Experimental Farm Network’s Rare, Unique Produce Fights Climate Change
The first lettuce to be grown in space, scallions that survive subzero weather and more innovative food from this sustainable organization
Tag: Agriculture
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Via wired.com
Air Protein Makes Steaks By Recycling Carbon Dioxide
Agriculture makes up a quarter of our annual greenhouse gas emissions with meat production being responsible for the most in the industry. As the climate crisis worsens, populations rise and resources dwindle, …
Via yesmagazine.org
Black Farmers Rebuild West Virginia’s Farming Economy
As reported in the 2017 Census of Agriculture, there are two million farms in the US but only 35,470 of them are Black-owned. In West Virginia, military veteran and farmer Jason Tartt …
Via npr.org
In Colorado, a Community Solar Garden Pioneers Sustainable Foodways
Jack’s Solar Garden—a community farm that grows under 32,000 solar panels and sells 1.2 megawatts of power back to the local grid in Longmont, Colorado—began nearly 50 years ago as a hay-producing …
Via thisismold.com
Insect-Based Pet Food Could Help Curb Climate Change
The way we eat undoubtedly needs to be transformed in order to curb climate change, but one area of the food system that’s often overlooked pertains to the “carbon pawprint”—aka pet food. …
Via huffpost.com
Astronauts Make the “Best Space Tacos” With Peppers Grown in Orbit
A NASA crew in space has successfully grown green chile peppers for the first time. To celebrate, they used their new produce to make what astronaut Megan McArthur calls the “best space …
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Benevolence Farm Opens Pathways For Formerly Incarcerated Women
On 13 acres in North Carolina, Benevolence Farm—founded by Tanya Jisa—exists as an employment and residency program that helps recently incarcerated women adjust to life after prison. Through fair wages, housing and …
Via civileats.com
Alexandre Family Farm Is Pioneering Regenerative Agriculture
This year, California’s Alexandre Family Farm was the first dairy in the US to become Certified Regenerative. It took the fourth-generation dairy operators, Stephanie and Blake Alexandre, over three decades to perfect …
Via theguardian.com
Karen Washington Wants to Revolutionize America’s Food System
Bronx-based Karen Washington fights injustice and inequalities in the US food system in various ways. An activist and urban farmer, Washington is also the co-founder of Garden of Happiness, Rise and Root farm, …