Presented at the GoOrganic! Seminar in Kentucky, this presentation includes slides on hemp production and invaluable information on regenerative agriculture.
Organic Sustainable Foods: Solutions for Health Crisis & Climate Change John Roulac
Super people deserve super foods. For Nutiva, it starts with organic, non-GMO farming—done without chemical pesticides or fertilizers. Our pure superfoods provide vital nutrition while accelerating the organic food movement.
Serving as catalysts, innovators and pathfinders, we inform and inspire, offering thoughtful solutions to planetary challenges. As these ideas take root, communities everywhere are strengthened. We’re B Corp and Green Business certified, holding ourselves accountable to sustainable principles by reducing our carbon footprint, becoming a zero waste facility, and donating 1 percent of our sales.
Join us in raising the bar for social and environmental responsibility. Together we can ensure a vibrant future by revolutionizing the way the world eats!
Nutiva. Nourishing People & Planet.
Building Brand Community & Authenticity John Roulac
We First Brand Leadership Summit – building a social marketing plan for 2015 together.
"Getting your social marketing right is no easy task with technology and consumer behavior changing so quickly. That’s why we put together a very special, annual 2-day training event where experts from the smartest and most successful brands in the world come together to build a Social Branding Blueprint with you."
John Roulac's deck at the 2014 Brand Leadership Summit in Beverly Hills, CA. Helping companies create a social marketing roadmap for 2015.
Organic Sustainable Foods: Solutions for Health Crisis & Climate ChangeMaggie Jacobs
This document discusses the health and environmental issues associated with industrial agriculture and promotes organic and sustainable farming as a solution. It argues that industrial agriculture relying on GMOs, synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, and CAFO animal production has led to increased greenhouse gas emissions, ocean dead zones, and a rise in chronic diseases. It promotes regenerative organic agriculture that focuses on building soil health and sequestering carbon as a way to mitigate climate change while producing nutritious food. The document encourages consumers to support organic and local farming to create positive environmental and health impacts.
Regenerative Agriculture as a Farming SolutionNelCoetzee
By: Jay Fuhrer. Rebuilding and maintaining life in the soil is directly linked to the longevity and reliability of our future agriculture; recognizing plants, animals, and soils evolved together over geological time
This presentation was presented during the 2 Parallel session on Theme 2, Maintaining and/or increasing SOC stocks for climate change mitigation and adaptation and Land Degradation Neutrality, of the Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon that took place in Rome 21-23 March 2017. The presentation was made by Ms. Kristine Nichols, from Rodale Institute - USA, in FAO Hq, Rome
This document discusses the importance of soil health and the soil food web for plant and soil health. It provides information on the different microorganisms found in soil and their roles in nutrient cycling, holding soil carbon, and other functions. The document advocates for managed grazing practices like adaptive multi-paddock grazing to improve soil health by increasing organic matter and microbial diversity. It presents data showing higher soil carbon and improved pasture productivity on farms using adaptive grazing compared to conventional continuous grazing.
"To fight climate change by empowering rural communities to thrive with nature."
Sharing lessons from Zanzibar with the European Union delegation to Tanzania and the wider climate change adaptation community.
Photos: Zach Melanson, Community Forests International
Organic Sustainable Foods: Solutions for Health Crisis & Climate Change John Roulac
Super people deserve super foods. For Nutiva, it starts with organic, non-GMO farming—done without chemical pesticides or fertilizers. Our pure superfoods provide vital nutrition while accelerating the organic food movement.
Serving as catalysts, innovators and pathfinders, we inform and inspire, offering thoughtful solutions to planetary challenges. As these ideas take root, communities everywhere are strengthened. We’re B Corp and Green Business certified, holding ourselves accountable to sustainable principles by reducing our carbon footprint, becoming a zero waste facility, and donating 1 percent of our sales.
Join us in raising the bar for social and environmental responsibility. Together we can ensure a vibrant future by revolutionizing the way the world eats!
Nutiva. Nourishing People & Planet.
Building Brand Community & Authenticity John Roulac
We First Brand Leadership Summit – building a social marketing plan for 2015 together.
"Getting your social marketing right is no easy task with technology and consumer behavior changing so quickly. That’s why we put together a very special, annual 2-day training event where experts from the smartest and most successful brands in the world come together to build a Social Branding Blueprint with you."
John Roulac's deck at the 2014 Brand Leadership Summit in Beverly Hills, CA. Helping companies create a social marketing roadmap for 2015.
Organic Sustainable Foods: Solutions for Health Crisis & Climate ChangeMaggie Jacobs
This document discusses the health and environmental issues associated with industrial agriculture and promotes organic and sustainable farming as a solution. It argues that industrial agriculture relying on GMOs, synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, and CAFO animal production has led to increased greenhouse gas emissions, ocean dead zones, and a rise in chronic diseases. It promotes regenerative organic agriculture that focuses on building soil health and sequestering carbon as a way to mitigate climate change while producing nutritious food. The document encourages consumers to support organic and local farming to create positive environmental and health impacts.
Regenerative Agriculture as a Farming SolutionNelCoetzee
By: Jay Fuhrer. Rebuilding and maintaining life in the soil is directly linked to the longevity and reliability of our future agriculture; recognizing plants, animals, and soils evolved together over geological time
This presentation was presented during the 2 Parallel session on Theme 2, Maintaining and/or increasing SOC stocks for climate change mitigation and adaptation and Land Degradation Neutrality, of the Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon that took place in Rome 21-23 March 2017. The presentation was made by Ms. Kristine Nichols, from Rodale Institute - USA, in FAO Hq, Rome
This document discusses the importance of soil health and the soil food web for plant and soil health. It provides information on the different microorganisms found in soil and their roles in nutrient cycling, holding soil carbon, and other functions. The document advocates for managed grazing practices like adaptive multi-paddock grazing to improve soil health by increasing organic matter and microbial diversity. It presents data showing higher soil carbon and improved pasture productivity on farms using adaptive grazing compared to conventional continuous grazing.
