Real Agriculture
AUGUST 12, 2024
Agriculture ministers from seven out of ten provinces are calling on the federal government to immediately reverse changes to the capital gains tax that they say are hurting farmers and the agriculture sector. As of June 25, the annual capital gains inclusion rate – the taxable portion of a capital gain, such as the sale.
Food Politics
AUGUST 23, 2024
Susan Greenhalgh. Soda Science: Making the World Safe for Coca-Cola. University of Chicago Press, 2024. This terrific book picks up where I left off with Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning) (2015) and Unsavory Truth: How the Food Industry Skews the Science of What We Eat (2018). Susan Greenhalgh’s focus, however, is on ILSI, the International Life Sciences Institute (now renamed the Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences).
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Agricultural Biodiversity
AUGUST 20, 2024
I do love a good historical counterfactual. Unfortunately, Henry A. Wallace becoming president of the USA in 1945 is not a particularly good counterfactual. You really want these things to hang on a coin toss, and it was in fact extremely unlikely that FDR would have chosen Wallace again as his vice-president running mate in 1944. However, that didn’t stop me enjoying the recent episode of the podcast Past Present Future entitled “ What If… Wallace not Truman Had Become US President
Agri-tech
AUGUST 14, 2024
A major international study has explained how bread wheat helped to transform the ancient world on its path to becoming the iconic crop that today sustains a global population of eight billion. “Our findings shed new light on an iconic event in our civilisation that created a new kind of agriculture and allowed humans to settle down and form societies,” said Professor Brande Wulff.
Berkeley Blog
AUGUST 12, 2024
Seismic data from NASA's Insight lander indicate deep, porous rock filled with liquid water The post Scientists find oceans of water on Mars. It’s just too deep to tap. appeared first on Berkeley News.
Civil Eats
AUGUST 12, 2024
At Argus Farm Stop, the shelves are full of locally raised vegetables and fruit, herbs, beef, chicken, fish, and more. Beets from one local farm snuggle up against sunchokes from another, across eggs from yet another. Above many of the market’s displays hang smiling pictures of farmers alongside their produce. And when these same farmers make a delivery to Argus Farm Stop , in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the staff treat them like minor celebrities: free coffee, shout-outs from the owners, the works.
Real Agriculture
AUGUST 22, 2024
The federal government is invoking its authority under Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code to put an end to the unprecedented shutdown of both of Canada’s national railways, less than a day after CN and CPKC locked out more than nine thousand workers who were otherwise set to go on strike a minute after.
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Agricultural Biodiversity
AUGUST 21, 2024
The authors of book “ Moving Crops and the Scales of History ” have been awarded the Edelstein Prize 2024 for their work to “redefine historical inquiry based on the “cropscape”: the assemblage of people, places, creatures, technologies, and other elements that form around a crop.” Let’s see how many cropscapes we can come up with today.
Modern Farmer
AUGUST 13, 2024
When Mary Dougherty first heard of the plan to build a 26,000-hog concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) in her home of Bayfield, Wisconsin, she knew it was bad news. What she didn’t know was what to do about it. She had never thought of herself as an organizer or an environmentalist. She ran a restaurant. She published a cookbook. She was a mom to five kids.
Berkeley Blog
AUGUST 29, 2024
The catalytic process, discovered by researchers at UC Berkeley, efficiently reduces polymers to chemical precursors, bringing a circular economy for plastics one step closer to reality The post New process vaporizes plastic bags and bottles, yielding gases to make new, recycled plastics appeared first on Berkeley News.
Civil Eats
AUGUST 27, 2024
Recycled content in food packaging is increasing as sustainability advocates press manufacturers to cut their use of virgin plastic. Since 1990, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the agency responsible for ensuring food contact materials are safe, approved at least 347 voluntary manufacturer applications for food contact materials made with recycled plastic, according to a database on its website.
Real Agriculture
AUGUST 21, 2024
I feel like all I have talked about on RealAg Radio for the past two weeks is the potential impacts of both Canadian railways going on strike. As the minutes tick down to the August 22nd strike deadline, it’s become clear that Canadians are completely comfortable with the impacts of the threat. The comfort level.
Food Politics
AUGUST 27, 2024
Recall that the large grocery chain, Kroger, proposed a couple of years ago to acquire another large grocer, Albertsons, for about $25 billion. The FTC did not think this was a good idea. It FTC filed a suit to prevent the proposed merger on the grounds that it would make the US supermarket landscape even less competitive than it already is. It would be likely to raise prices for consumers, reduce wages for employees, and ( as I’ve written previously ) lead to the closure of many stores.
