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🍛 From space science to dinner plates: Reimagining the future of farming indoors
#food

From space science to dinner plates: Reimagining the future of farming indoors
Extreme weather events, from heavy rainfall to heat waves and droughts, are increasingly threatening crop yields globally, so new solutions are needed for agriculture.

Report Says Factory Farming is the World’s Biggest Cause of Food Waste https://vegconomist.com/sustainability-environment/report-factory-farming-worlds-biggest-cause-food-waste/

Report Says Factory Farming is the World's Biggest Cause of Food Waste - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine
A new report by Compassion in World Farming has found that an additional two billion people per year could be fed if grain were not used to feed

A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility,
the people of Jabo in northwestern Nigeria are in a state of shock and confusion.
Suleiman Kagara, a resident of this quiet and predominantly Muslim farming community in Tambuwal district of Sokoto state, told CNN he heard a loud blast and saw flames as a projectile flew overhead at around 10 p.m. on Thursday.
Soon after, it came crashing down, expl…

Fear and confusion in Nigerian village hit in US strike, as locals say no history of ISIS in area
A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and confusion.

«One persistent and underappreciated part of American culture that is rife with grotesque violence and pain is one of capitalism’s greatest horrors: the industrial farming system»
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-horror-of-meat

In a California farming region, researchers are mapping rural heat to protect farmworkers
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-california-farming-region-rural-farmworkers.html

"New method uses sound waves to map soil health, stop famine, and restore farmlands"
#Farming #Environment

New method uses sound waves to map soil health, stop famine, and restore farmlands | The Optimist Daily
A new “soilsmology” tool uses seismic waves to map underground health, giving farmers better ways to boost yields and restore damaged soil.

Tell Poland to Ban Cruel Fur Farming! https://www.idausa.org/campaign/wild-animals-and-habitats/fur/latest-news/tell-poland-to-ban-cruel-fur-farming/?utm_source=Mastodon

Tell Poland to Ban Cruel Fur Farming!
 

Grounded Live
Grounded Festival brings together international and local voices shaping the future of farming, food systems and rural resilience...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/grounded-live/

CIWF Highlights The ‘Growing Threat’ Of Octopus Farming With New Report #AnimalRights

CIWF Highlights The 'Growing Threat' Of Octopus Farming With New Report
A report by Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) has highlighted the “growing threat” of octopus farming and all “carnivorous aquaculture"

"Your next puffer jacket could be made from bulrushes, as carbon-storing peat farming takes off"
#Coats #Fashion #Textiles

Your next puffer jacket could be made from bulrushes, as carbon-storing peat farming takes off
A researcher explains the benefits of a relatively new farming practice called paludiculture.

🫛 Global move towards plant-based diets could reshape farming jobs and reduce labor costs worldwide
#food

Global move towards plant-based diets could reshape farming jobs and reduce labor costs worldwide
A global shift towards healthier, more sustainable eating patterns could reshape agricultural employment across the world, according to new research from the University of Oxford's Environmental Change Institute (ECI).

I love a good news story about agrivoltaics (farming under solar panels) - let's hope it does take off! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2en1yyp4d9o

Will farming under solar panels take off?
Farming under solar panels is still in the early stages in India, but will it catch on?

Veteran from TEXAS IN UKRAINE: From farming to fighting Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/20/veteran-from-texas-in-ukraine.html

The similarity to the climate crisis is amazing - robust scientific research has identified a serious, life threatening problem - as well as what is needed to address that problem. But $€₱₹¥£ are flowing from customers who are unaware of the problem, and are seduced by marketing messages - in movies, TV shows, social media, and explicit advertisements. And there is huge profit from practices that are already resulting in injuries, illnesses and death, as well as economic losses. And

