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  Is indoor farming about to have a moment?

  Fast Company - Adele Peters

  Four years ago, the vertical farming startup Bowery opened what it called the first “post-organic” farm, growing pesticide-free leafy greens inside a warehouse in New Jersey. Now its products are in 850 stores, and the company just announced a new $300 million round of funding. Has indoor farming …

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  Pesticides Threaten the ‘Foundations of the Web of Life,’ New Soil Study Warns

  ecowatch.com - By Jessica Corbett

  A study published Tuesday in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science bolsters alarm about the role that agricultural pesticides play in what …

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  This small change to farming could reduce agriculture’s climate impact by 30%

  World Economic Forum - Sacha Mooney, Hannah Victoria Cooper, Sofie Sjogersten

  Perhaps because there are no chimney stacks belching smoke, the contribution of the world’s farms to climate change seems somehow remote. But …

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  Farming without disturbing soil could cut agriculture’s climate impact by 30% – new research

  The Conversation UK - Sacha Mooney and Hannah Victoria Cooper and Sofie Sjogersten

  Perhaps because there are no chimney stacks belching smoke, the contribution of the world’s farms to climate change seems somehow remote. But …

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  Apr 7, 2021
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  Researchers dumped tons of coffee pulp on degraded lands. The reforestation jolt was dramatic

  anthropocenemagazine.org - Berly McCoy

  In an effort to restore landscapes degraded by agriculture and deforestation, countries around the world have pledged to reforest millions of …