Business Green

MARCH 24, 2023

The organic movement forged a path for a federally recognised standard for food - Should regenerative follow its course? But it's still the wild west, and these developments haven't resulted in a shared standard or even a definition that everyone agrees upon. In 1990, Congress passed the Organic Food Production Act.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 8, 2024

Key Regulations and Guidelines for Greywater Use When reusing greywater, it’s essential to abide by regulations and guidelines, including: Recycled greywater used in irrigation systems must be applied directly to the soil. Sprinklers shouldn’t be used.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

Even the definition of “microplastics” is slippery. Rivers, for example, though we would expect this to be a catchment-specific issue, said David Tompkins, a soil scientist with Aqua Enviro, during the November event. It allocates actions to stakeholders including the EA, local authorities and organic processors.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 29, 2020

29 – Soil health is all the talk on the campaign trail in Iowa as well as on the slopes of Davos. Something’s definitely in the air, er, ground, when organic agriculture features in a Super Bowl ad. ImpactAlpha, Jan.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

DeSmog recently reported how HealthforAnimals, a Belgium-based organization representing some of the world’s biggest animal pharmaceutical companies, presented “misleading” information to back their current business models. based sustainable farming research organization. based environmental organization.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 9, 2022

Nuvoda (US) (category: circular economy): Nuvoda’s Mobile Organic Biofilm (MOB) technology operates as a hybrid of an attached biofilm and aerobic granular sludge process, enabling the simultaneous removal of nitrogen and phosphorous. It can simultaneously remove suspended solids and digest organic contaminants without the use of chemicals.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 19, 2020

The program collects information about soil health, biodiversity and ecosystem function, which is related to water cycle, mineral cycle, energy flow and community dynamics. This fall, Timberland plans to introduce a collection of boots using regenerative leather sourced from Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed ranches.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2022

Nuvoda’s Mobile Organic Biofilm (MOB) technology operates as a hybrid of an attached biofilm and aerobic granular sludge process, enabling the simultaneous removal of nitrogen and phosphorous. It can simultaneously remove suspended solids and digest organic contaminants without the use of chemicals. Nuvoda (US) – circular economy.

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Grist

MARCH 11, 2024

The task of formalizing the geological era fell to the International Commission on Stratigraphy, the scientific organization which establishes global standards for such things. Epochs are typically stretches of several million years designated by clues left in the soil, rocks, and fossils.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 18, 2020

But digging into innovations being advanced by that organization - AGCO, based in Duluth, Georgia - reveals much about the potential future of technology for cultivating regenerative and precision agriculture. My focus is really to harness the energy of the entire organization. With new CEO Eric Hansotia poised to step up Jan.

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Low Impact

JULY 14, 2021

The soil in those days was dead from decades of industrial scale ‘factory without a roof’ agricultural thinking, producing food for an unthinking populace. The land is heavy unrefined silt and clay, and given this heavy industrial treatment it was devoid of any organic matter content and soil life (microbiota).

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

No-till and organic farming fall under the banner of regenerative agriculture, as well as the use of cover crops. All these methods work to improve the soil, reduce air and water pollution, cut emissions, and boost biodiversity. These big ag entities often link regenerative agriculture to carbon storage in the soil.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 19, 2021

Trusted third-party organizations like LEED, B Corp and Green Business Bureau provide certification programs that can prove your company’s green cred. They say their product is “eco-friendly”, “natural”, “organic”. And since there’s no legal definition of “green” or “eco-friendly”, they often get away with it.

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Defend Our Future

MAY 10, 2023

Buckets of water, various trees, soil, mulch, shovels, gloves, and safety equipment were provided – but the community members planted the seeds of their future. It definitely put a smile on my face. On the event day, despite cold and snowy Iowa weather, over 50 volunteers showed up to plant trees!

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Front And Centered

JUNE 20, 2020

Our goal is nothing short of ensuring every corner of Washington has air that is safe to breathe for the most medically vulnerable, water that is clean enough for anyone to drink, swim or fish in, and soil that is free of contamination. The proposed definition is a modified version of the EPA’s EJ definition.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 28, 2020

He now co-owns Grand Prismatic Seed , which specializes in hardy organic seeds, and works as the assistant horticulturalist in Red Butte’s Water Conservation Garden. It’s definitely worth a trip once we can leave our houses again. Low-water plants tend to need good drainage in the soil , especially in non-arid climates.

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Low Impact

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Let me just read something that’s on your website, which blew me away: “The UK fleet is made up of 5,911 boats, 21% of which are more than 10 metres in length, while 79% are 10 metre or smaller – the official ‘small-scale, inshore fishing’ definition, and the boats that Sole of Discretion work exclusively with.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 17, 2021

Soil scientists strongly disagree about whether soil carbon sequestration (SCS) can effectively help to decarbonize the atmosphere. Other organizations, by contrast, promote the same practices as necessary for natural climate solutions. Debate is critical for addressing uncertainties related to building soil carbon.

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Grist

OCTOBER 9, 2019

As they walled off rivers and created dry islands from what was previously soggy marsh, they discovered incredibly rich soil. No one foresaw that this very bounty — soil rich with organic material — would, over time, become a curse of sorts. That organic material contains copious amounts of carbon.

