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Reversing climate change with net-zero farming
Regrow is a technology start-up which aims to reverse climate change with agriculture. The tech start-up wants to achieve net-zero emissions in farming using technology and data. Regrow tries to transform agriculture to a net-zero carbon system.
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CRISPR tomatoes genetically engineered to be richer in vitamin D
Vitamin D deficiency is a growing health issue, but very few foods are rich in the nutrient. To help combat the problem, scientists have now used CRISPR gene editing to fortify tomatoes with vitamin D.
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Genetically modified tomatoes contain more vitamin D, say scientists
Scientists have found a way to edit the genetic makeup of tomatoes to become a robust source of vitamin D. A research team at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, UK, have been working on the newly designed tomatoes to help people receive appropriate amounts of the vital vitamin.
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Beef advertised as ‘raised without antibiotics’ may have antibiotics: study
Many Americans who choose to buy higher-priced beef products with reassuring labels like “Raised without Antibiotics” may actually be consuming steaks and burgers that do
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Pesticide residue found in over 70 percent of non-organic US produce: report
More than 70 percent of non-organic fresh fruits and vegetables sold in the U.S. contain traces of potentially harmful pesticides, according to a new report from an advocacy group. The Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) 2022 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce highlights a variety of potentially unsafe produce based on residue tests conducted by federal agencies.
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The secret to better coffee? The birds and the bees
A groundbreaking new study finds that coffee beans are bigger and more plentiful when birds and bees team up to protect and pollinate coffee plants.
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Risks of using AI to grow our food are substantial and must not be ignored, warn researchers
Artificial intelligence (AI) is on the cusp of driving an agricultural revolution, and helping confront the challenge of feeding our growing global population
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Kenya to use solar panels to boost crops by ‘harvesting the sun twice’
Solar panels are not a new way of providing cheap power across much of the African continent, where there is rarely a shortage of sunshine. But growing crops underneath the panels is, and the process has had such promising trials in Kenya that it will be deployed this week in open-field farms.
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As prices soar, Congress keeps giving ranchers a sweetheart deal
Inflation may be at a 40-year high, but the cost of grazing livestock on public lands is lower today than it was 40 years ago. Last week, the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service announced the latest federal rate: just $1.35. Adjusted for inflation, ranchers paid more than five times as much in 1981.
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US poultry giant Tyson using land ‘twice the size of New Jersey’ for animal feed, study says
Tyson Foods utilizes between nine and 10m acres of farmland – an area almost twice the size of New Jersey – to produce corn and soybeans to feed the more than 2 billion animals it processes every year in the US alone, according to new research.
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The extinction crisis that no one’s talking about
Coffee, wine, and wheat varieties are among the foods we could lose forever.
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Walmart Just Invested Big in Vertical Farming
Walmart's investment in vertical farming startup Plenty will bring organic greens to its California stores and help scale the technology.
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New model explores link between animal agriculture and climate change | Stanford News
Phasing out animal agriculture represents “our best and most immediate chance to reverse the trajectory of climate change,” according to a new model developed by scientists from Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley.
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Farmer using VR headsets to trick cows into thinking they're outside part of growing trend
The headsets simulate a summer pasture and have resulted in a higher yield and quality of milk.
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Overuse of antibiotics on farms threatens pandemic ‘much bigger than Covid’
Preventative use of antibiotics on farm animals will be banned in the EU from January; now the UK is thinking about whether to follow suit
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A seed for all seasons: can ancient methods future-proof food security in the Andes?
In Peru’s remote villages, farmers have used diverse crops to survive unpredictable weather for millennia. Now they are using this knowledge to adapt to the climate crisis
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A frenzy of well drilling by California farmers leaves residents without running water
Despite a California law intended to end over-pumping of aquifers, a frenzy of agricultural well drilling continues in the San Joaquin Valley.
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Largest Farm to Grow Crops Under Solar Panels Proves to Be a Bumper Crop for Agrivoltaic Land Use
Agrivoltaics, growing crops under solar panels, increases the production of both, and Jack's Solar Garden farm is showing how it's done.
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How This Vertical Farm Grows 80,000 Pounds of Produce per Week
Bowery Farming uses technology to prioritize accessibility and sustainability in their produce growing operations
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Self-Driving Farm Robot Uses Lasers To Kill 100,000 Weeds An Hour, Saving Land And Farmers From Toxic Herbicides
The nutrient content of our vegetables is down 40% over the last two decades and our soil health is suffering due to increasingly harsh herbicide use, according to Carbon Robotics founder Paul Mikesell.
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