"To fight climate change by empowering rural communities to thrive with nature."
Sharing lessons from Zanzibar with the European Union delegation to Tanzania and the wider climate change adaptation community.
Photos: Zach Melanson, Community Forests International
The key aspects of the Green Revolution were the development of new, high-yielding varieties of crops (through selective breeding and later genetic engineering) combined with greater use of mechanization, irrigation, synthetic fertilizers and pesticides - which allowed significantly higher crop yields from the same area of land. The development of new crop strains with higher yields was a fundamental part of increasing food production during the Green Revolution. Therefore, the correct answer is D.
Community Forests International - Year in Review 2017Zach Melanson
Community Forests International is now working alongside 23,957 people on Pemba Island to fight back and adapt to climate change. Here’s a quick peek at some of the incredible things we achieved together last year, including some success from our work in the Maritime provinces in Canada. #2018hearwecome
The potential of a productive, fossil fuel free agriculture based on ecosyste...Naturskyddsföreningen
The document discusses the need to transition away from the current large-scale, fossil fuel dependent model of industrial agriculture towards a more sustainable system. It proposes several key changes: [1] decreasing meat consumption, especially in high-income countries, [2] transitioning to more localized, pasture-based animal production to reduce environmental impacts, and [3] adopting perennial cropping systems and agroforestry practices to sequester carbon, improve nutrient recycling, and increase resilience to climate change with lower fossil fuel dependence. The goal is to produce more food globally while using fewer resources and staying within planetary boundaries.
2018 Open Space Conference - The Importance of Working Lands in a Changing WorldOpenSpaceCouncil
*Please note that animations in this presentations are not visible when viewed through Slideshare.
- Kara Heckert, California State Director, American Farmland Trust
- Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture
- Jamison Watts, Executive Director, Marin Agricultural Land Trust
- Loren Poncia, Owner and Producer, Stemple Creek Ranch
These panelists spoke at the 2018 Open Space Conference - Conservation in a Time of Change - on May 10, 2018 at the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, CA. More info on the website: http://openspacecouncil.org/community-events/conference/
Food (agriculture) production and distribution is estimated to cause approximately 25% of global warming (UN), which is causing drought in many areas. Agriculture uses 80% of the ground and surface water, increasing the water shortage. AgLantis is creating an urban farm right in the middle of heavy industry and will use hydroponic greenhouse production which yields as much as 40 times the produce using 10% of the water. The farm is on unused public buffer land, uses recycled agricultural grade water and is an innovate, replicable solution that dramatically decreases the carbon and water footprint of food production and distribution. Using recycled water high in nitrogen and phosphorus also eliminates the need for fossil fuel based fertilizers. The UN estimates 40% of agriculture is lost from farm-to-mouth. Growing in urban centers dramatically decreases that loss, much of which is due to long distane transportation.
The document discusses issues around food and health in Oklahoma. It notes that Oklahoma has high rates of obesity, diabetes, and deaths from cardiovascular disease. It explores challenges around access to healthy and affordable food, including many areas of the state being considered "food deserts". The document advocates for supporting local farmers and improving access to locally grown foods through measures like farmers markets, community gardens, and farm-to-school programs to address these health and economic issues in the state.
Factory Farming Part1 For Zero Waste Recommendedkiore1
Livestock agriculture has significant environmental impacts worldwide and in New Zealand. Intensive livestock farming leads to increased waste, which places environmental pressures on the land and waterways. In New Zealand, livestock farming accounts for 50% of greenhouse gas emissions and is a major contributor to issues like water pollution, soil erosion, habitat loss, and water usage. Regional councils have nutrient management plans and the clean stream accord aims to mitigate the effects of dairy farming on waterways through excluding stock, managing effluent, and fencing wetlands.
Urban Farming on public land using recycled water will provide low cost fresh produce for schools and food bank and local ciizens and hands-on science and engineering education for youth.
Dietary Choices That Impact The EnvironmentmsMathTeacher
This document discusses the environmental impacts of various dietary choices. It finds that meat-based diets require more resources like land, water, and energy than lacto-ovo vegetarian or vegan diets. Producing 1 gram of animal protein requires much more land, water, and fossil fuels than producing 1 gram of plant protein. Shifting toward more plant-based diets would reduce environmental impacts and be more sustainable for feeding the global population into the future. The document encourages eating locally grown, organic, plant-based foods for a healthier diet that is also better for the environment.
Prof. Johan Rockström presented on establishing a new paradigm for sustainable intensification of agricultural development. He argued that humanity has reached a planetary saturation point and a great transformation is necessary to achieve global sustainability. This requires integrating agriculture and ecosystems management, adopting a nexus approach considering land, water, energy links, and reforming institutions for integrated resource management within planetary boundaries. Sustainable intensification through upgrading rainfed and irrigated agriculture, water management, and landscape restoration can meet food needs while maintaining ecological resilience.
The Food We Eat and its Impact on the Environment by Nick PendergrastNickPendergrast
You can listen to the audio from this talk here: https://archive.org/details/EnvironmentNP
Information about the speaker, Nick Pendergrast:
Teaches Sociology at Melbourne University and has multiple academic publications.
