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"Grasslands and wetlands are being lost to agriculture four times faster than forests"
#Environment #Nature

Grasslands and wetlands are being lost to agriculture four times faster than forests
Wild ecosystems such as grassland savannas, bush and open wetlands are losing ground worldwide to make way for large pastures and grain fields. A new study found these ecosystems are being converted at a rate four times higher than for forests.   Over a 15-year period, from 2005-2020, researchers found that 190 million hectares (470 […]

"Grasslands and Wetlands Are Being Gobbled Up By Agriculture, Mostly Livestock"
#Agriculture #Wetlands #Environment

Grasslands and Wetlands Are Being Gobbled Up By Agriculture, Mostly Livestock - Inside Climate News
A new study takes a first-of-its kind look at how farming converts non-forested areas and major carbon sinks into cropland and pasture.

📣 An alle #neuhier:
Herzliche willkommen im #Fediverse! :mastolove:
Es gibt für alle Interessierten an Solidarischer Landwirtschaft / #solawi und
Organisationen der Solidarischer…

Regenerative agriculture sows success in Kenya
#Kenya #Farming #Agriculture

Regenerative agriculture sows success in Kenya
A grassroots regenerative agriculture initiative is helping Kenyan smallholders cut crop failure, reduce chemical reliance and dramatically improve yields

Warming winters lead to more nitrate pollution in the drinking water near farms #environment …

Warming winters lead to more nitrate pollution in the drinking water near farms
When pollution gets bad enough in the rivers supplying Iowa's largest city with drinking water, it costs Des Moines around $16,000 a day to run a special system to filter out dangerous nitrates. It's a fact of life in the agriculture-dependent state—and climate change is making the water quality problem even worse.

Q&A with James Wu on leaving his role as DJI's chief scientist to found FJDynamics to build robots for labor intensive sectors like agriculture and construction (Zijing Wu/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/8e6c58eb-9133-4574-8bbc-d4476289021b

FJDynamics’s James Wu: We do what other people don’t want to do
The former chief scientist at Chinese drone maker DJI explains why he is building robots for ‘forgotten’ sectors, such as agriculture

A #gongfarmer in the wild!
#DCCRPG https://piefed.soci…

Woman preparing to gather 'night soil' (human waste) for agriculture, Fuzhou, China, ~1871
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"We’re not just talking about potential spikes in food prices …
but also potentially key shortages in the commodities that are necessary to produce food, like fertilizers,”
says Adam Hanieh, director of the SOAS Middle East Institute at the University of London.
“Many of the countries that are going to be most potentially impacted by this are already in conditions of famine or near famine.”

Crude Capitalism: Trump’s War on Iran Disrupts Global Systems, from Agriculture to Oil to Shipping
The U.S. is threatening to intensify its bombardment of Iran as the country’s leadership rejects a 15-point U.S. proposal to end the war. Iran has issued a number of demands, including recognition of its sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz. Since the war began, Iran has largely blocked ships from passing through the critical strait, causing a global crisis as the prices of oil, natural gas and fertilizer soar. “We’re not just talking about potential spikes in food prices … but also po…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SeekAndDestroy
Agriculture:
🎵 The Reply
#Agriculture
https://agriculturemusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-reply
https://open.spotify.com/track/6C4MS01E2CU2vp8FkHbOHT

Kennt ihr schon unsere Solawi-Karte? Dort können Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher Solawis in ihrer Nähe finden.
Wir teilen nicht nur unsere Ernte, sondern auch unsere Software! 4 #Solawi-Dachorganisationen haben sich heute zur Frage der Finanzierung der Karte getroffen. Geeinigt haben wir uns auf eine #Beitragsrunde

GitHub - teikei/teikei: A web application that maps out community-supported agriculture in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, based on crowdsourced data.
A web application that maps out community-supported agriculture in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, based on crowdsourced data. - teikei/teikei

Décapitée et ostracisée au Salon de l’agriculture, l’Agence bio est au bord de l’explosion | Mediapart
https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/200226/decapitee-et-ostracisee-au-salon-de-l-agriculture-l-ag…

Décapitée et ostracisée au Salon de l’agriculture, l’Agence bio est au bord de l’explosion
La ministre de l’agriculture maintient son plan de démantèlement de l’agence de soutien à la filière bio et a fait en sorte de déclencher une procédure de licenciement de sa directrice Laure Verdeau.

"Raphaël Glucksmann et François Hollande défendent la rupture avec LFI Š l’occasion de leur passage au Salon de l’agriculture"
BOOOOOUUUUH Mais qu'ils sont nuls de chez nuls... Enfin c'est pas comme si le PS avait une importance quelconque de nos jours..
Pardon je tombe dans le piège de critiquer nos supposés alliés moi aussi

Raphaël Glucksmann et François Hollande défendent la rupture avec LFI à l’occasion de leur passage au Salon de l’agriculture
Interrogé sur les élections municipales, le cofondateur de Place publique a répété qu’il « n’y aura pas d’alliance avec La France insoumise ». L’ex-président socialiste a, de son côté, fustigé « la responsabilité de Jean-Luc Mélenchon », qui a « contribué à banaliser l’extrême droite ».

