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Topics: Forestry, Environment, Climate Change, Carbon Farming,

These 'supertrees' grow a climate-friendly alternative to palm oil

Terviva's Ponova is made from the pongamia tree, which is unusually resilient....

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, Environment,

Consumers care about sustainability—and back it up with their wallets

A joint study from McKinsey and NielsenIQ examines whether or not consumers really do care about sustainability when it comes to ESG claims on packaging.

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Topics: Environment, Pollinators,

Monarch butterflies make dramatic comeback; state-federal partnership seeks to boost pollinators

Populations of pollinators have declined greatly in the past few decades, but are starting to show improvement. A partnership of government agencies seeks to keep the momentum going.

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03/02/2023 SOURCE: www.womeninag.com

Women in Agribusiness

Op Ed: Thoughts from PURIS on Regenerative Ag

By Nicole Atchison, PhD – CEO of PURIS Holdings (February 21, 2023) Regenerative agricu...

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Topics: Education U.S. West, Water, Environment, Weather,

'A game-changer': San Joaquin Valley farmers help replenish groundwater by flooding their fields | Flipboard

For farmers throughout California, dealing with drought is one of many stressors. San Joaquin County almond farmer Christine Gemperle says it's something she thinks about every single day.

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Water, Research, Environment,

UW-Madison researchers seek to understand how forever chemicals move through soil

The paper presents a simplified framework for understanding how the chemicals are moving t...

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Topics: Agriculture US, Environment,

Equilibrium — Record pipeline spill threatens Midwest farm culture

Equilibrium is a newsletter that tracks the growing global battle over the future of sustainability. Subscribe here or in the box below. A record spill from the Keystone pipeline system has one Kan…

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12/06/2022 SOURCE: www.euractiv.com

Precision Agriculture - What do EU farmers want?

This EURACTIV-GIGAEurope Digital Debate examined the role that digital technologies can play in global efforts to address food security issues and make agriculture more sustainable. Addressed questions  included: - What are the current attitudes and adoption rates of precision agriculture tools of Europe’s farms? - What environmental challenges do farmers face and what is the role precision agriculture can play in tackling these? - What is industry doing to address farmers’ concerns around privacy and data ownership? - What sort of regulatory assurances can policymakers provide if farmers invest in precision farming tools?

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Livestock/Meat, Sustainability, Environment,

Protein PACT releases first-ever report on U.S. meat sector | AGDAILY

NAMI has taken a leadership roll in collecting data and fostering a common cause in the pr...

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08/16/2022 SOURCE: edairynews.com

Global warming and dairy cows: Why heat is bad for milk production - eDairyNews-EN

As global warming heats up, humans will increasingly suffer from rising temperatures. But how will climate change affect cows?

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Matt Brechwald is the world's most prolific agricultural podcaster. Consistently podcasting since 2014 Matt has hosted well over 1,000 podcasts about agriculture and conducted hundreds of radio interviews as well. From his farm in Kuna, Idaho, Matt has developed the term "Off-Farm Income" into a multi-national brand.