TOPIC(S): Corn/Maize, Ethanol/Biofuel, Ag Tech,

05/02/2024 SOURCE: www.technologyreview.com

A US push to use ethanol as aviation fuel raises major climate concerns

Ethanol makers who use sustainably produced corn can now qualify for big federal tax credits, but critics are skeptical of the carbon benefits.

Comments (0)

TOPIC(S): Water, Carbon Farming,

06/23/2023 SOURCE: www.technologyreview.com

The hope and hype of seaweed farming for carbon removal

Why people want to use seaweed in the oceans to clean up the atmosphere, and what it would take to make it work.

Comments (0)

TOPIC(S): Fishing (Commercial), Carbon Farming,

06/16/2023 SOURCE: www.technologyreview.com

Seaweed farming for carbon dioxide capture would take up too much of the ocean

We’d need to use a huge amount of ocean space to get even close to hitting targets.

Comments (0)

Nancy Kavazanjian
shared this article 3 years ago
Topics: Ag Innovation, Carbon Farming,

Carbon removal factory

A large plant that captures carbon from the air could help create an industry the world needs to avoid dangerous levels of warming this century.

Comments (0)

TOPIC(S): Livestock/Meat, Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Beef Cattle, Cellular Meat, Ranching,

02/15/2021 SOURCE: www.technologyreview.com

Bill Gates: Rich nations should shift entirely to synthetic beef

In his new book, “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster,” the Microsoft cofounder lays out t...

Comments (0)

Nancy Kavazanjian
shared this article 4 years ago
Topics: Climate Change,

Climate change means the US must start building big things again

Sixteen years ago, I wrote about the early challenges surrounding the development of the T...

Comments (0)

TOPIC(S): Sustainability, Environment, Climate Change, Consumer/Retail,

09/24/2020 SOURCE: www.technologyreview.com

This restaurant duo want a zero-carbon food system. Can it happen?

When Karen Leibowitz and Anthony Myint opened The Perennial, the most ambitious and expensive restaurant of their careers, it was essentially on a self-dare. The married duo had found enormous success with their previous restaurant in San Francisco, Mission Chinese Food, but realized something was missing. “Basically zero chefs were working on climate change,” Myint…

Comments (0)

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

Questions remain about carbon credits for farming

Regenerative agriculture is raising a lot of climate hopes - and a lot of concerns

Comments (0)

TOPIC(S): Corn/Maize, Soybeans, Crop Consultant, Conservation/Tillage, Regenerative Agriculture,

06/03/2020 SOURCE: www.technologyreview.com

"The world’s farmlands do have the capacity to store billions of tons of carbon dioxide in the soil annually, according to a National Academies report last year. But there is still uncertainty concerning which farming techniques work, and to what degree, across different soil types, depths, topographies, crop varieties, climate conditions, and time periods."

Regenerative agriculture is raising a lot of climate hopes - and a lot of concerns

A California nonprofit’s efforts to create a standard to certify carbon uptake in soil u...

Comments (0)

TOPIC(S): Organic, Sustainability,

10/22/2019 SOURCE: www.technologyreview.com

Sorry—organic farming is actually worse for climate change

The practice cuts greenhouse-gas emissions only if you ignore the inconvenient fact that i...

Comments (0)

Small school. Big internships. One-to-one learning and hands-on experiences in the heart of the agribusiness industry. Agribusiness at Greenville University

Register

A US push to use ethanol as aviation fuel raises major climate concerns

The hope and hype of seaweed farming for carbon removal

Seaweed farming for carbon dioxide capture would take up too much of the ocean

Carbon removal factory

Bill Gates: Rich nations should shift entirely to synthetic beef

Climate change means the US must start building big things again

This restaurant duo want a zero-carbon food system. Can it happen?

Regenerative agriculture is raising a lot of climate hopes - and a lot of concerns

Regenerative agriculture is raising a lot of climate hopes - and a lot of concerns

Sorry—organic farming is actually worse for climate change

Forgot Password?

LOGIN