Hat tip to Cascadia Journal
Parksville, BC
Entrepreneurs who come from a long line of commercial fishers are capitalizing on an ocean harvest that has nothing to do with catching fish.
Kelp is presenting growing possibilities on international markets, contributing a valuable, self-regenerating ingredient to agriculture, food products and even the skin care industry.

Foodrise Reveals: EU Spends Hundreds of Times More Subsidies on High-Emissions Beef and Dairy Than Legumes and Nuts https://vegconomist.com/agriculture-agribusiness/foodrise-reveals…

Foodrise Reveals: EU Spends Hundreds of Times More Subsidies on High-Emissions Beef and Dairy Than Legumes and Nuts - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine
Foodrise, a charity working to transform the food system, today released new figures revealing that high-emissions beef and lamb received an estimated 580

Senate Agriculture Chair Urges Farm Rescue After Oil Price Surge (Steven T. Dennis/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-09/senate-agriculture-chair-urges-farm-rescue-after-oil-price-surge
http://www.memeorandum.com/260309/p153#a260309p153

What happens on Tuesday is a matter of life and death.
The Endangered Species Committee
—composed of the heads of the Interior, Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Army, and the Council of Economic Advisors
—can decide that the very presence of an endangered species is an unacceptable obstacle to the oil and gas industry’s balance sheet.
When the "God Squad" grants an exemption, the species in q…

Trump’s “God Squad” Might Vote for a Whale’s Extinction This Week
On Tuesday, a powerful committee of agency leaders will decide whether oil and gas companies can disregard protections for a critically endangered species that’s known as “America’s Whale.”

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SeekAndDestroy
Agriculture:
🎵 The Weight
#Agriculture
https://agriculturemusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-weight
https://open.spotify.com/track/5joRgMimXbuf4GaqthWbeD

"AI-ready Coordination Hubs" to be established in every U.S. state and territory, per US National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Agriculture (USDA NIFA), Department of Labor, and Small Business Administration (SBA)
https://www.nsf.gov/news/nsf-initiative-ai

NSF initiative aims to make every American worker, business and community AI-ready
The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a new funding opportunity as part of an effort to enable all Americans to understand, apply and create with artificial intelligence. The NSF TechAccess…

🌳 Forests = carbon sinks, water cycles, biodiversity, and beauty.
Defending forests is defending the future. Happy International Day of Forests 💖
#IntlDayofForests #ClimateSolutions

International Day of Forests 21 March | FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Home | International Day of Forests 21 March | FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations The United Nations General Assembly proclai...

Acabado surveys terraced mountain agriculture - humans have been shaping montane landscapes and creating habitats worldwide for a very long time.
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-mountain-terraces-indigenous-peoples-climate.html

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SeekAndDestroy
Agriculture:
🎵 Hallelujah
#Agriculture
https://agriculturemusic.bandcamp.com/track/hallelujah
https://open.spotify.com/track/4hUGDt867pkbSllxFbVUy2

The idea for the program started back in 2021,
as severe drought conditions enveloped agricultural powerhouse states across the country.
The $400 million, according to Montaño Greene, was set to be distributed through the Commodity Credit Corporation,
a financial institution used to implement specific agricultural programs established by the federal government.
By the close of 2024,
she said the Biden administration had entered final agreements with selected r…

Did the USDA just forget about $400M in drought aid for farmers?
More than a year later, not a dollar has been spent — and no one knows what happened to the money.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SeekAndDestroy
Agriculture:
🎵 Bodhidharma
#Agriculture
https://agriculturemusic.bandcamp.com/track/bodhidharma
https://open.spotify.com/track/1NoYnWzMQ1mY67jo7gDakq

Study: Birds Decimated by Intensive Agriculture, Warming Temperatures https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/study-birds-decimated-by-intensive-agriculture-warming-temperatures-2026-03-04/…

Study: Birds Decimated by Intensive Agriculture, Warming Temperatures
Center for Biological Diversity: Findings Come as House Panel Attacks Law Protecting Migratory Birds

The Prosperous Farmer
Everyday, new research and innovation is being adopted in agriculture...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/prosperous-farmer/

I somehow missed that Agriculture finally dropped a full length album but its immediately one of my favorite metal albums
https://agriculturemusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-spiritual-sound

War on Iran and the metabolic rift. Another argument for agroecology rather than high (fossil fuel) input industrial agriculture. Of course such a transition can't be done overnight.
How the Iran war could create a ‘fertiliser shock’ – an often ignored global risk to food prices and farming

How the Iran war could create a ‘fertiliser shock’ – an often ignored global risk to food prices and farming
Without this form of fertiliser, crops will not produce yields on which the world’s population depends, leaving people starving.

