US state of Arizona cancels leases and water rights for Saudi company that grows alfalfa
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Study says cover crops and no-till aren't just good for soil — they also make farmers more money
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Ancient Amazonians created mysterious ‘dark earth’ on purpose
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The new colonialist food economy - forced use of patented seeds in Africa
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The San Francisco Bay Area is in a ‘losing battle’ with exotic fruit smugglers - fruit flies threaten California crops
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Amid steep global bird declines, farmers create refuges
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Palm oil giants Indonesia, Malaysia start talks with EU over deforestation rule
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No Meat Required - Alicia Kennedy’s new book explores the tensions and triumphs of leaving meat behind
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US money from the Climate-Smart Commodities program, designed to reduce agriculture emissions, is going disproportionately to multinationals
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Norway to spend $6 million a year stock-piling grain, citing pandemic, war and climate change – will start storing 15,000 tons of grain yearly until 2028 or 2029
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Rice prices soar, fanning fears of food inflation spike in Asia
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Permaculture gardening open thread
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Is this the protein plant of the future? New study finds ‘sweetness gene’ that makes lupins tastier
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Artificial intelligence and internet of things for sustainable farming and smart agriculture
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How “Big Ag” pollutes America’s water, and makes money doing it
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Hops for beer flourish under solar panels. They’re not the only crop thriving in the shade.
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Analysis of thirty long-running farm trials shows crop choice and manure addition can sustain high yields at low fertilizer rates
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Warmer, drier weather because of El Niño is expected to hamper rice production across Asia, hitting global food security in a world still reeling from the impacts of the war in Ukraine
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‘An insane amount of water’: What climate change means for California’s biggest dairy district
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The robots are coming ― to pick Northwest apples
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GM food: EU rethinks rules on genetically modified crops
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Welcome to the next generation of agricultural drones
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Harnessing Iceland's geothermal energy for agriculture | Focus on Europe
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The crop that’s sucking the Colorado River dry: Hay swallows triple the water used by everyone in the region to shower, water lawns, and do laundry
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How Big Beef is fueling the Amazon's destruction
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Inside Big Beef’s climate messaging machine: Confuse, defend and downplay
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Europe has lost over half a billion birds in forty years. The single biggest cause? Pesticides and fertilisers
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Rock flour produced by the grinding under Greenland's glaciers can trap climate-heating carbon dioxide when spread on farm fields
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I (basically) stopped weeding thanks to this game-changing gardening method; Tilling is out. ‘No dig’ is in.
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Nearly half of every pineapple you eat ends up in the trash. But now, companies across the globe are turning the inedible parts of the fruit into textiles, plates, soap, and more. | World Wide Waste
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Colorado becomes first state to pass “right to repair” law for farmers
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It's the Matrix, but for locusts
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The bean that could change the taste of coffee
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The return of silvopasture
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Tulare lake is re-emerging in California, and farms and communities are going underwater
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What’s the real cost of mezcal?
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A flock of chickens, held for ransom — Growing cyberattacks on Canada's food system threaten disaster
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The stories and saviors behind heirloom seeds
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Giant California greenhouse signals a big bet on cannabis legalization
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The vertical farming bubble is finally popping
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Denmark should aim to reduce beef and dairy production by introducing a farming emissions tax in order to reach its ambitious climate targets
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How a shipping error 100 years ago launched the $30 billion chicken industry
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The world’s farms are hooked on phosphorus. It’s a problem.
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Why the ground under Colorado solar panels is ripe for growing food
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Meet the Appalachian apple hunter who rescued 1,000 ‘lost’ varieties
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Right-to-repair advocates question John Deere’s new promises
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The American Farm Bureau Federation and John Deere have signed a 'Memorandum of Understanding' allowing US customers to fix their own equipment
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High tech meets agriculture in Denmark – strategic investments mean country may one day become a major exporter of farming technology
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Everything about irrigation pivots (Farmers are geniuses)
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Mississippi River levels are dropping too low for barges to float
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