Agricultural Biodiversity
AUGUST 8, 2024
SeedLinked : an app to source cool vegetable seeds. And more. Want to become a variety champion for the Heritage Seed Library? Where’s the app though? A compendium of evidence on the efficacy of biofortification from HarvestPlus. Jeremy surely available for comment? Kew celebrates efficacy of enset conservation in Ethiopia. Not sure if the Ethiopia Biodiversity Institute is in on that celebration.
USDA Blog
AUGUST 27, 2024
Nichole Espineli is studying for her master’s degree at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her determination, borne from her personal experience with food insecurity, led her to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL) internship this past summer with the USDA Agricultural Research Service.
Berkeley Blog
AUGUST 7, 2024
The post Dr. Gina Ann Garcia appointed inaugural faculty director of Latinx Thriving Initiatives appeared first on Berkeley News.
Civil Eats
AUGUST 13, 2024
Growing up in a Black American family, I was steeped in the wisdom of natural remedies passed down through generations. My childhood memories include my grandmother making garlic tinctures, boiling ginger tea, and delivering spoonfuls of elderberry syrup to me when I was sick. When I had the flu, she’d put slices of onions in my socks to “pull the cold out.
Real Agriculture
AUGUST 12, 2024
A delayed railway strike seems nearly a certainty now, after the Canada Industry Relations Board (CIRB) cleared the public safety assessment hurdle that had paused the strike threat. Now, if members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference and CN and CKCP railways don’t come to an agreement before August 22, the railways have announced they’ll.
Food Politics
AUGUST 12, 2024
Last year, the Egg Nutrition Center offered free continuing education credits for dietitians. This year, I received an e-mailed press release: EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 8:00 a.m. ET, Thursday, March 28, 2024 Fortified Eggs Did Not Raise Cholesterol in Modest-Sized Cardiology Study Further study needed to investigate secondary findings. …A study presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session and led by researchers at Duke, offers new evidence on fortified eggs, which are
Agri-tech
AUGUST 23, 2024
Much of what we know about plant circadian rhythms is the result of laboratory experiments where inputs such as light and temperature can be tightly controlled. Less is known about how these biological timing mechanisms operate in the more unpredictable natural world where they evolved to align living things to daily and seasonal cycles. A pioneering collaborative study between UK and Japanese.
AgriLife Today
AUGUST 6, 2024
AgriLife Extension expert discusses bryozoans — colonies of tiny Texas wildlife The post Unraveling the mystery of Texas’ cryptic freshwater blobs appeared first on AgriLife Today.
USDA Blog
AUGUST 20, 2024
Vanessa Valencia is a recent graduate from Oregon State University who majored in marketing. She is one of 14 students accepted into the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) High School Equivalency Program (HEP)/College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) internship program.
Civil Eats
AUGUST 5, 2024
Although the food system generates one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions , it has largely been excluded from the climate agendas of most governments. Only last year did the food system become a major topic of international debate , during the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference. But as Civil Eats’ reporting has shown, the food and agriculture system is full of examples of how farmers, ranchers, fishers, chefs, restaurants, grocery stores, and consumers are addressing clima
Real Agriculture
AUGUST 27, 2024
Harvest is often a highlight of the year, but it can also be a stress-filled time, especially when combined with other factors outside of a farm’s control. In addition to the usual untimely weather and equipment breakdowns, the list of uncontrollable factors this harvest includes declining crop prices that are creating questions about profitability and.
Food Politics
AUGUST 6, 2024
USDA has proclaimed August 4 – 10 as National Farmers Market Week. I love farmers markets and I’m glad USDA is trying to promote them. USDA publishes a directory of US farmers markets—7,033 listings. It also lists Agrotourism sites (12,763) CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture (1,011) Food hubs (230) On-farm markets 1,937) Farmers markets have a long history in the U.S.
NASDA
AUGUST 21, 2024
My internship with NASDA this summer has been exceptional. NASDA granted me the opportunity to gain more knowledge and experience than I imagined could be offered by one internship. When I first began this internship, I was not sure what to expect, mostly because I did not realize how broad the communications field is. However after my first week, I quickly learned how much thought and effort go into all aspects of a communications position.
