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Sustainable farmer helps pioneer first rice carbon credit sales

Promoting sustainable farming practices through use of precision land forming, flood control structures, on-farm water storage, and deployment of irrigation technology and new irrigation techniques is a family affair for […]

WTO Ministerial Statement on Sustainable Trade in Food and Farm Products

Ministers from 19 countries called for farmers’ to have access to tools and technologies to be able to produce more food in a safe and sustainable way. The Ministers were […]

Cooperation Along the Supply Chain Still an Issue

By Maite Cabellero, Senior Adviser at New Ways Consulting Cooperation along the entire supply chain is still an issue that needs to be addressed to achieve sustainability. This was the […]

Summit Applauds Farmers’ Conservation Efforts

By Lorena Alfaro, U.S. Sustainability Alliance “It’s a gift to work with nature” said Kansas farmer, Justin Knopf, at the annual Sustainable Agriculture Summit. “Responsibility for our natural resources is […]

Major change planned for EU farm environmental protection

The European Commission plans a major change to its farm support system that will reward farmers for environmental protection instead of prescriptive ‘greening measures’ currently used. The Commissioner for Agriculture, […]

U.S. agricultural conservation program to invest $250 million

The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is to invest $250 million in agricultural conservation, specifically technical and financial assistance to help private landowners, tribes, land trusts and other groups […]

Organic Production Grows in the U.S.

Organic production of grains and soybeans is experiencing double digit growth, according to a report by market intelligence firm, Mercaris. The 2017 Organic & Non-GMO Acreage Report provides acreage data and analysis of […]

Global cropland map to help ensure sustainable food and water security

A new map detailing croplands worldwide in the highest resolution yet, will help to ensure global food and water security in a sustainable way. Mapping and monitoring global croplands over […]

AgTech: A New Era

Sustainable agriculture – reducing waste and maintaining the well-being of natural resources while increasing efficiency – requires innovating. And farmers are great innovators. They have to be. As entrepreneurs who […]

BBC Interviews U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

“We need to deal with reality rather than myth. There’s still a perception in parts of Europe that we’re using chlorine to wash chickens in. That hasn’t been used in the […]

EU farming gets funding boost to be more sustainable

The European Union is to invest €1 billion ($1.2 billion) with the aim of making farming more sustainable, food healthier and more diverse and rural territories a better place to […]

The Myth of “One-Size-Fits-All” Sustainability Policy

Earlier this year, Eve Turow Paul wrote an excellent column on the persistence of sustainability priorities amongst millennials; millennials want to eat foods that they believe create a minimal carbon […]