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Food Future: What will it take to nourish a nation in 2050?
Sustainability encourages acceptance towards multiple types of food production — whether conventional, organic, vertical or hydroponics. Contributed article by Ryan Tipps, Managing Editor, AGDAILY.
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Microbiomes at Work
A mini universe of microbes exists within and around each of us. As scientists begin to genetically sequence microbiota, they have discovered ways to enhance human, animal, and plant health.
Diet, Health
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Toxins and Toxicants – how much is too much?
We often hear that things that are considered “toxic” are always bad for you, while any food or product that is good for you is completely non-toxic,
Food Ingredients, Food Safety
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Food Safety at Farmers’ Markets
Soon farmers’ markets will be bustling as consumers flock to buy fruits, vegetables, cheeses, and meat from local farmers. What food safety regulation applies to the food there? The same as or different than the fruits and vegetables we buy at the grocery store?
Food Production, Food Safety
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What is RoundUp?
Glyphosate, or "Roundup" as it is more commonly called, is used around home gardens and agriculture, and specifically is the herbicide used on genetically modified (GM) crops.
Food Production, Food Safety, Soil and Crop Management
Is Glyphosate Safe?
Glyphosate is the most widely used weed killer in the world. Between a recent jury award to a groundskeeper who regularly used Roundup and headlines claiming glyphosate residues in our food, what is going on?
Food Production, Food Safety, Soil and Crop Management
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The Green New Deal: Where’s the Beef?
Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal outlines how the ag industry can achieve net-zero emissions in the next ten years, but without any plans. However, farmers have had their own green initiatives in place for years now.
Food Production, Food Regulations and Policy
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There Is No Such Thing As A Dirty Vegetable
Have you heard the buzz about the dirty dozen? These fruits and veggies have gotten a bad reputation and consumers are being told to buy them only when organically grown. But is this fear justified?
Diet, Food Production, Food Safety, Health
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Your Second Brain: Gut Microbiota
The “right” gut bacteria may burn fat, fight cancer, and even treat depression. What should you know about microbiota?
Diet, Health
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Floodwaters Threaten Millions in Crop and Livestock Losses
The rising water that has damaged hundreds of homes and been blamed for three deaths has also taken a heavy toll on agriculture, inundating thousands of acres, threatening stockpiled grain and killing livestock.
Food Production
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How to help those affected by the flooding in Nebraska and Iowa
Here are a few options for those looking to help amid the area flooding.
Food Production
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U.S. farmers face devastation following Midwest floods
Record floods have devastated a wide swath of the Farm Belt across Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and several other states.
Food Production
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Flooding Hits Nebraska and Iowa’s Agriculture Industries
Nearly nine million people in 14 states are under a flood warning, according to the National Weather Service
Food Production