Sustainability
A budget bill that would eliminate a longtime research center at Iowa State University is headed to Gov. Terry Branstad.
At great cost, phosphorus is laboriously mined and processed so it can be used by the agriculture industry. Some 27.6 million metric tons were removed from the earth in 2015. But an agtech UW-Madison spinoff has discovered another innovative way to collect this valuable mineral.
Fifty acres of sunflowers bloomed in northwest Barrington Hills, Ill. in one August week to create a unique carpet of bright yellow.
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Farmers have tried to operate sustainably for decades, though for much of history they probably wouldn’t have used that terminology.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey believes it’s wrong to think every complex problem has a simple solution, and water quality would be a prime example.
Animal welfare and sustainable farming objectives are outlined in the major food and beverage company’s 2017 Corporate Sustainability Report.
Investigators have linked three large fish kills this month to livestock manure that had been spread on farm fields in northwestern Ohio, and now they’re looking into whether any laws were broken.
Officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture say farmers in Vermont are making better-than-expected progress in reducing the amount of phosphorus flowing into two of four “priority” parts of Lake Champlain.
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A new initiative, Prepared for Environmental Change, is the latest project funded through Indiana University’s Grand Challenges Program. IU plans to invest $55 million to develop actionable solutions for Indiana farmers, communities, businesses and individuals.
Cover crops can be a wonderful addition to a farming operation, according to Randy McElroy, technology development representative with Monsanto. They do require some extra planning – starting with a different timetable than some farmers may be used to dealing with.
For the past four years, the California Air Resources Board, the Environmental Defense Fund and others have been working behind the scenes to develop protocols that allow farmers to offset carbon emissions.
Solar power, once so costly it only made economic sense in spaceships, is becoming cheap enough that it will push coal and even natural-gas plants out of business faster than previously forecast.
As cover crops continue to gain popularity among farmers, Soil Health Partnership (an initiative of the National Corn Growers Association) is doubling down on talking about the practice’s many potential benefits.
The Gulf of Mexico’s hypoxia zone, the “dead zone,” is 3% larger than ever before at 8,776 square miles.
The taste, price and nutritional value of food continue to drive buying decisions, but a new study finds Gen X and Millennial mothers also care about environmentally friendly farming practices.
Gills Onions, Oxnard, Calif., is celebrating a decade of sustainability initiatives by adding a solar energy project at its processing facility.
A two-year study of the Equitable Food Initiative’s workforce development program found benefits to both companies and employees.
Sustainability is nothing new for Limoneira Co., the Santa Paula, Calif.-based citrus and avocado grower-shipper.
Although it’s only been about a year since the Produce Marketing Association’s Sustainability Committee held its first meeting, PMA has long been on the cutting edge when it comes to sustainability.
California lawmakers appear poised to pass legislation that could dramatically alter the way produce is packed in the state within 10 years.
Several factors came together to launch Ephrata, Pa.-based Four Seasons Produce Inc. into the sustainability arena.
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Trucco Inc., Bronx, N.Y., is introducing eco-friendly packaging for KiwiStar brand kiwifruit.
Adapting soil health management measures can increase a farm’s yield and yearly income substantially, highlight two recent case studies from the American Farmland Trust.
Limoneira, a long-time lemon supplier to Chipotle, has received the restaurant chain’s Food With Integrity Award.
SiCar Farms has added more than 3,600 solar panels to their packing houses based in Colima, Michoacán and Veracruz, Mexico.
Smurfit Kappa has announced ambitious new sustainability targets in a number of different areas.