Modern Farmer
AUGUST 22, 2024
In the summer of 2010, the 135-year-old Stinson’s sardine cannery in Prospect Harbor, Maine shuttered. “It was probably for good reason,” says Chris Sherman, CEO of Island Creek Oysters , an aquaculture business based in Duxbury, Massachusetts. The plant was no longer economically viable due to federal restrictions on herring catch. Stinson’s was one of the last remaining seafood canneries in Maine—and the last sardine cannery in the United States—marking the end of the country’s 120-year-long s
Food Tank
AUGUST 5, 2024
The Chennai Urban Farming Initiative (CUFI) is working to promote gardening on rooftops and vacant urban spaces across Chennai, India. They aim to build a sustainable and local food system, make healthy food more accessible, cool the city, and create jobs for vulnerable populations. One aspect of CUFI’s programming involves partnering with day care centers and schools to build organic, edible gardens.
Civil Eats
AUGUST 20, 2024
When Maximina Hernández Reyes emigrated from Oaxaca, Mexico, to Oregon in 2001, she was still learning English, had no idea where the food pantries were, and knew very few people. She struggled to find a support system in Gresham, the suburb of Portland where she settled, until 2012, when she happened upon a community garden in the city’s Vance Park.
Real Agriculture
AUGUST 15, 2024
Picton Terminals and Parrish & Heimbecker Limited have announced plans to build a bulk agricultural marine terminal at Picton Terminals in Ontario’s Prince Edward County. The partners say the new terminal will significantly reduce travel time for local farmers, alleviate truck traffic on Highway 401 and enhance the overall efficiency of the agricultural supply chain.
Food Politics
AUGUST 13, 2024
I was interested to see this article in The Lancet: Mexico’s bold new law on adequate and sustainable nutrition. Mexico’s new General Law on Adequate and Sustainable Nutrition ( Ley general de Alimentación Adecuada y Sostenible ) is a substantial step towards transforming food systems to address NCDs and promote environmental sustainability… It enshrines the human right to food…It prioritises health, environmental stewardship, water access, children’s health, enhanced food supply and distrib
NASDA
AUGUST 20, 2024
Letter Dear Prime Minister: Our members represent a broad array of the agricultural supply chain that relies on freight rail transportation from the Canadian National Railway Company (CN) and CPKC, and we write to express concerns regarding a potential significant disruption to the North American supply chains. We request that you take action to ensure railroad operations continue before a lockout or strike occurs to prevent serious damage to the Canadian and U.S. economies.
Modern Farmer
AUGUST 15, 2024
JBS USA is one of the largest meat processors in the world, self-reportedly generating 32 billion pounds of product each year. A few years ago, JBS announced that it would “achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.” Typically, this is understood to mean reducing as much pollution as possible, while undertaking climate benefitting measures to offset unavoidable emissions.
USDA Blog
AUGUST 13, 2024
In Miami, crops grow 365 days a year. This fact spurred Dr. Maruthi Sridhar Balaji Bhaskar of Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida, to take action to help his students. “We have lots of interest in agriculture here,” said Bhaskar, an associate professor in the FIU Department of Earth and Environment. “I want my students to know what different opportunities are available to them, especially with USDA.
Food Tank
AUGUST 26, 2024
Seeds for Resilience , a project of Crop Trust , is working to strengthen gene banks across sub-Saharan Africa. The project provides financial and technical support to the national gene banks of Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Zambia. According to the International Fund for Agricultural Development , the climate crisis and land degradation create unprecedented challenges for farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.
Real Agriculture
AUGUST 14, 2024
Crop adviser Paul Hermans has been chosen as the 2024 International Certified Crop Adviser of the Year in recognition of his mentorship, innovation and other outstanding contributions to the field of agronomy. Hermans is an area agronomist with Corteva Agriscience representing the Pioneer Seeds Canada brand in Eastern Ontario. He has devoted his career to.
Food Politics
AUGUST 29, 2024
I came across this provocative headline in Medium (to which I subscribe): Red Lobster was killed by private equity, not Endless Shrimp. I knew that Red Lobster had filed for bankruptcy and that its all-you-can-eat shrimp were being blamed for it lack of profitability. Not at all, Cory Doctorow explains. Blame corporate greed. Ten years of being bled out on rents and flipped from one hedge fund to another has killed Red Lobster…The supplier who provided Red Lobster with all that shrimp is Tha
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