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Alison Kentish

April 29, 2021

UNITED NATIONS - As the United Nations prepares for its solutions-based Global Food Systems Summit in September, officials say resolving issues around water scarcity, pollution and wastage is crucial...

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Alison Kentish

April 28, 2021

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 28 2021 (IPS) - A new global report on forests says that while the COVID-19 pandemic is the latest threat to achieving ambitious forest protection goals, it has brought the...

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Stephanie Kurose

April 21, 2021

If you were in California this winter, you may have noticed something missing: the monarch butterflies.

Two decades ago, more than 1 million would arrive in California every winter, clustering...

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Producebluebook.com

April 14, 2021

Monterey, CA (April 14, 2021) — Total organic fresh produce sales for the first quarter of 2021 saw a continuation of last year’s growth, increasing by 9.3 percent from the same period in 2020 and...

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Emilio Godoy

April 5, 2021

MEXICO CITY, Apr 5 2021 (IPS) - In neighbourhoods like Tehuixtitla in southern Mexico City, rain brings joy, because it provides water for showering, washing dishes and clothes, and cooking, by means...

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Timothy A. Wise

February 24, 2021

Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador quietly rocked the agribusiness world with his New Year’s Eve decree to phase out use of the herbicide glyphosate and the cultivation of genetically...

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February 25, 2021

AE4EU: Building a European network on agroecology to accelerate the transition towards sustainable agriculture and food systems.

ECVC [European Coordination Via Campesina] is among 12 European...

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Ronnie Cummins

February 17, 2021

My usual response to the question “What is Regenerative Food and Farming?” goes something like this: Regenerative agriculture and animal husbandry is the next and higher stage of organic food and...

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