More information: https://theconversation.com/profiles/nick-pendergrast-5089
This was the 3rd talk from event The Food We Eat: Its Impacts on Environments and Bodies. This event was held in Townsville, Australia: https://www.facebook.com/events/991954167607453/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%222%22%2C%22ref_dashboard_filter%22%3A%22past%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D
You can listen to the 1st and 2nd talks from this event here:
Samara Grumberg: The Food We Eat and its Impact on Human Health: https://archive.org/details/HealthSG
James Aspey: The Food We Eat and its Impact on Animals: https://archive.org/details/AnimalsJA
This event was organised by Samara and Townsville Vegans: https://www.facebook.com/TownsvilleVegans/
This document proposes that restaurants can play a key role in reversing climate change by funding regenerative agricultural practices that build healthy soil and sequester carbon. It notes that half of global greenhouse gas emissions come from the food system. Some restaurants have already begun offsetting their emissions by sending a few cents per diner to support carbon farming projects. With funding from the large restaurant industry, many more farmers could implement carbon farming practices at scale to draw down atmospheric carbon through soil health. The document advocates for closing the funding loop to allow capital from the food system to drive the transition from conventional to regenerative agriculture.
An overview of the certified organic horticulture plots at the Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture near Poteau, Oklahoma. Organic practices such as cover crops, biochar, compost and compost teas, as well as variety trials., habitat for pollinators and no-till and biointensive beds.
This document discusses issues related to global food production. It outlines the main methods of agriculture used worldwide and their environmental impacts. The dominant types of agriculture are industrialized systems in developed nations and intensive traditional farming in developing countries, both of which rely heavily on fossil fuels, monocultures, irrigation, fertilizers and pesticides. While these practices have increased yields, they have also led to biodiversity loss, soil degradation, water and air pollution and human health problems. The document examines attempts to address these issues through more sustainable agricultural approaches.
Cover Cropping for Regenerative AgricultureLuke Freeman
Presented at the Horticulture Industries Show in Tulsa, OK, Friday Jan. 5th
This presentation will cover the benefits and applications of cover crops in farming systems. Cover crop species adapted to the mid-south will be discussed with management notes and considerations including weed control, disease suppression, nitrogen fixation, and building soil organic matter. Equipment for planting, terminating and managing cover crop residue will be discussed for various scales of operations. In addition, techniques for measuring and assessing cover crop performance will be discussed along with the economic benefits of including cover crops in a production system.
Presenter:
Luke Freeman is a Horticulture Specialist for the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) and covers small fruit and vegetable production, cover crops and produce safety for the ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture project. Luke has his M.S. from the University of Arkansas where he studied cover crop applications in high tunnels and worked on the high tunnel berry project and the National Strawberry Sustainability Initiative under Dr. Curt Rom. Luke and his wife Natalie live on a small farm outside of Fayetteville where they raise laying hens, goats, vegetables and cut flowers.
CoCo San Sustainable Farm proposes using recycled water and public buffer land near water treatment facilities to grow food in greenhouses and address food insecurity, nutrition poverty, and environmental issues. The farm would be financially self-sustaining and provide hands-on science and job training while reducing the carbon footprint of the food system through local production. Key aspects include using recycled water and natural fertilizers, conserving resources, providing environmental education, and creating a scalable model to address hunger issues sustainably.
This document discusses how technology can help transform agriculture by addressing various issues like soil degradation, declining pollinator populations, and climate change. It outlines five principles of soil health: minimizing soil disturbance, keeping the soil covered, maintaining living roots, increasing diversity, and integrating livestock. Appropriate technologies that can help implement these principles and assess soil health include soil testing methods, e-tools for learning and networking, methods for livestock integration, and practices that increase crop diversity. The overall message is that agriculture, when done in a way that improves soil health, can help heal the soil, water, and communities.
A argument for environmental vegetarianism. The complete essay from which this was extracted from can be found at :
http://screamingchickenactivism.blogspot.com/2009/01/animal-agriculture-unnecessary-practice.html
Eating a vegetarian diet benefits the environment and human health according to the document. It argues that a meat-based diet wastes resources, accelerates climate change through greenhouse gas emissions, and destroys the environment. Specifically, it claims that a vegetarian diet uses less land and water resources, produces fewer emissions, and helps prevent deforestation and ocean dead zones caused by pollution. The document also asserts that a vegetarian diet provides adequate nutrition and is linked to lower risks of heart problems and certain cancers compared to a meat-based diet.
“What would it take to build a truly resilient local food system?"Guy Dauncey
The document discusses building a resilient local food system and outlines seven core solutions, including transitioning to regenerative organic farming and developing a cooperative food economy. Specifically, it proposes establishing 29 regional growers' cooperatives across British Columbia to support local farmers and increase local food production and resilience. The cooperatives would provide shared resources like distribution, storage, supplies and business skills training to help farmers overcome challenges of high land costs, lack of infrastructure and difficulty competing with industrial agriculture. Transitioning the food system in this way over ten years could help address issues of soil health, climate change and economic challenges for farmers.
Nature's Route Farm promotes food sovereignty and sustainable farming practices. They operate a community supported agriculture program that provides consumers with fresh, safe food while giving farmers a fair price. The document discusses several issues facing Canadian agriculture, including aging farmers, declining infrastructure, and the country's growing reliance on imported food. It encourages consumers to support domestic family farms by purchasing directly from farmers or joining a CSA program.
The key aspects of the Green Revolution were the development of new, high-yielding varieties of crops (through selective breeding and later genetic engineering) combined with greater use of mechanization, irrigation, synthetic fertilizers and pesticides - which allowed significantly higher crop yields from the same area of land. The development of new crop strains with higher yields was a fundamental part of increasing food production during the Green Revolution. Therefore, the correct answer is D.
Community Forests International - Year in Review 2017Zach Melanson
Community Forests International is now working alongside 23,957 people on Pemba Island to fight back and adapt to climate change. Here’s a quick peek at some of the incredible things we achieved together last year, including some success from our work in the Maritime provinces in Canada. #2018hearwecome
The potential of a productive, fossil fuel free agriculture based on ecosyste...Naturskyddsföreningen
The document discusses the need to transition away from the current large-scale, fossil fuel dependent model of industrial agriculture towards a more sustainable system. It proposes several key changes: [1] decreasing meat consumption, especially in high-income countries, [2] transitioning to more localized, pasture-based animal production to reduce environmental impacts, and [3] adopting perennial cropping systems and agroforestry practices to sequester carbon, improve nutrient recycling, and increase resilience to climate change with lower fossil fuel dependence. The goal is to produce more food globally while using fewer resources and staying within planetary boundaries.
