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===== Europe's illegal pesticide trade surges as farmers cut costs ===== | |||
[https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/europes-illegal-pesticide-trade-surges-farmers-cut-costs-2025-07-10/ by Karolina Tagaris 10/7/25 Reuters] | |||
THESSALY, Greece, July 10 (Reuters) - As the cost of spraying crops with pesticides becomes increasingly expensive, farmers in Greece's agricultural heartland have turned to a cheaper alternative: liquids in unlabeled plastic bottles smuggled over land and sea. | |||
===== Solar grazing undergoing rapid growth, census finds ===== | |||
[https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/06/18/solar-grazing-undergoing-rapid-growth-census-finds/ by Rachel Metea 18/5/25 PV magazine] | |||
The scale of livestock grazing in agrivoltaic installations is much larger than previously understood, found the first solar grazing census by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the American Solar Grazing Association. | |||
===== ‘This way of farming is really sexy’: the rise of regenerative agriculture ===== | |||
[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/14/this-way-of-farming-is-really-sexy-the-rise-of-regenerative-agriculture by Alexandra Topping 14/8/23 The Guardian] | |||
Hollie Fallick looks over Brading on the Isle of Wight, at a patchwork of fields bordered by ancient oaks, which stretches to the Solent. “We still have to pinch ourselves every day,” says the 30-year-old, as she surveys the 50 hectares (125 acres) she farms with her best friend, Francesca Cooper, 34. | |||
===== Regen agriculture outperforms conventional farming across key metrics ===== | |||
[https://8point9.com/regen-agriculture-can-outperform-conventional-farming-across-key-metrics/ by 8 Point ( 6/6/25] | |||
The European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture has released the results of new study which reveals that regenerative farming systems across Europe are not only environmentally superior but bring higher returns for farmers and are more resilient than conventional models. | |||
===== What the farmers say ===== | |||
[https://jembendell.com/2025/06/21/what-the-farmers-say/ by Prof Jem Bendell 21/6/25] | |||
In my experience, it is rare to hear farmers from the Global South discussing their challenges and aspirations, and what might be useful support to receive from successful restaurateurs and resort owners. That’s why I’m delighted to release a short film that brings you the voices of organic and regenerative farmers in dialogue with others in the food business sector in Bali, Indonesia. | |||
===== What the farmers say ===== | |||
[https://jembendell.com/2025/06/21/what-the-farmers-say/ by Prof Jem Bendell 21/6/25] | |||
In my experience, it is rare to hear farmers from the Global South discussing their challenges and aspirations, and what might be useful support to receive from successful restaurateurs and resort owners. That’s why I’m delighted to release a short film that brings you the voices of organic and regenerative farmers in dialogue with others in the food business sector in Bali, Indonesia. | |||
===== Common farm fungicide may be contributing to 'insect apocalypse' ===== | |||
[https://phys.org/news/2025-06-common-farm-fungicide-contributing-insect.amp by Fran Molloy 1/7/25 PHYS ORG] | |||
A widely-used agricultural chemical sprayed on fruits and vegetables to prevent fungal disease is also killing beneficial insects that play a critical role in pollination and wider ecosystems. | |||
===== Great Plains farmers consider switching crops as aquifer runs out of water ===== | |||
[https://www.npr.org/2025/07/01/nx-s1-5405455/great-plains-farmers-consider-switching-crops-as-aquifer-runs-out-of-water by Calen Moore 1/7/25 npr] | |||
The aquifer that makes agriculture in the Great Plains possible is running out of water, primarily from overirrigation. That has farmers considering different crops. Calen Moore of the Kansas News Service reports. | |||
===== Researchers make stunning discovery after examining farmland treated only with organic fertilizers for decades: '[Will] help us to move forward' ===== | |||
[https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/organic-farming-soil-carbon-storage-study/ by Juliana Marino 13/10/24 TCD] | |||
Researchers at Kansas State University have been studying how different farming practices impact the amount of carbon stored in the soil. After comparing their results, the researchers concluded that soil treated with manure or compost fertilizer stores more carbon than soil treated with chemical fertilizers or no fertilizer. | |||
===== Cancer is just everywhere’: could farming be behind Iowa’s unfolding health crisis? ===== | |||
===== [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/18/iowa-farm-chemicals-cancer by Carey Gillam 18/7/25 The Guardian] ===== | |||
Six months ago, Alex Hammer was diagnosed with colon cancer at the age of 37. Dianne Chambers endured surgery, chemotherapy and dozens of rounds of radiation to fight aggressive breast cancer, and Janan Haugen spends most days helping care for her 16-year-old grandson, who is still being treated for brain cancer he developed at the age of seven. | |||
|'''The Powerful Potential Of Tiny Conservation Plots''' | |'''The Powerful Potential Of Tiny Conservation Plots''' | ||
[[File:Small plot.jpg|thumb|center|[https://www.noemamag.com/the-powerful-potential-of-tiny-conservation-plots/?utm_source=noemalinkedin&utm_medium=noemasocial by By Joanna Thompson 8/27/24 NOEMA]]] | [[File:Small plot.jpg|thumb|center|[https://www.noemamag.com/the-powerful-potential-of-tiny-conservation-plots/?utm_source=noemalinkedin&utm_medium=noemasocial by By Joanna Thompson 8/27/24 NOEMA]]] | ||
Urban agriculture — that is, growing crops in a city setting — is becoming a popular alternative to industrial farming for eco-conscious city dwellers. Beginning in the late 1960s and early 1970s, members of the community garden movement transformed myriad abandoned lots into green spaces in cities like New York, Philadelphia and Seattle. | Urban agriculture — that is, growing crops in a city setting — is becoming a popular alternative to industrial farming for eco-conscious city dwellers. Beginning in the late 1960s and early 1970s, members of the community garden movement transformed myriad abandoned lots into green spaces in cities like New York, Philadelphia and Seattle.]]] | ||
===== Regen agriculture outperforms conventional farming across key metrics ===== | ===== Regen agriculture outperforms conventional farming across key metrics ===== | ||
