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The 9% Lie: Industrial Food and Climate Change

07/29/2019

The Climate Emergency is finally getting the attention of the media and the U.S. (and world) body politic, as well as a growing number of politicians, activists and even U.S. farmers. But it’s far less widely understood that energy conservation and renewables can’t do the job alone.

Plant Sentience and the Impossible Burger

07/23/2019

The choice about eating meat is a personal one. The real choice should be about minimizing the harm to all living things and doing our best to regenerate our environment. It means choosing to only eat foods that have come from humane, regenerative systems, preferably from our own local systems.

How Fake Food Accelerates the Collapse of the Planet and Our Health

07/23/2019

The mad rush to fake food, like fake meat made with genetically-modified soy, ignores the importance of the diversity of our foods and culinary cultures. It's a recipe to accelerate the destruction of the Planet and our health.

Can Meat Actually Save The Planet?

07/19/2019

We've been told our consumption of meat is destroying the environment. But the real issue is meat production, not meat itself. Regenerative farming could be the answer.

The Green New Deal Must Include Regenerative Agriculture and an End to Factory Farming

07/19/2019

A millennial perspective on why the way we farm and how we consume food must be part of the conversation when it comes to the climate crisis.

How Farming Can Change to Feed Us All While Saving the Planet — and No, You Absolutely Won’t Have to Become Vegan

07/17/2019

Organic farmer Patrick Holden is an early adopter of mixed farming systems, where livestock and crops work together hand-in-hand. He explains how and why it can provide a sustainable future for all of us.

Agroecology as Innovation

07/11/2019

Agroecological sciences offer just the kinds of innovations small-scale farmers need to increase soil fertility, raise productivity, improve food and nutrition security, and build climate resilience

Regenerative Agriculture Hits the Mainstream

07/07/2019

Big Ag is getting on the bandwagon, but market premiums still aren’t on the table

The Green New Deal Wants Farmers to Restore the Land, Not Keep Wrecking It

07/01/2019

Regenerative agriculture might sound at first like a subtle variation on organic. But if the term “organic” highlights what’s absent—no chemical fertilizers, no pesticides—”regenerative” goes a step further, advocating for practices like adaptive multi-paddock grazing, in which ruminants like cows and sheep are slowly rotated across a property, so they graze on and fertilize one section of the farm at a time while allowing the rest to naturally regrow and replenish.

Dr. Richard Teague: Regenerative Organic Practices “Clean Up the Act of Agriculture”

06/25/2019

Agricultural land is generally being managed in a manner that is degrading the land resource. In particular, the soil function and ecosystem biodiversity that we need working properly to provide the ecosystem services that we depend on—we have to look at it in a different way.

U.S. Farmers & Ranchers for a Green New Deal Frequently Asked Questions

06/20/2019

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Fake Food, Fake Meat: Big Food’s Desperate Attempt to Further the Industrialisation of Food

06/19/2019

The industrial west has always been arrogant, and ignorant, of the cultures it has colonised. “Fake Food” is just the latest step in a history of food imperialism.

Impossible Foods and Regenerative Grazers Face Off in a Carbon Farming Dust-Up

06/19/2019

The plant-based burger company called regenerative grazing the “clean coal of meat” in a recent report. That hasn’t gone over well amongst carbon ranchers.

The Climate Emergency: Regenerate or Perish

06/17/2019

Transitioning a small proportion of global agricultural production to regenerative agriculture and regenerative grazing systems will sequester enough CO2 to reverse cli-mate change and restore the global climate.

The New Plan to Remove a Trillion Tons of Carbon Dioxide from the Atmosphere: Bury It

06/14/2019

It sounds like an idea plucked from science fiction, but the reality is that trees and plants already do it, breathing carbon dioxide and then depositing it via roots and decay into the soil. That’s why consumers and companies often “offset” their carbon emissions by planting carbon-sucking trees elsewhere in the world.