2018 Open Space Conference - The Importance of Working Lands in a Changing WorldOpenSpaceCouncil
*Please note that animations in this presentations are not visible when viewed through Slideshare.
- Kara Heckert, California State Director, American Farmland Trust
- Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture
- Jamison Watts, Executive Director, Marin Agricultural Land Trust
- Loren Poncia, Owner and Producer, Stemple Creek Ranch
These panelists spoke at the 2018 Open Space Conference - Conservation in a Time of Change - on May 10, 2018 at the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, CA. More info on the website: http://openspacecouncil.org/community-events/conference/
Food (agriculture) production and distribution is estimated to cause approximately 25% of global warming (UN), which is causing drought in many areas. Agriculture uses 80% of the ground and surface water, increasing the water shortage. AgLantis is creating an urban farm right in the middle of heavy industry and will use hydroponic greenhouse production which yields as much as 40 times the produce using 10% of the water. The farm is on unused public buffer land, uses recycled agricultural grade water and is an innovate, replicable solution that dramatically decreases the carbon and water footprint of food production and distribution. Using recycled water high in nitrogen and phosphorus also eliminates the need for fossil fuel based fertilizers. The UN estimates 40% of agriculture is lost from farm-to-mouth. Growing in urban centers dramatically decreases that loss, much of which is due to long distane transportation.
The document discusses issues around food and health in Oklahoma. It notes that Oklahoma has high rates of obesity, diabetes, and deaths from cardiovascular disease. It explores challenges around access to healthy and affordable food, including many areas of the state being considered "food deserts". The document advocates for supporting local farmers and improving access to locally grown foods through measures like farmers markets, community gardens, and farm-to-school programs to address these health and economic issues in the state.
Factory Farming Part1 For Zero Waste Recommendedkiore1
Livestock agriculture has significant environmental impacts worldwide and in New Zealand. Intensive livestock farming leads to increased waste, which places environmental pressures on the land and waterways. In New Zealand, livestock farming accounts for 50% of greenhouse gas emissions and is a major contributor to issues like water pollution, soil erosion, habitat loss, and water usage. Regional councils have nutrient management plans and the clean stream accord aims to mitigate the effects of dairy farming on waterways through excluding stock, managing effluent, and fencing wetlands.
Urban Farming on public land using recycled water will provide low cost fresh produce for schools and food bank and local ciizens and hands-on science and engineering education for youth.
Dietary Choices That Impact The EnvironmentmsMathTeacher
This document discusses the environmental impacts of various dietary choices. It finds that meat-based diets require more resources like land, water, and energy than lacto-ovo vegetarian or vegan diets. Producing 1 gram of animal protein requires much more land, water, and fossil fuels than producing 1 gram of plant protein. Shifting toward more plant-based diets would reduce environmental impacts and be more sustainable for feeding the global population into the future. The document encourages eating locally grown, organic, plant-based foods for a healthier diet that is also better for the environment.
Prof. Johan Rockström presented on establishing a new paradigm for sustainable intensification of agricultural development. He argued that humanity has reached a planetary saturation point and a great transformation is necessary to achieve global sustainability. This requires integrating agriculture and ecosystems management, adopting a nexus approach considering land, water, energy links, and reforming institutions for integrated resource management within planetary boundaries. Sustainable intensification through upgrading rainfed and irrigated agriculture, water management, and landscape restoration can meet food needs while maintaining ecological resilience.
The Food We Eat and its Impact on the Environment by Nick PendergrastNickPendergrast
You can listen to the audio from this talk here: https://archive.org/details/EnvironmentNP
Information about the speaker, Nick Pendergrast:
Teaches Sociology at Melbourne University and has multiple academic publications.
More information: https://theconversation.com/profiles/nick-pendergrast-5089
This was the 3rd talk from event The Food We Eat: Its Impacts on Environments and Bodies. This event was held in Townsville, Australia: https://www.facebook.com/events/991954167607453/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%222%22%2C%22ref_dashboard_filter%22%3A%22past%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D
You can listen to the 1st and 2nd talks from this event here:
Samara Grumberg: The Food We Eat and its Impact on Human Health: https://archive.org/details/HealthSG
James Aspey: The Food We Eat and its Impact on Animals: https://archive.org/details/AnimalsJA
This event was organised by Samara and Townsville Vegans: https://www.facebook.com/TownsvilleVegans/
This document proposes that restaurants can play a key role in reversing climate change by funding regenerative agricultural practices that build healthy soil and sequester carbon. It notes that half of global greenhouse gas emissions come from the food system. Some restaurants have already begun offsetting their emissions by sending a few cents per diner to support carbon farming projects. With funding from the large restaurant industry, many more farmers could implement carbon farming practices at scale to draw down atmospheric carbon through soil health. The document advocates for closing the funding loop to allow capital from the food system to drive the transition from conventional to regenerative agriculture.
An overview of the certified organic horticulture plots at the Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture near Poteau, Oklahoma. Organic practices such as cover crops, biochar, compost and compost teas, as well as variety trials., habitat for pollinators and no-till and biointensive beds.
This document discusses issues related to global food production. It outlines the main methods of agriculture used worldwide and their environmental impacts. The dominant types of agriculture are industrialized systems in developed nations and intensive traditional farming in developing countries, both of which rely heavily on fossil fuels, monocultures, irrigation, fertilizers and pesticides. While these practices have increased yields, they have also led to biodiversity loss, soil degradation, water and air pollution and human health problems. The document examines attempts to address these issues through more sustainable agricultural approaches.
