Items Tagged with 'agriculture'

The new pilot program directly compensates farmers for adopting regenerative agriculture practices such as composting, biological inputs and reducing chemical fertilizer use.

Rob Dongoski, global lead, agriculture and food, for management consulting firm Kearney, discusses major drivers for change in the U.S. food system, including generational purchasing patterns, growing interest in health and sustainability, and implementing technology to harness consumer insights and improve efficiency.

STEP Up for Agriculture seeks to strengthen local organizations by equipping them with tools, training and resources needed to support farmers on the ground.

Over the last year, Savor has been collaborating with select restaurants and bakeries in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond that are eager to incorporate the company’s butter into their culinary creations.

Leafy greens have had a checkered past in terms of food safety — it’s been suspected that pre-harvest irrigation water may have spread E. coli and Salmonella to these vegetables.

As part of the newly established Cox Farms company, Mucci Farms surpasses 650 acres of greenhouses in Canada and the United States.

These partnerships aim to encourage wheat, corn and rice farmers in select regions of North America to implement regenerative agriculture practices, contributing to scope 3 carbon reductions.

High humidity exposure and the water-soaking symptom caused by X. vitians also enhance the ability of salmonella to rapidly grow in lettuce, and climate change is predicted to increase humid periods.

The study sought to better understand the ecology of human pathogens in the environment in the Southwest agricultural region, particularly how pathogens survive, move and possibly contaminate produce prior to harvest

The high-tech greenhouse facilities—separately located in Richmond and Morehead, Kentucky—represent a combined 120 acres of production.