The similarity to the climate crisis is amazing - robust scientific research has identified a serious, life threatening problem - as well as what is needed to address that problem. But $€₱₹¥£ are flowing from customers who are unaware of the problem, and are seduced by marketing messages - in movies, TV shows, social media, and explicit advertisements. And there is huge profit from practices that are already resulting in injuries, illnesses and death, as well as economic losses. And

"Intensive indigenous farming in #Michigan ’s Upper Peninsula, USA" #archaeology #lidar

Banned for years, dangerous pesticides persist in Nigerian farming https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/banned-for-years-dangerous-pesticides-persist-in-nigerian-farming/

Banned for years, dangerous pesticides persist in Nigerian farming
The sun rises over lush farm fields of on the outskirts of Lagos. For more than 20 years, a farmer named Joe has tilled the land, coaxing life from the earth and reaping bountiful harvests. But here, beneath the surface of this idyllic scene, lies a complex web of challenges — chief among them, the […]

People Are Farming and Selling Sora 2 Invite Codes on eBay https://www.404media.co/people-are-farming-and-selling-sora-2-invite-codes-on-ebay/

"Animal Farming Is ‘World’s Biggest Cause Of Food Waste,’ Says Report"
#FoodWaste #Animals #Food

Animal Farming Is 'World's Biggest Cause Of Food Waste,' Says Report
Animal farming is the “world’s biggest cause of food waste," according to a new report published by Compassion in World Farming (CIWF)

«More than 1,500 livestock farmers registered for the buyout schemes» in the #Netherlands.
«Europe has more than 24,000 "mega-farms" (facilities with 40,000 or more poultry, 2,000 or more fattening pigs, or 750 or more breeding sows)»

Cross-Breed Pig Identification Using Auricular Vein Pattern Recognition: A Machine Learning Approach for Small-Scale Farming Applications
Emmanuel Nsengiyumvaa, Leonard Niyitegekaa, Eric Umuhoza
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.02197

Cross-Breed Pig Identification Using Auricular Vein Pattern Recognition: A Machine Learning Approach for Small-Scale Farming Applications
Accurate livestock identification is a cornerstone of modern farming: it supports health monitoring, breeding programs, and productivity tracking. However, common pig identification methods, such as ear tags and microchips, are often unreliable, costly, target pure breeds, and thus impractical for small-scale farmers. To address this gap, we propose a noninvasive biometric identification approach that leverages uniqueness of the auricular vein patterns. To this end, we have collected 800 ear im…

The Colorado River is on the verge of crisis.
No one has a solution.
Once again, the Colorado River is heading toward a crisis. This time, the way out appears murkier than ever.

For months, the seven states of the Colorado River basin have failed to reach an agreement on new rules to share the river’s dwindling supply of water.
The current rules that divvy up water among 40 million people in the West, including Los Angeles, Phoenix and farming regions that provide most o…

The Colorado River is on the verge of crisis. No one has a solution.
The Colorado River faces a crisis as seven states struggle to agree on water-sharing rules.

Talking Aussie Farming
Each episode features candid conversations with farmers, innovators, policymakers, and industry leaders shaping the future of food and farming...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/talking-aussie-farming/

French MPs Submit Proposal Calling for the End of Caged Farming for Laying Hens in the EU https://vegconomist.com/politics-law/french-mps-submit-proposal-end-caged-farming-laying-hens-eu/

French MPs Submit Proposal Calling for the End of Caged Farming for Laying Hens in the EU - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine
MP Josiane Corneloup from France’s Les Républicains party has submitted a proposal for a European resolution to end caged farming for laying hens.