Cover Cropping for Regenerative AgricultureLuke Freeman
Presented at the Horticulture Industries Show in Tulsa, OK, Friday Jan. 5th
This presentation will cover the benefits and applications of cover crops in farming systems. Cover crop species adapted to the mid-south will be discussed with management notes and considerations including weed control, disease suppression, nitrogen fixation, and building soil organic matter. Equipment for planting, terminating and managing cover crop residue will be discussed for various scales of operations. In addition, techniques for measuring and assessing cover crop performance will be discussed along with the economic benefits of including cover crops in a production system.
Presenter:
Luke Freeman is a Horticulture Specialist for the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) and covers small fruit and vegetable production, cover crops and produce safety for the ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture project. Luke has his M.S. from the University of Arkansas where he studied cover crop applications in high tunnels and worked on the high tunnel berry project and the National Strawberry Sustainability Initiative under Dr. Curt Rom. Luke and his wife Natalie live on a small farm outside of Fayetteville where they raise laying hens, goats, vegetables and cut flowers.
CoCo San Sustainable Farm proposes using recycled water and public buffer land near water treatment facilities to grow food in greenhouses and address food insecurity, nutrition poverty, and environmental issues. The farm would be financially self-sustaining and provide hands-on science and job training while reducing the carbon footprint of the food system through local production. Key aspects include using recycled water and natural fertilizers, conserving resources, providing environmental education, and creating a scalable model to address hunger issues sustainably.
This document discusses how technology can help transform agriculture by addressing various issues like soil degradation, declining pollinator populations, and climate change. It outlines five principles of soil health: minimizing soil disturbance, keeping the soil covered, maintaining living roots, increasing diversity, and integrating livestock. Appropriate technologies that can help implement these principles and assess soil health include soil testing methods, e-tools for learning and networking, methods for livestock integration, and practices that increase crop diversity. The overall message is that agriculture, when done in a way that improves soil health, can help heal the soil, water, and communities.
A argument for environmental vegetarianism. The complete essay from which this was extracted from can be found at :
http://screamingchickenactivism.blogspot.com/2009/01/animal-agriculture-unnecessary-practice.html
Eating a vegetarian diet benefits the environment and human health according to the document. It argues that a meat-based diet wastes resources, accelerates climate change through greenhouse gas emissions, and destroys the environment. Specifically, it claims that a vegetarian diet uses less land and water resources, produces fewer emissions, and helps prevent deforestation and ocean dead zones caused by pollution. The document also asserts that a vegetarian diet provides adequate nutrition and is linked to lower risks of heart problems and certain cancers compared to a meat-based diet.
“What would it take to build a truly resilient local food system?"Guy Dauncey
The document discusses building a resilient local food system and outlines seven core solutions, including transitioning to regenerative organic farming and developing a cooperative food economy. Specifically, it proposes establishing 29 regional growers' cooperatives across British Columbia to support local farmers and increase local food production and resilience. The cooperatives would provide shared resources like distribution, storage, supplies and business skills training to help farmers overcome challenges of high land costs, lack of infrastructure and difficulty competing with industrial agriculture. Transitioning the food system in this way over ten years could help address issues of soil health, climate change and economic challenges for farmers.
Nature's Route Farm promotes food sovereignty and sustainable farming practices. They operate a community supported agriculture program that provides consumers with fresh, safe food while giving farmers a fair price. The document discusses several issues facing Canadian agriculture, including aging farmers, declining infrastructure, and the country's growing reliance on imported food. It encourages consumers to support domestic family farms by purchasing directly from farmers or joining a CSA program.
This document provides a summary of the report "The Real Green Revolution: Organic and agroecological farming in the South" published by Greenpeace Environmental Trust in 2002. The report examines the growth of organic and agroecological farming in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It finds that an estimated 15.8 to 30 million hectares are currently managed organically in the global South, equivalent to about 3% of agricultural land. Two-thirds of new members of IFOAM, the International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements, come from developing countries. The report also highlights how organic farming can increase food security, reduce poverty, protect environmental resources, and maintain important agricultural biodiversity through its use of diverse crops
Enhancing Global Food Resources: CGIAR Strategy and its future Portfolio of P...CGIAR
Presented to the Second International Forum on Global Food Resources, 5-6 October 2016, Hokkaido University.
By Peter Gardiner, CGIAR System Management Office, France
This document summarizes the challenges and opportunities for increasing sustainable global food production presented by Dr. Simon Lord of New Britain Palm Oil. Population growth is increasing demand for food while arable land is decreasing, requiring a 70% increase in food production. New Britain Palm Oil is working to close yield gaps in oil palm through conventional breeding, precision agriculture, and empowering smallholders. Their efforts aim to increase productivity while maintaining environmental and social sustainability.
The document discusses urban agriculture in Almeria, Spain. It describes how the Spanish government realized it did not have enough land to grow food for its population and developed greenhouse agriculture using New Growing Systems (NGS) technology. NGS utilizes multi-level troughs, fertigation, and specialized fertilizers to produce high yields with 60-70% less water compared to traditional farming. Over 27,000 hectares of greenhouses in Almeria now produce over 1.45 billion euros of crops annually for domestic use and export to Europe.
Biochar Stoves:The Commercialization and AdvantagesAmanda Ravenhill
Biochar stoves are an exciting new technology that reduce poverty, improve health, curb climate change, increase food security and decreas desertification.
How? Biochar stoves gasify waste biomass such as grass, husks or dried manure to produce heat for cooking. The charcoal byproduct, biochar, is a carbon-negative soil amendment that increases water and nutrient retention thus increasing soil’s adaptability to the extreme floods and droughts of climate change.
This document summarizes Peter Carberry's presentation on climate-smart agriculture. Some key points:
- CSA aims to support food security under climate change by implementing flexible, context-specific solutions to changes in rainfall and temperature.