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Planet Pulse

AUGUST 2, 2021

In addition, there is the need to continue working with Planet images in other future projects led by PRIAS such as evaluating the feasibility of the soil in planting crops, monitoring of crop yield, health analysis of crops, and disease monitoring,” said Vargas. . To learn more about our products, visit our site.

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Grist

JULY 8, 2024

Read Next Peatlands could become a climate feedback loop we definitely don’t want to trigger Alexandria Herr When turf is cut from these sites, carbon is released, and the land is dried out, decreasing the bog’s naturally wet environment. Peatlands absorb and store twice as much carbon as all of the world’s forests combined.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 17, 2020

But digging into innovations being advanced by that organization — AGCO, based in Duluth, Georgia — reveals much about the potential future of technology for cultivating regenerative and precision agriculture. “My focus is really to harness the energy of the entire organization. With new CEO Eric Hansotia poised to step up Jan.

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Agriculture Electricity Soil Organic 28

Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Jim Giles explores the deep divisions that are shaping the emerging field of soil-based offsets. This week, I'll try to untangle one of the more complex, confusing and contentious aspects of our food systems: the emerging market for soil carbon offsets. The solution, they say, is to scrap the traditional definition of additionality.

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Low Impact

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

And nothing is healthier for human bodies or for nature than local, organic food. Modern, large-scale agriculture destroys soil and wildlife, and uses vast amounts of fossil fuel energy. We’d be eating in-season, local, organic food virtually all the time, apart from some preserves.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 22, 2024

The legal framework should encompass the following aspects: definition of geothermal resources; clear ownership and access rights; licensing, permits, and fees; institutional jurisdiction; clear delineation of resource management principles and responsibilities; and environmental regulations.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 16, 2024

If not properly plugged and abandoned, these wells and facilities can contaminate waterways and soil, serve as a source of climate and air pollutants, and can present physical hazards to people and wildlife,” CalGEM concluded in a 2023 legislative report. Both scenarios put the public at risk. “If

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Andrew Winston

MAY 4, 2022

And what’s worse, perverse government subsidies and regulations make it cheaper to do the less sustainable thing — burn more fossil fuels or degrade soil to maximize yields today at the expense of tomorrow. Work to broaden the definition of “return” on your investments. It definitely pays to invest in our shared future.

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Grist

MAY 14, 2024

Mathur, a plant geneticist, leads the Plant Breeding & Genetics Laboratory for the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, a collaboration between two United Nations agencies: the Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

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Elemental Excelerator

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In the immediate future, the portfolio allocation will likely lean toward shorter-term organic storage opportunities. Unfortunately, perfect accuracy at scale remains difficult to accomplish for many organic carbon credits using today’s variety of methods. What to Do About Scope 3 Carbon Offsets. The post ??

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Greenability Magazine

JULY 26, 2021

Although a few local nurseries and Kansas City Community Gardens will have some late season vegetable starts, growing your own will definitely open up your access to a wider range of plant types (e.g. One missed day of watering outside can fry tender seedling before they ever break through the garden soil. fennel, kohlrabi, tatsoi).

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Cooling Soil Organic Resilience 52

Grist

JUNE 12, 2024

Earth Day organizers educated people about the value of sorting through their trash and advocated for community recycling programs. Corporations responded by creating the first anti-litter organization, Keep America Beautiful, founded in 1953 by the American Can Company and the Owens-Illinois Glass Company.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 14, 2021

According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of the word ‘virtue’ is “conformity to a standard of right : morality”. This best explains the approach by a small Michigan cidery and farm that has kept sustainability in mind in every aspect of its business, from the ingredients to land management to energy conservation.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Farming on the continent is plagued by under investment and smallholders are already in the grip of the climate crisis, hit by floods, droughts and depleted soils. Participants must put forward funding and a proposal, and Aim4C organizers then choose successful sprints to champion to 2025. African farmers face critical challenges.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

These technologies include the use of insects, ‘fake meat’ made from plants, lab-grown meat, vertical farming, genetic modification (GMO), micro-organisms (such as algae) and 3D printing of food in general. Soil degradation. This book is all about how we can increase our food production for all mankind in a tasty, sustainable manner.

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Elemental Excelerator

JUNE 28, 2021

In addition to improving profitability and productivity, the technology enables better grazing techniques that can improve soil health, stimulate grass productivity and root growth, and turn our vast grasslands into more efficient carbon sinks. It’s a labor and capital resource constraint thing. How are they thinking about the future?

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Grist

AUGUST 4, 2021

The Hemlock Initiative also employs Dietschler and organizes the release of the adelgid-eating flies. A 2018 study looking at trees and soil carbon found that 80- to 90-year-old hemlocks sequestered 6.8 times more soil carbon than black birches of the same age. If the U.S. Then if you think, wait, what if we lost all hemlocks?

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Low Impact

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

If you simply want somewhere to grow your own food, or to work with your hands in the soil, there are other possible options, so it is worth asking: Is there already a community garden near you? Community gardens ensure access to good-quality, local, and organic food. Community farms.

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