John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Food/Nutrition, World Hunger, World Population,

How to feed a booming population without destroying the planet

The world’s population will hit 10 billion in 2050. A new report offers solutions for how more food can be grown sustainably.

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04/17/2024 SOURCE: www.ehn.org

Farmers' discontent fuels far-right agendas in Europe

Amid mounting grievances over agriculture policies, Europe’s far right capitalizes on farmer protests to push their political agenda.Emily Rauhala and Virgile Demoustier report for The Washington Post.In short:Farmers in Europe express frustration over economic pressures and strict regulations, lead...

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04/17/2024 SOURCE: www.euronews.com

Romanian agency uses AI to help farmers get EU funding

Romania’s Rural Investing Finance Authority (AFIR) is streamlining the grant submission process for farmers by using AI to do their administrative work.

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04/15/2024 SOURCE: www.wbjournal.com

Urban farming firm with ties to Clark University leases warehouse in Leominster

Founded in 2013, Freight Farms now has more than 600 farming units in 41 countries around the world, according to the company’s website.

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04/15/2024 SOURCE: www.theglobeandmail.com

Farming under siege: Canaan Palestine preserves the land’s millennia-old culture of cultivating olive oil

The Globe and Mail spoke to Nasser Abufarha about the mystique of old-growth olive trees, farming under siege and turning a commodity into a community one olive oil shipment at a time

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04/15/2024 SOURCE: www.monitordaily.com

Planter Auction Values Drop While Late-Model Farm Equipment Inventory Growth Continues - Monitordaily

Over the past year, Sandhills Global has noted a significant increase in late-model used farm equipment inventory levels in its marketplaces. At the same time, newer equipment has become more prevalent, as manufacturers have returned to normal production levels following the resolution of numerous supply chain issues.

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04/15/2024 SOURCE: maritime-executive.com

Baltic Sea’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Advances Towards Auction

With the construction of Poland’s largest offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea on course, Equinor and the Polish utility company Polenergia have appl...

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04/15/2024 SOURCE: www.feedstuffs.com

Bunge Chevron Ag Renewables building oilseed processing plant in Louisiana

Plant will feature flexible design to process soybeans as well as softseeds.

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04/15/2024 SOURCE: www.stltoday.com

Nicklaus: Path to world food security goes through St. Louis

On average, a small farmer in Africa produces just one-fifth as much output per acre as his North American counterpart.

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04/14/2024 SOURCE: devpolicy.org

Cocoa farming in PNG for all generations - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre

The PNG cocoa industry is at risk unless youth and women are integrated into cocoa farming systems, say Swan, Saul and Fidelis.

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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.