- ICRISAT has developed climate-smart practices like drought-tolerant crop varieties, crop-livestock-tree systems, watershed development for irrigation, conservation agriculture, and using seasonal climate forecasts.
- These practices have helped increase yields, resilience, and incomes of smallholder farmers in India and other countries facing water stress and climate risks. Adoption of short-duration chickpea varieties developed by ICRISAT increased production 5-7 times in Southern India
Mark Eisler's presentation from the Sustainable Food Trust's meeting: What role for grazing livestock in a world of climate change and diet-related disease?
Presentation by Niggli Urs, PhD, Director Research Institute for Organic Agriculture, at the 2012 Agriculture and Rural Development Day (ARDD) in Rio de Janiero, Learning Event No. 8, Session 4: Process and product related aspects of organic food quality - from biodiversity to human nutrition.
1. The document discusses the potential for Latin America to become a major global supplier of rice, the world's most important staple crop, to help meet rising global demand.
2. For Latin America to realize this potential, yields would need to increase to 7 tons per hectare and costs of production would need to lower to $1,000 per hectare to compete globally.
3. Significant investments in agricultural research and development as well as stable trade policies would be required for Latin America to capitalize on its land and water resources and become a future "rice bowl" region.
This document provides an overview of regenerative agriculture and its potential to mitigate climate change by drawing down carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. It discusses how regenerative practices can sequester large amounts of carbon in soils each year, potentially sequestering enough to stabilize the climate. Case studies from around the world show specific regenerative techniques, such as composting, cover cropping, holistic grazing, and permaculture, successfully increasing soil carbon levels and agricultural productivity even in drought conditions. The document argues that transitioning just 10% of global agriculture to regenerative systems could reverse climate change through carbon sequestration.
Conventional vs organic agriculture: Cornelia Harris, Cary Institute of Ecosy...Teaching the Hudson Valley
This document discusses the major concerns with conventional agriculture, including water pollution from animal waste and fertilizers, water and land use changes, impacts on animals and ecosystems, and human health issues. It then explores alternatives like organic agriculture, agroecology, and integrated pest management. Specifically, it examines the problems of nitrogen pollution from fertilizers and animal waste, large-scale livestock production, and proposes solutions like using legumes for natural nitrogen fixation and moving toward smaller, more sustainable farms and food systems.
Richard Teague - Grazing Down the Carbon: The Scientific Case for Grassland R...gabriellebastien
Richard Teague - Grazing Down the Carbon: The Scientific Case for Grassland Restoration
From Biodiversity for a Livable Climate conference: "Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming"
Saturday November 22nd, 2014
Richard Teague - Grazing Down the Carbon: The Scientific Case for Grassland R...bio4climate
Richard Teague - Grazing Down the Carbon: The Scientific Case for Grassland Restoration
From Biodiversity for a Livable Climate conference: "Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming"
Saturday November 22nd, 2014
www.bio4climate.org
The population in the tropical uplands particularly in the Southeast Asia is rapidly increasing, but the natural resources are dwindling and degrading. Presentation provides evidence of Conservation Agriculture with Trees increasing crop yields, soil organic matter and income and resilience to environmental stresses (drought, intense rainfall, typhoons), while reducing labor and capital costs.
In 27 rural localities throughout the state of Chihuahua, Mèxico, we have used a typical 144m2 greenhouse unit containing 1790 trays stacked on shelves that hold grain. The trays are tilted and have holes in one side. The contents are fed as food and grain. The trays are under controlled environmental conditions in a typical 10-day cycle. The grain develops roots and green shoots to form a dense mat at an average of 1200 kilograms per day with only 800 to 1000 liters of water consumption. This amount of fodder can be used to supple-ment feed for 100 head of cattle per day or 500 goats and/or sheep. The water use difference is approxi-mately 50:1 over the hay that the forage replaces. The use of these 27 greenhouses in the state of Chihuahua then conserves over 10,000 acre feet of water per year by eliminating the need for open field alfalfa or corn for silage. There are many others built in neighboring states.
Planting Food Forests with 500M Small Farmers in Global SouthJohn Roulac
The document discusses humanity's potential extinction due to our own actions and inaction in the face of environmental challenges. It notes that dying due to factors beyond our control allows us to die with pride, but perishing from our own lack of responsibility makes a mockery of our claims of morality. Transitioning to renewable energy also requires vast resources similar to the world's largest copper mine opening annually. The document advocates learning from nature's 500 million years of research and development in sustainable systems as a model for economic and environmental solutions.
The document discusses various topics related to wellness during the COVID-19 pandemic. It promotes regenerative agriculture practices that improve soil health and food resilience. It provides information on organizations working on agroforestry and permaculture in Guatemala and East Africa. The document also discusses early treatment protocols for COVID-19 that include vitamins, minerals, and repurposed drugs. It notes the importance of lifestyle factors like nutrition, exercise, stress reduction, and time in nature for wellness.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
This document discusses several topics related to climate change and environmental issues including a climate poll showing views on climate change, criticisms of climate communication plans, concerns about overconsumption harming nature, questions around soil restoration and food revolution, impacts of GMOs and other factors on health issues, declining phytoplankton stocks in oceans, receiving funding to study ocean changes, predictions of marine life extinction by 2040 due to warmer, more acidic and low oxygen oceans, the importance of soil for humanity's survival, and potential legalization of hemp.
The document contains several paragraphs about various topics related to climate change and its impacts on oceans and marine life. It discusses declining phytoplankton stocks in the Indian Ocean, predictions that all whales, dolphins and fish could be extinct by 2040 due to climate change impacts, research on failures of ocean upwelling leading to contractions in food chains and declines in kelp forests in California, and the role kelp can play in absorbing carbon dioxide.
