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reposted by
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
about 1 month ago
As climate gains from technical methane innovations are outpaced by growth in livestock production and associated emissions, we need to reframe these innovations as complementary tools, not substitutes, for systemic reform. Read more in our latest article:
www.iatp.org/innovation-m...
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Innovation meets system reform: why methane tech fixes wonβt deliver on their own
As limited climate gains from technical methane interventions are outpaced by growth in livestock production and associated emissions, we need to reframe technical interventions as complementary tools...
https://www.iatp.org/innovation-meets-system-reform-methane-tech-fixes
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reposted by
Ben Lilliston
about 1 month ago
So damaging and for what? What is
#USDA
doing with the dollars already allocated by Congress to support farmers who want solar?
grist.org/food-and-agr...
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American farmers bet on solar. Then Trump changed the rules.
We tracked how the collapse of federal rural energy support is ending solar projects across farm country β and costing some developers millions they'll never get back.
https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/american-farmers-bet-on-solar-then-trump-changed-the-rules/
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Here is my new article. Programs promoting sustainability are being cut while we see huge crop insurance subsidy increases, paid by taxpayers directly to insurers.
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about 1 month ago
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reposted by
Silvia Secchi
2 months ago
There was already a trend to privatize data access in agriculture, w/ a bunch of middlemen essentially repackaging or supplementing USDA data. This will make things much worse and middlemen (selling an inferior product) richer. Data like this is essentially information and thus a public good.
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reposted by
Minnesota Farmers Union
about 1 year ago
Senator
@amyklobuchar.com
joined our February Full Board meeting this morning to share what sheβs working on in Washington. From corporate consolidation to retaliatory tariffs, Sen. Klobuchar is not afraid to stand up and fight against the things that hurt farmers and rural communities.
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