Huge Impacts of UK Pig and Bird Farming Unveiled in Wildlife Trusts Report https://veganfta.com/articles/2025/09/11/huge-impacts-of-uk-pig-and-bird-farming-unveiled-in-wildlife-trusts-report/?utm_source=Mastod…

Huge Impacts of UK Pig and Bird Farming Unveiled in Wildlife Trusts Report
On the 29th of August 2025, a new independent report commissioned by The Wildlife Trusts unveiled for the first time the vast environmental damage caused by the UK pig and bird farming sector…

🌞 Dual use of land for solar energy production and cultivation found feasible in Finland
... few people realize what a win agrivoltaics are for farmers and the environment!
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-12-dual-solar-energy-production-cultivation.ht…

Dual use of land for solar energy production and cultivation found feasible in Finland
Open farmlands are ideal locations for installing solar panels, but the most common method, which involves covering a large area with south-facing panels, prevents the field from being used for simultaneous farming. The panels can also be installed vertically, allowing crops to be grown in the same field. However, this solution is still rare in Finland.

"Watchdog rules Red Tractor exaggerated its environmental standards"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Farming

“All my life I’ve wanted to ‘see’ into the soil,” he said. “Maybe now we can.”
Cheap “soilsmology” can apparently let farmers find out what's going on in their soil without disruptive coring or plowing. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/<…

Even if you are sure you don't need extra security, you need extra security. Change messengers! The people keeping you "secure" are farming you like pigs, and the slaughter is a-comin'!
https://friendica.rogueproject.org/display/cd661f92-b4e46e05…

Signal
In 2023, Signal was the first mainstream messenger to enable post-quantum cryptography. We’re still ahead of the (elliptical) curve, implementing a new hyb...

Poland Enacts National Ban on Fur Farming, Operations to Cease by 2033 https://vegconomist.com/society/poland-enacts-national-ban-fur-farming-operations-cease-by-2033/

Poland Enacts National Ban on Fur Farming, Operations to Cease by 2033 - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine
Poland has enacted a nationwide ban on fur farming, requiring all existing operations to cease by 2033 and prohibiting the establishment of new facilities.

𓁿 𓉩 𓊲 𓀬 𓇽 𓅽 𓎩 𓇇
when i was 12 i fantasized abt making a roguelike using hieroglyph unicode instead of ascii, thinking itd lean into some sorta farming lifesim thing, or go all in on depicting a journey thru death as close to the mythology as wasnt boring, or put the two together for a transition after u die. i havent been super tapped into the roguelike scene like i used to be, does anything remotely like this exist?
𓈋𓈋𓈋𓈏𓈋𓈋
𓈖𓈄𓈏𓇾𓉐𓈋
𓈖𓊛𓀛𓇿𓇿𓇿
𓈖𓈘𓈘𓈘𓈘𓈘
𓈄𓇇𓇿𓈋𓈋𓈏

Its nice to encouraging stories like this - and exciting.
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/05/agricu…

Its nice to encouraging stories like this - and exciting.
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/05/agricu…

Graphics-Guided Interactive Farmland Layout Design
#farming #agriculture

"Tilda innovates to cut methane emissions from rice farming"
#Tilda #Methane #Emissions

Good Morning #Canada
Many people, that includes you, are worried about #Skynet assuming control of all military systems, but what happens when it starts harvesting our crops? Canadian agricultural scientists are blindly charging ahead in their efforts to fill our farms with robots. It started with self-driving tractors pulling conventional equipment and evolved to fully autonomous vehicles that plow, plant, fertilizer, weed, and harvest. Organic farming is seeing the biggest benefits as robots can hand weed 2 hectares per day, eliminating herbicides.... and farm workers. Almost 15% of Canada’s dairy farms use robotic milking cubicles where cows enter when they need milking, with no cold human hands involved. IMO, using robots to replace hard back breaking labour or tedious driving of equipment up and down a farm field is a good use of technology. But I hope the tech is not priced out of the reach of small farms.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Robotics #Farming
https://news.uoguelph.ca/2024/08/these-self-driving-weed-cutting-robots-transform-the-future-of-farming-says-u-of-g-researcher/

☕ Sociology, meet ecology: How the variability of coffee harvests can teach us about sustainable farming
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-sociology-ecology-variability-coffee-harvests.html

Sociology, meet ecology: How the variability of coffee harvests can teach us about sustainable farming
The rootstock of a coffee plant can live for 20 to 30 years. In that time, a generation, it will have good years and bad years, years where it bears large quantities of fruit and years where it fails to produce as expected.