Regenerative Agriculture and Healthy Soils: The Leading Solution to Climate C...John Roulac
Regenerative agriculture aims to restore soil health and sequester carbon through natural processes. Nature is interconnected, and regeneration seeks to work with those connections. Buffalo can be a keystone species for sequestering carbon through regenerative grazing practices that build soil organic matter.
Awe of Nature: How Culture & History are Shaping our DestinyJohn Roulac
This document discusses how regenerative agriculture and soil health can help address climate change by drawing down and storing carbon in the soil. It provides examples of regenerative practices like composting, cover cropping, minimizing soil disturbance, and integrating livestock. Studies have shown that organically managed soils can convert carbon dioxide from a greenhouse gas into a food-producing asset. The principles of soil health from the Natural Resources Conservation Service are outlined. The document argues that a transition to regenerative organic agriculture has potential to reverse the greenhouse effect.
This document repeats the phrase "REAL FOOD Manifesto" 10 times without providing any additional context or information about what the manifesto contains. It does not convey any essential details that could be summarized in 3 sentences or less.
From the last 12,000 years to present day, John Roulac reviews the advancements in Agricultural Technologies, and offers up a regenerative solution for now and generations to come.
Optimizing Post Remediation Groundwater Performance with Enhanced Microbiolog...Joshua Orris
Results of geophysics and pneumatic injection pilot tests during 2003 – 2007 yielded significant positive results for injection delivery design and contaminant mass treatment, resulting in permanent shut-down of an existing groundwater Pump & Treat system.
Accessible source areas were subsequently removed (2011) by soil excavation and treated with the placement of Emulsified Vegetable Oil EVO and zero-valent iron ZVI to accelerate treatment of impacted groundwater in overburden and weathered fractured bedrock. Post pilot test and post remediation groundwater monitoring has included analyses of CVOCs, organic fatty acids, dissolved gases and QuantArray® -Chlor to quantify key microorganisms (e.g., Dehalococcoides, Dehalobacter, etc.) and functional genes (e.g., vinyl chloride reductase, methane monooxygenase, etc.) to assess potential for reductive dechlorination and aerobic cometabolism of CVOCs.
In 2022, the first commercial application of MetaArray™ was performed at the site. MetaArray™ utilizes statistical analysis, such as principal component analysis and multivariate analysis to provide evidence that reductive dechlorination is active or even that it is slowing. This creates actionable data allowing users to save money by making important site management decisions earlier.
The results of the MetaArray™ analysis’ support vector machine (SVM) identified groundwater monitoring wells with a 80% confidence that were characterized as either Limited for Reductive Decholorination or had a High Reductive Reduction Dechlorination potential. The results of MetaArray™ will be used to further optimize the site’s post remediation monitoring program for monitored natural attenuation.
Evolving Lifecycles with High Resolution Site Characterization (HRSC) and 3-D...Joshua Orris
The incorporation of a 3DCSM and completion of HRSC provided a tool for enhanced, data-driven, decisions to support a change in remediation closure strategies. Currently, an approved pilot study has been obtained to shut-down the remediation systems (ISCO, P&T) and conduct a hydraulic study under non-pumping conditions. A separate micro-biological bench scale treatability study was competed that yielded positive results for an emerging innovative technology. As a result, a field pilot study has commenced with results expected in nine-twelve months. With the results of the hydraulic study, field pilot studies and an updated risk assessment leading site monitoring optimization cost lifecycle savings upwards of $15MM towards an alternatively evolved best available technology remediation closure strategy.
Kinetic studies on malachite green dye adsorption from aqueous solutions by A...Open Access Research Paper
Water polluted by dyestuffs compounds is a global threat to health and the environment; accordingly, we prepared a green novel sorbent chemical and Physical system from an algae, chitosan and chitosan nanoparticle and impregnated with algae with chitosan nanocomposite for the sorption of Malachite green dye from water. The algae with chitosan nanocomposite by a simple method and used as a recyclable and effective adsorbent for the removal of malachite green dye from aqueous solutions. Algae, chitosan, chitosan nanoparticle and algae with chitosan nanocomposite were characterized using different physicochemical methods. The functional groups and chemical compounds found in algae, chitosan, chitosan algae, chitosan nanoparticle, and chitosan nanoparticle with algae were identified using FTIR, SEM, and TGADTA/DTG techniques. The optimal adsorption conditions, different dosages, pH and Temperature the amount of algae with chitosan nanocomposite were determined. At optimized conditions and the batch equilibrium studies more than 99% of the dye was removed. The adsorption process data matched well kinetics showed that the reaction order for dye varied with pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order. Furthermore, the maximum adsorption capacity of the algae with chitosan nanocomposite toward malachite green dye reached as high as 15.5mg/g, respectively. Finally, multiple times reusing of algae with chitosan nanocomposite and removing dye from a real wastewater has made it a promising and attractive option for further practical applications.
Improving the viability of probiotics by encapsulation methods for developmen...Open Access Research Paper
The popularity of functional foods among scientists and common people has been increasing day by day. Awareness and modernization make the consumer think better regarding food and nutrition. Now a day’s individual knows very well about the relation between food consumption and disease prevalence. Humans have a diversity of microbes in the gut that together form the gut microflora. Probiotics are the health-promoting live microbial cells improve host health through gut and brain connection and fighting against harmful bacteria. Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus are the two bacterial genera which are considered to be probiotic. These good bacteria are facing challenges of viability. There are so many factors such as sensitivity to heat, pH, acidity, osmotic effect, mechanical shear, chemical components, freezing and storage time as well which affects the viability of probiotics in the dairy food matrix as well as in the gut. Multiple efforts have been done in the past and ongoing in present for these beneficial microbial population stability until their destination in the gut. One of a useful technique known as microencapsulation makes the probiotic effective in the diversified conditions and maintain these microbe’s community to the optimum level for achieving targeted benefits. Dairy products are found to be an ideal vehicle for probiotic incorporation. It has been seen that the encapsulated microbial cells show higher viability than the free cells in different processing and storage conditions as well as against bile salts in the gut. They make the food functional when incorporated, without affecting the product sensory characteristics.
