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Cop-26–Caught in a Net: Agriculture, Climate Change, and the Decarbonisation Agenda
COP26 – Caught in a Net: Agriculture, Climate Change, and the Decarbonisation Agenda
COP26 – Caught in a Net: Agriculture, Climate Change, and the Decarbonisation Agenda
COP26 – Caught in a Net: Agriculture, Climate Change, and the Decarbonisation Agenda The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, is the 26th of its kind. After a Covid-related postponement, it was held this year in Glasgow, Scotland between October 31 and November 12. Dr Chris Maughan has been in Glasgow for […]
The Myth of Climate Smart Agriculture – Why Less Bad Isn’t Good
The Myth of Climate Smart Agriculture – Why Less Bad Isn’t Good The “modern” intensive agricultural system does the climate more harm than good. That’s a fact, no matter how much Big Data or precision farming you throw at it. We need to look outside that system for solutions. In this excerpt from an evidence-based […]
“Agricultural Catastrophe” – France Forecasts 30% Plunge In Wine Production Amid Cold Spells, Heavy Rains
“Agricultural Catastrophe” – France Forecasts 30% Plunge In Wine Production Amid Cold Spells, Heavy Rains Oenophiles will be heartbroken to learn that the world’s second-largest wine-producing country is expected to slash production by as much as 30% this year due to spring frosts and summer downpours caused disease in grapes. “Wine production in 2021 is […]
Leveraging collaboration to tap into the potential of local foods
Leveraging collaboration to tap into the potential of local foods Photo Credit: North Coast Opportunities’ Caring Kitchen Project With farming being the root of the nation’s food supply, former President Barack Obama’s administration launched a federal Local Foods, Local Places (LFLP) program in 2014. This initiative was designed to help communities develop creative approaches to tap […]
Catch my Drift? Herbicide Drift, Curling Tomato Leaves, and Food Safety
Catch my Drift? Herbicide Drift, Curling Tomato Leaves, and Food Safety There’s all kinds of maladies that can strike your garden plants throughout the season- diseases, insects, negligence, and more. But one common issue we are seeing more and more here in the corn belt and other places with lots of crop production is herbicide […]
Agriculture In A Post-Oil Economy
Agriculture In A Post-Oil Economy The decline in the world’s oil supply offers no sudden dramatic event that would appeal to the writer of “apocalyptic” science fiction: no mushroom clouds, no flying saucers, no giant meteorites. The future will be just like today, only tougher. Oil depletion is basically just a matter of overpopulation — […]
Big Ag’s Wedding to Big Data
Big Ag’s Wedding to Big Data Jomo Kwame Sundara warns about how the Davos World Economic Forum’s much touted “Fourth Industrial Revolution” (IR4.0) is transforming food systems. For instance, agriculture is now second only to the military in drone use. (DJI-Agras from Pixabay) Producers and consumers seem helpless as food all over the world comes under […]
La Nina Turbocharges Drought In Brazil Putting World’s Coffee, Sugar, & Oranges At Risk
La Nina Turbocharges Drought In Brazil Putting World’s Coffee, Sugar, & Oranges At Risk Global crop and food prices are skyrocketing to multi-year highs, and the culprit could be due to La Nina, a weather pattern characterized by the cooling of the equatorial Pacific and triggers atmospheric shifts that cause droughts in some regions of the […]
The battle for the future of farming: what you need to know
The battle for the future of farming: what you need to know It is widely agreed that today’s global agriculture system is a social and environmental failure. Business as usual is no longer an option: biodiversity loss and nitrogen pollution are exceeding planetary limits, and catastrophic risks of climate change demand immediate action. Most concede that there is […]
“Agricultural Disaster” – Frost Blast Decimates French Vineyards, May Slash Total Wine Output By Third
“Agricultural Disaster” – Frost Blast Decimates French Vineyards, May Slash Total Wine Output By Third Earlier this month, French farmers fought mother nature in their attempt to prevent frost from wiping out their crops. It appears their attempts have failed as the damage is extensive and could wipe out nearly a third of French wine output for […]
A third of global farmland at ‘high’ pesticide pollution risk
A third of global farmland at ‘high’ pesticide pollution risk Nearly two-thirds of global agricultural land is at risk of pesticide pollution, a study says A third of the planet’s agricultural land is at “high risk” of pesticide pollution from the lingering residue of chemical ingredients that can leach into water supplies and threaten biodiversity, […]
Permaculture
Permaculture A design system that offers a radical reimagination of the possible Permaculture is a design system that mimics the patterns of flourishing ecosystems to create ecologically regenerative human societies. First developed by Australians Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in the 1970s, permaculture takes inspiration from Indigenous and ‘traditional’ agrarian practices. Mollison and Holmgren created […]