"Britain’s red-tailed bumblebees may have an unlikely saviour in solar farms"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Bees

AgriCoach Wealth & Wisdom Podcast By The Financial Bloke
For Farming Families Who Want More Money matters...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/the-financial-bloke-wealth-and-wisdom/

More than 520 chemicals found in English soil, including long-banned medical substances https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/03/chemicals-found-english-soil-toxins-medical-substances-farming

🦠 Using Freshwater Cladophora glomerata to Develop Sustainable Farming
#algae

On the Isles of Scilly, seagoing rowing gigs
—32-foot boats built from fine elm planks for strength and lightness
—once played a vital role in maritime life.
These boats carried pilots to ships navigating treacherous waters,
rescued lives and cargo from wrecks,
served in island farming and in coastal trades such as kelp making,
and supported the building and maintenance of lighthouses and other maritime infrastructure.
Though traditional gig rowing dec…

🐐 Bundled climate solutions for better production: Scientists listen to West African farmers
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-bundled-climate-solutions-production-scientists.html

Bundled climate solutions for better production: Scientists listen to West African farmers
The rain delays, sorghum withers; when a storm finally breaks, complaints rise again. To break this cycle of uncertainty, scientists from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, INERA, and the University of Ghana conducted the first large-scale survey on agricultural climate services in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, and Senegal.

Good Morning #Canada
Have you ever dreamed of having a pet #Moose ? Probably weekly if you're a Canadian. But apparently, it's been done, and there are records of Moose being used for farming or racing, or just cuddling up with you on the couch. This CBC article documents one of the best-known examples, but be warned, there are some dark twists to the story.
#CanadaIsAwesome #MooseOfMastadon
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/canadian-stereotype-domesticated-moose-1.5369308

Study Shows Plant-Based Agroforestry Could Double Rural Income in Brazil https://vegconomist.com/agriculture-agribusiness/study-shows-plant-based-agroforestry-could-double-rural-income-brazil/

Study Shows Plant-Based Agroforestry Could Double Rural Income in Brazil - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine
A new study presented at the COP30 summit in Belém has found that shifting from livestock farming to plant-based agroforestry can significantly increase the

⚡ Will electric tractors gain traction? At a pilot event for farmers, researchers see possibilities
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-09-electric-tractors-gain-traction-event.html

Will electric tractors gain traction? At a pilot event for farmers, researchers see possibilities
In the soft dirt of an indoor horseback riding ring last month, a group of farmers got ready to test drive a new piece of equipment: an electric tractor.

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Global average farm size may triple by 2100 amid rural population decline
#farming …

Global average farm size may triple by 2100 amid rural population decline
Farm size plays a crucial role in shaping food production systems and environmental outcomes. However, its long-term global trends have remained poorly understood.

"Revised UK environmental plan sets new goals for nature, pollution and farming"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment

"Tesco and Mars post successes with sustainable farming schemes"
#Mars #Tesco #Farming #Food

5 Surprising Phrases That Are Rooted in Animal Exploitation https://veganfta.com/blog/2025/09/12/5-surprising-phrases-that-are-rooted-in-animal-exploitation/?utm_source=Mastodon

5 Surprising Phrases That Are Rooted in Animal Exploitation
Some of our most commonly used expressions come from hunting, farming, and other forms of animal exploitation. Here are five phrases that might make you think twice the next time you drop them into…

"Look Out for These 8 Big Ag Greenwashing Terms at COP30"
#COP30 #ClimateSummit #Greenwashing

Look Out for These 8 Big Ag Greenwashing Terms at This Year’s Climate Summit
Food and farming companies at COP30 in Brazil will claim agriculture is the solution to climate change — even though food systems drive a third of global warming.