Using Agroforestry to Save the Planet
Food Tank highlights 16 organizations and projects that are using agroforestry principles to bring benefits to farmers, communities, and the environment.
Utopian off-grid Regen Village produces all of its own food and energy
Check out ReGen Village, a planned off-grid community that addresses issues ranging from climate change to food security through sustainable design.
Regenerative Farming: Number One Antidote to Climate Change
Properly managed pastured livestock is “our number one antidote to climate change."
Soil4Climate: New Organization Fights Global Warming From The Ground Up
I got involved with Slow Money because of a personal interest in organic agriculture, but also because I had clients who wanted to channel some of their assets into sustainable food systems. But soil? I didn’t know anything about soil.
Cattle Drugs Could Fuel Climate Change, Study Suggests
Dosing farm animals with antibiotics increases greenhouse gas emissions from cow dung, research suggests.
Change the food system, not the climate!
Agriculture and the whole food system play a decisive role and must be at the centre of the debate on climate change. Food production is one of the main causes – and victims – of climate change, and could also become one of the solutions.
Superwheat Kernza Could Save Our Soil and Feed Us Well
Kernza’s most important difference–and the reason so many people have been waiting for its arrival–is the way it interacts with the soil.
Rep. Huffman Introduces Healthy Soils and Rangelands Solutions Act to Improve Carbon Capture in Federal Grazing Practices
New legislation is being proposed in California which would authorize a pilot program to study and report to Congress on projects for sequestering carbon through enhanced grazing practices, restoring degraded public lands including rangelands and forests, and the application of composts.
Will Environmentally Restorative Practices Transform Maui’s Toxic Agriculture?
Amidst complex discussions about the effects of chemical farming practices on public health, whether to choose an industrial or regenerative farming model, and the profitability of future crops, Maui stands at the crossroads between America’s farming past and its green future.
Quitting Season: Why Farmers Walk Away From Their Farms
There is no disputing the fact that communities love their farmers. When farmers call it quits it is not because they have failed—it is because our archaic food and agriculture system has failed them.
We can’t fight climate change without tackling agriculture emissions: Bob McDonald
Farmers can do their part, but we can go a long way as individuals by thinking more carefully about how much and what we eat.
What’s a Carbon Farmer? How California Ranchers Use Dirt to Tackle Climate Change
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Scientists believe that simple land management techniques can increase the rate at which carbon is absorbed from the atmosphere and stored in soils.
Farming is ‘single biggest cause’ of worst air pollution in Europe
Excess fertiliser use is one of the biggest causes of pollution in the oceans. If farmers were forced or encouraged to use less fertiliser, but use it more efficiently, the amounts that find their way into the seas and air might be reduced.
Over-grazing and desertification in the Syrian steppe are the root causes of war
The Syrian steppe ecosystem is perfectly adapted to cope with droughts - yes, even with extreme droughts exacerbated by climate change. However, this landscape can succumb easily to human irrationality and indifference.
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