RoHS stands for Restriction of Hazardous Substances, which is also known as t...vijaykumar292010
RoHS stands for Restriction of Hazardous Substances, which is also known as the Directive 2002/95/EC. It includes the restrictions for the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. RoHS is a WEEE (Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment).
4. Nutiva Organic Hemp
65.8%
33.5%
52.8%
48.3%
19.5%
33.6%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Hemp Oil Hempseed Hemp Protein
Nutiva's Share of Organic Market
Nutiva's Share of Total Market (Organic & Non-Organic)
Nutiva’s hemp is always
organic – no pesticides or
chemical fertilizers used in
the growing process
Nutiva helped pioneered
the hemp food industry in
the US and is a leader in
legalizing the farming of
industrial hemp.
Source: SPINS Scan Natural
Period Ending 2/22/15
5. Nutiva Gives Back 1%
100s of Organizations Funded
GMO Inside
Rodale
Institute
EcoFarm Vote Hemp
Over $3 Million Donated to:
Sustainable
Farming
Food &
Environmental
Activism
Trees &
Gardens
Healthy
Communities
10. The Search for Omegas
Organic Hemp is nature’s ideal
balance of omega-3 & omega-
6 fatty acids – loaded with
magnesium, zinc, & iron
4 out of 10 consumers are
looking for an alternative to
fish oil
12. Hemp Construction
Low carbon
Easy to process &
build
Replaces energy
intensive & toxic ti-
vec installation &
glass
“Hempcrete” housing
13. Wright’s 1918 article
“Wisconsin’s Hemp Industry”
"Hemp has been demonstrated to
be the best smother crop for
assisting in the eradication of quack
grass and Canada thistles… At
Waupon in 1911 the hemp was
grown on land badly infested with
quack grass, and in spite of an
unfavorable season a yield of two
thousand one hundred pounds of
fiber to the acre was obtained and
the quack grass was practically
destroyed."
14. Canadian Hemp Licensed Acreage 1998-2014
0
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
120000
Number(ac)
Year
1135 License
768 Cultivation
11.5K ha CFX-2
13.6K ha Finola
Health Canada
108,462 ac
43,912 ha
67% increase
16. Growing Hemp
General Observations
Avoid wet cold soils
Soil temperature: warm < 46.4° F
Equipment – cracking seed
Seeding rate 25-30 to 40lb/ac
Plant shallow into moisture
Requires quick emergence
Weed competition
No registered pesticides - food
Needs Nitrogen- crop rotation, fertilizers
Regulations
Hemp- relatively modest for the amount of biomass
Can absorb and preserve water for a long time
www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/crops/index.html
18. Agronomic Benefits
Hemp naturally suppresses weeds and returns nitrogen back to the soil.
Adding new crops to a rotation helps break disease cycles.
Preliminary research shows that hemp in rotations may decrease soybean nematodes cyst
populations.
Hemp requires low to zero chemical inputs of herbicides, insecticides and fungicides.
Frost and drought tolerant but it cannot handle standing water as seedlings.
Hemp can be seeded later than other crops and it can be re-seeded if required.
The crop is day length sensitive thus it flowers about the same time each year.
Reference: Hermann, Anndrea 2008. Appendix D.
Canadian National Industrial Hemp Strategy (NIHS)
pp. 284-344, – Literature Review of the Agronomics
of Industrial Hemp: Seeding and Harvesting
Literature Review Agronomics: Industrial Hemp
Seeding and Harvesting.
Slide credit: Hermann, A and Owen, A.
Image: Owen, Manitoba, Canada 2011
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uality - Integrity - Knowledg
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www.HempIndustries.org
19. Primary Production
Harvesting, Drying & Storage
Intact hull and the ‘nut’ should be creamy white color
Harvest at 18% moisture or less but no more than 25%
Immediate drying under aeration to 9-8% moisture content
Prevent heating & crusting in bin by turning
2 year storage under proper conditions
Continually monitoring the grain as it can become unstable.
Hopper bottom bins
Grain from Combine
A. Hermann
A. Hermann
20.
21. Shifting Story of Climate Change
New story – oceans are becoming
acidic, destroying our oxygen supply
Solution: new app to drawdown carbon
via regenerative & pasture systems
Current story argues the planet is
getter hotter
Solar & wind is the answer
22. Greenhouse Gas Emissions
~30% emitted
via agriculture
Largely
attributable to
animals &
Nitrogen
Fertilizers
92.5% of
farmland is
devoted to
animal
production
• emits by far the
most GHGs
23. Rodale Institute: Down-to-Earth
Solution to Climate Change
“Regenerative
Organic
Agriculture”
Maximize carbon
fixation, minimize
loss of carbon once
returned to soil
Reverse the
Greenhouse Effect
Organically
managed soils
can convert
carbon CO2 from
a greenhouse gas
into a food-
producing asset
29. Health & Safety
Glyphosate/RoundUp®
Found in human
& animal urine,
animal tissues –
contradicts
regulatory
assumptions &
industry
assuances
Antimicrobial
effect on
animals’ gut
flora.
Linked to birth
defects in
rabbits & rats –
evidence
contradicts
regulatory
conclusions.
Evidence of
endocrine
disruption in rat
testicular cells.
RoundUp®
found to be 125
times more toxic
than glyphosate
– contradicts
regulatory
assumptions &
industry
assurances
Glyphosate
residues in
animal feed
linked to low
trace minerals in
cattle body
tissues
30.
31.
32. 5 Principles of Soil Health from Natural Resources Conservation Service
Compost &
Cover Soil
Plant Cover
Crops
Minimize
Soil
Disturbance
Maximize
Diversity
Integrate
Livestock on
Land