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Technology is Key to Feeding a Growing World, says U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

Innovation and technology have enabled the US to increase its production of food and fiber by 400% in the past 90 years while using 10% less land.

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We Shouldn’t Fear Our Food, It’s Safer than It Has Ever Been

Sustainability and productivity can only come together when you embrace technology and understand how agricultural innovation has brought advances for the world.

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Smithfield Foods to Become Carbon Negative by 2030

The pledge requires Smithfield to effectively remove more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits, without purchasing carbon credits to offset emissions.

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California Dairy Sector Can Achieve Climate Neutrality, Say UC Davis Researchers

Study highlights how methane’s role in warming the climate has been misinterpreted.

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Reducing Food Waste Requires Food System Change, Finds New Report

Consumer food waste is a major environmental concern, driven not just by an individual’s food choices but by a system that encourages consumers to make decisions that lead to wasted food.

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USA Rice Conservation Program Renewed for $7M

The funding will implement working lands conservation practices for rice producers, focused on water management, nutrient management, and winter habitat for wildlife.

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Insight & Opinion: Without Modern, Industrial Farming, Pandemic Would Have Claimed Many More Lives

Hank Campbell believes that a real problem is the amount of effort that environmental activists spend promoting nonsense about food.

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Real Leather: Stay Different Student Design Competition Goes Annual

The competition, which aims to find tomorrow’s design talent while promoting the versatility, beauty and sustainability of authentic leather, attracted more than 800 entries.

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USSA Farmer Spotlight: Wheat Farmer Doug Goyings on Leading-Edge Precision and Conservation Practices

He is constantly striving to implement new practices and innovations that make the farm more efficient, more sustainable and more profitable.

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Rendering and Leather Reduce Environmental Impact

The rendering and leather industries come into their own in ways that reduce environmental impact, benefit the economy and are, most probably, the ultimate in sustainability.

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U.S. Dairy Industry Aims to Be Carbon Neutral by 2050

In 2017, producing milk required less inputs than in 2007 – 30% less water, 21% less land and 20% less manure – resulting in a 19% smaller carbon footprint.

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Enjoy a Taste of Safe, Sustainable Seafood from the U.S. Northeast

A new video from trade association Food Export Northeast showcases the freshness, diversity and sustainability of seafood from the northeast corner of the United States. The region’s fisheries are sustainably […]

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