Unsustainable

MARCH 3, 2020

By Susan Salas INTRODUCTION Community farms and gardens have been a part of the human experience for as long as we’ve planted agriculture. Here, the community gardens have one very focused goal: sustainable agriculture with native plants. Native plants help preserve the soil and prevent soil erosion. While the U.S.

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Grist

MARCH 27, 2024

But the debate embodies the agricultural industry in the era of climate change: As ecosystems shift and extreme weather makes farming even more precarious, ranchers are facing tough decisions about how to adapt their land use practices. “The Friendly fescue soil, by contrast, has more microbes than toxic fescue soil.

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Better Ventures

MAY 20, 2013

Industrial agriculture depletes soil for future use, introduces synthetic chemicals into food and water supplies, and with 30% of all greenhouse gas emissions, is the single largest contributor to climate change. We at AgGrow believe the answer lies within the sphere of sustainable agriculture.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Organic urban agriculture, renewable energy and beautiful landscaping come together at the Thammasat University Rooftop Farm (TURF), Asia’s largest organic rooftop farm that spans 236,806 square feet. The campus canteen collects food waste and uses it for compost on the urban farm.

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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2021

According to Kurnik, hydroponics and aeroponic farming use less water and don't degrade soil like traditional farming, but for vertical farming to become environmentally sustainable on a carbon emissions level, these systems need to source electricity from renewables such as solar, wind or hydro. There's the soil degradation side.

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Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 6, 2022

More frequent and more intense storms create land runoff that can overwhelm water treatment facilities, contaminating drinking water with hazardous waste or soils with intestinal parasites. Furthermore, elevated CO 2 concentrations can result in greater uptake and concentration of soil toxins (such as arsenic or cadmium) in rice.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Such studies included Work For the Future (1973); the findings of the Workshop on Alternative Energy Strategies (1977); and the World Coal Study (1980). Society had acknowledged that it had “over-estimated” the carrying capacity of soil, water, and air so “current wisdom” would lead us to “unequivocally condemn such past practice.”

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 4, 2024

In sub-Saharan Africa, The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has found that “the industry constitutes a threat to the livelihoods and food and nutrition security of local communities”. The roundtable hosted a workshop alongside the UN FAO and representatives of sub-Saharan African communities in December 2023.

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Greenability Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, Shelar volunteered to drive a KC Can truck to pick up food waste, which gets put back into soil to grow healthy foods. Instructors such as Banks are coached in a one-day training workshop, after which they receive a lifetime instructor certification.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

The second is a commitment to sourcing 100 percent of the natural materials Timberland uses from regenerative agriculture, such as leather for boots. To me, this really magnified the fact that there’s a huge global disconnect between the people who grow large-scale agricultural commodity crops and those who consume them," Buckles says.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

The second is a commitment to sourcing 100 percent of the natural materials Timberland uses from regenerative agriculture, such as leather for boots. Green Building Council still makes time to volunteer at STEM workshops for youth and was involved with a nonprofit nudging Oakland middle schoolers into the outdoors.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

This revolution will impact almost every part of the food system, from agriculture and ingredients to supply chains and workforces. Energy Procurement Fundamentals (Workshop): This session is designed to help you to develop foundational understanding of U.S. energy markets and renewable procurement.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

After 60 hours of discussions, deliberations, and expert workshops covering how best to decarbonise everything from transport and heating to electricity and agriculture, 108 members of the Assembly have delivered their verdicts, and they are in turn surprising, predictable, and nuanced, but above all else galvanising.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

  🌾 EarthOptics , an Arlington, Virginia-based soil sensing service provider, raised $24m in funding from Conti Ventures, The Production Board, CNH Industrial, Cibus Fund, Cooperative Ventures, and other investors. 

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