Soil can be considered black gold, and we’re running out it. The United Nations declared soil finite and predicted catastrophic loss within 60 years. “There are places that have already lo...
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Russian crypto miners need more energy than the agriculture industry
Local bitcoin businesses, according to Russia’s Ministry of Industry, utilize more than 2% of the country’s overall power volume. According to Vasily Shpak, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Industry, Ru...
How nature could change the way we do business
A hot cup of coffee is the perfect start to the day for millions of people around the world. But when taking that first sip, it’s easy to forget how much work goes into bringing it to the table....
The Key Ingredients Shaping The Future Of Food Part 2
TULARE, CA – FEBRUARY 12: A Quantix drone made by AeroVironment (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) Getty Images The convergence of revolutionary technologies — chemicals, materials, life scienc...
Developing A DNA Test That Could Detect A Devastating Mango Fungus
Catalina Salgado-Salazar in her lab in Beltsville Maryland on March 27 2022. Catalina Salgado-Salaza Colombian mycologist Catalina Salgado-Salazar is helping to develop a genetic test to identify a fu...
Let’s Talk Food Waste, Protecting Meatpacking Workers And What Does Better Food Policy Look Like?
I’m thinking a lot about food waste this week. Maybe it’s the millions upon millions of chickens, turkeys and egg-laying birds that have been killed due to avian flu. Big food companies like to tout t...
The Global Agriculture Impact From The War In The Ukraine And Other Current Events
Our food supply is in the headlines every day – as prices soar, shortages increase and a war 6,000 miles away has the head of the U.N. Food Programme, David Beasley, predicting that it’ll get even wor...
How Water Became A Weapon, The Caribbean’s Food Insecurity Problem And From Blog To $25 Million Business
It’s been a busy week on the food and agriculture beat: There was the House Agriculture Committee hearing featuring top meatpacking CEOs, there was Beyond Meat’s pop from McPlant fake news, and ...
Australia opens facility to convert human waste into fertilizer
A sewage treatment plant. The idea of reusing organic matter or waste in industrial processes and other initiatives is not a new one, and the last few years have seen a number of interesting projects ...
Is There A More Climate-Friendly Way To Fertilize Crops? The Answer May Be Blowin’ In The Wind
Crops like corn need nitrogen fertilizer, but it may be now be increasingly logical to harness wind … [+] or solar energy to make it dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Plants are naturally “s...
What The West’s Drought Means For Food, Why The Food Industry Needs Economic Justice And Have We Reached Peak Vegan Chicken Nugget?
I started Fresh Take to keep sustainability at the forefront of the conversation every week, not just when the newsletter falls on Earth Day. That said, I’ve put together a particularly climate-focuse...
Waves Of Grain And Fruited Plains The Recipe For Making An American Economic Apple Pie
Farmers driving John Deere tractors fitted with mowers harvest a field of alfalfa, Bakersfield, … [+] California, circa 1950. (Photo by Orville Logan Snider/Frederic Lewis/Archive Photos/Getty I...
Western U.S. Drought Approaches Historic Levels
Hurricanes and tornadoes get a lot of attention and rightfully so. They can be significant stressors on our socio-economic fabric in the United States. They are also more episodic and “buzzworthy” eve...
Seso Wants To Help Solve A $3.1 Billion Farm Labor Crisis Through Automation
Jordan Taylor (left) and Michael Guirguis (right) founded Seso in 2019 to make it easier for U.S. farmers to recruit seasonal migrant labor, procure H-2A visas, transport them to the U.S. and properly...
Richest Agriculture Family’s Fortunes Jump as Food Prices Surge
(Bloomberg) — Rising food prices and turbulent global commodities markets are fueling a surge in wealth for the billionaire family behind America’s largest closely held company. Most Read from B...
Arizona farmers are slammed by water cuts in the West amid drought
Farmer Nancy Caywood stands in what once was an alfalfa field. The land is now fallow after her farm was cut off from accessing water from the San Carlos reservoir. Emma Newburger | CNBC CASA GRANDE, ...
U.S. corn and soybean stocks rise, but corn plantings forecast cut: USDA
Corn futures climbed Thursday after reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday revealed higher U.S. corn and soybean stocks, along with a lower forecast for this year’s planted corn a...
Costco’s Rotisserie Chicken Supply Is At Risk, Why Food Should Not Be Used As A Weapon, Grocery Workers To Strike
I’m out this morning with a feature that tugs on the heartstrings in some weird ways: There’s a tale of pet peacocks sent to auction and the baby ducks purchased for a grandson for Easter that had to ...
Prepare For Spring With These Three Agricultural Equipment Stocks
. With the continued recovery from the coronavirus pandemic increasing consumer demand, and geopolitical events and weather impacting supply of key agricultural goods, should you consider agricultural...
Farmers Can Profit By Setting Aside Marginal Lands As Habitat
A combine harvester amid wheat in Kent, United Kingdom, using computerised technology and GPS to … [+] record yield at each point in the field. Getty Images Farmers may lose money when they fill...
Russian Invasion Reducing Ukraine’s Grain Exports To A Trickle, Agriculture Minister Warns
Topline The ongoing conflict in Ukraine is making it progressively more difficult for the country to export grain, Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Mykola Solskyi said in a televised briefing Saturday, ...
Aurora Cannabis to acquire TerraFarma, parent of Thrive Cannabis
Aurora Cannabis Inc. ACB, -1.37% ACB, -2.40% has reached a deal to buy Thrive Cannabis’ parent company, TerraFarma Inc., seeking to strengthen its business in market and expand focus on premium produc...
Investors should watch for these five agriculture stocks, Jim Cramer says
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday offered a list of five agriculture stocks he believes investors should consider purchasing. The Russia-Ukraine war has caused agriculture to rally significantly, and...
Pinduoduo Harvests Profits In Agriculture Push
China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities were mixed overnight as equity markets in China, Taiwan, and Singapore gained while Hong Kong, India, and South Korea were off and Japan was closed...
Small-cap growth stocks are at their lowest P/E valuation in at least 24 years.
Growth stocks typically trade at premium prices. But in this market, rising interest rates have turned small-cap growth stocks into a bargain group. This may be a beautiful setup for long-term investo...