joe Biden on Wednesday formally unveiled a $2-trillion infrastructure proposal during an afternoon speech that kicked off what is expected to be a prolonged sales pitch for the sweeping package. “It’s not a plan that tinkers around the edges,” he said. “It’s a once-in-a-generation investment in America unlike anything we've done since we built the interstate highway system and the space race decades ago.' Dubbed the American Jobs Plan, the eight-year spending proposal promises to modernize 20,000 miles of roads, repair
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