Sustainable Agriculture and Farming
Thursday, February 6, 2025
MI professor spotlights 'smart agriculture'
Some experts predict arable land per person will shrink by two-thirds by 2050. To combat it, Michigan students are being trained in "smart" …
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Factory farm advocates’ blind spot on food system reforms
Recent editorials in The New York Times and Washington Post defending factory farms make one critical mistake, according to environmental advocates: …
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Revive SNAP Stretch, WV growers, consumers urge
Food advocates are calling on lawmakers to help jump-start the state's SNAP Stretch program, which was paused last year due to budget constraints…
Denver nonprofit tackles food waste, hunger
By Taylor Haelterman for Triple Pundit.Broadcast version by Eric Galatas for Colorado News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-P…
Trial ahead for CA animal activist accused of trespassing, theft, conspiracy
An animal activist is speaking out ahead of her trial in May - accused of trespassing, theft and conspiracy after a protest at a poultry …
WI researchers use microbes to transform wastewater
By Carolyn Beans for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.Broadcast version by Judith Ruiz-Branch for Wisconsin News Connection reportin…
Map spotlights drinking water risks of CO factory farms
Some one million cattle confined in Colorado factory feedlots produce 24 billion pounds of manure each year. That's four times the amount of feces …
UN Green Climate Fund invests in KY factory farming, report finds
By Sophie Kevany for Sentient.Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan for Kentucky News Connection reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collabor…
New program shows environmental impact of green farming
Some Wisconsin farmers are now able to see the environmental effects from their sustainable farming practices through a new conservation program that …
Utah program incentivizes farmers to optimize water use
A Utah grant program is aiming to incentivize farmers to optimize their water use. Historically, Utah agriculture has accounted for up to 80% of the …
Iowa farmers on board with corn-based jet fuel
A company working to create sustainable energy sources is investing in corn to make jet fuel, which it said burns far cleaner than the traditional…
MA company ends production of genetically modified Atlantic salmon
Conservation groups are celebrating the end of a Massachusetts-based biotech company's pursuit of bringing genetically altered Atlantic salmon to mark…