06/26/2023 SOURCE: www.motherjones.com

Here’s How Small Farmers Across Africa Are Bringing Back Trees

The continent's forests are disappearing—but there is new growth to celebrate.

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06/21/2023 SOURCE: travel.mongabay.com

Pictures of rainforests

Pictures of rainforests: rainforests images taken by Rhett Ayers Butler

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06/14/2023 SOURCE: thetyee.ca

We Can Restore the World’s Forests | The Tyee

‘A Trillion Trees’ shows Canada has much to learn from Europe and Indigenous efforts.

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06/13/2023 SOURCE: e360.yale.edu

As Africa Loses Forest, Its Small Farmers Are Bringing Back Trees

The loss of forests across Africa has long been documented. But recent studies show that small farmers from Senegal to Ethiopia to Malawi are allowing trees to regenerate on their lands, resulting in improved crop yields, productive fruit harvests, and a boost for carbon storage.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Forestry, Food/Nutrition, Sustainability,

Ancient Maya used sustainable farming, forestry for millennia

University of Cincinnati researchers found evidence of sustainable agriculture and forestry spanning a millennia in one ancient Mayan city.

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04/24/2023 SOURCE: flip.it

Protecting big trees for wildlife also benefits climate, says study

Large trees offer major solutions to the climate and biodiversity crisis that are needed now. As President Biden calls for protecting mature and old growth trees on Federal lands, the study describes ...

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John LaRose Jr.
shared this article 1 year ago
Topics: Forestry, Sustainability, Ag Europe,

Experts grow trees resistant to Dutch elm disease to repopulate

Once a common sight across the English countryside, up to 100 million were wiped out in the 1960s and 1970s by Dutch elm disease, a fungus spread by beetles.

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Team AgWiki
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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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02/16/2023 SOURCE: siamsay.com

Olive harvesting and processing for olive oil. - Siamsay

Comment : I believe and trust that It’s indeed a process to extract the oil from the olive tree. Comment : Absolutely amazing. Imagine showing this to a farmer from 1000 years ago, they’d probably lose their minds. Comment : Amazing what these machines can achieve in a day that could take months without them!!

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Topics: Soybeans, Forestry, Agriculture Global, Economics, Brazil, Weather,

Farming Destroyed Brazil’s Rain Forests. It Could Also Save Them

A movement in Brazil is reimagining agriculture to save the industry—and the rain forest.

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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.