Microsoft agrees to buy a record 2.85M soil carbon credits from Indigo Carbon linked to regenerative US agriculture; a source values the deal at $171M-$228M (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate…

Ukrainian deminers repurpose commercial drones into kamikaze missiles
to identify and remove unexploded ordnance from the environment.
https://www.thexylom.com/post/ukraine-demining-drone-agriculture-kharkiv

These Drones Are Not Built to Kill
Ukrainian deminers are deploying drones to clear the remnants of Russia's full-scale invasion—protecting communities and reclaiming land.

Good Morning #Canada
2026 has been designated as the International Year of the Woman Farmer by the United Nations, in an effort to increase and improve food security across the planet. Once again we call upon the fairer sex to save humanity.
Women led farms are on the rise in Canada. From the 2021 #StatsCan report, there were 80,000 female farm operators, representing 30% of total farm operators, up from 25% in 1991. In general female participation is increasing while men are decreasing. Farming is an industry where women operators can achieve wage parity with male counterparts because compensation is based on market conditions, but currently most women led farms are smaller with less annual revenues.
A helpful #AI tells me a female farmer could could be called a farmerette, a farmeress, or farmHER. So helpful...
Two articles are linked - a feel good news piece from the CBC, and more solid demographic info from FCC-FAC.ca.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Agriculture
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/women-career-agriculture-1.7443846
https://www.fcc-fac.ca/en/knowledge/women-in-canadian-agriculture

California is turning drought-stricken farmland into a massive solar opportunity.
The Westlands Water District in the San Joaquin Valley plans to generate 21 gigawatts of solar energy on fallowed agricultural land. It's a win-win: preserving what farmland remains viable while putting dry, empty fields to work producing clean energy.
The project includes battery storage and community benefits too.

21 Gigawatts of Solar for California Land That Can No Longer Be Used for Agriculture - CleanTechnica
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. There’s a water district in San Joaquin Valley in California where there’s empty land that “can no longer sustain irrigated agriculture.” The Westlands Water District board of directors have decided on a plan for this land. They are going to ... [continued]

Another controversial land deal in Suriname threatens the Amazon Rainforest https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/another-controversial-land-deal-in-suriname-threatens-the-amazon-rainforest/

Another controversial land deal in Suriname threatens the Amazon Rainforest
Officials in Suriname are trying to cancel a controversial agribusiness contract that could result in the clearance of over a hundred thousand hectares of Amazon rainforest, risking the country’s carbon-negative status. In 2024, the agriculture ministry partnered with a private company to develop 113,465 hectares (280,378 acres) of rainforest for industrial agriculture in the northwestern […]

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SeekAndDestroy
Agriculture:
🎵 Bodhidharma
#Agriculture
https://agriculturemusic.bandcamp.com/track/bodhidharma
https://open.spotify.com/track/1NoYnWzMQ1mY67jo7gDakq

Stop rainforest destruction! Stop Fonterra using palm kernel! #environment

Is diesel behind the US takeover of Venezuela?
Diesel is the main fuel used in road transport, mining and quarrying, and agriculture. Fuel oil is used in shipping but with the regulations of 2020 on sulphur emissions, it is closer to diesel in character and this in turn impacts on the scarcity of diesel.
The US has to import the crude oil to make diesel. Its own crude is too light
Venezuela's oil is very heavy.

Mediterranean wetland under pressure, report shows #mediterranean

Mediterranean wetland under pressure, report shows
On World Wetlands Day, the recent report released by the Mediterranean Wetlands Observatory (MWO) warns that despite their vital importance for populations and biodiversity, Mediterranean wetlands remain fragile ecosystems, subject to multiple pressures (intensive agriculture, overexploitation of water, artificialisation, and climate change) that are causing rapid and continuous losses.

"What can—and cannot—be done to save the world’s glaciers"
#Glaciers #Climate #ClimateChange

What can—and cannot—be done to save the world’s glaciers
Glaciers are often treated as scenic features or scientific curiosities. In fact, they are critical infrastructure. Though they cover roughly a tenth of the Earth’s land surface, meltwater from glaciers and seasonal snowpacks supports drinking water, agriculture, industry, and energy production for close to half the global population. That support system is now shrinking, fast. […]

In diesem Paper erfolgt eine ganzheitliche und integrierte Lebenszyklus-Nachhaltigkeitsbewertung der Solidarischen Landwirtschaft.
💡 Ergebnis der Fallstudie: Nur 1/3 Nachhaltigkeitsrisiken gegenüber dem konventionellen Lebenmittelmarkt.
"Holistic and integrated life cycle sustainability assessment of community supported agriculture: A case study of school catering in Leipzig, Germany"
Autor:innen: Madeleine Pries, Walther Zeug, Daniela Thrän
OpenAccess
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Just as they’re gearing up for planting season, U.S. farmers already stretched by high input costs and low commodity prices are watching the price of fertilizer go up.
The recent conflict in Iran, the following closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and the resulting impacts to global markets are hitting farmers particularly hard right now.
The wholesale price of urea, the nitrogen input the U.S. imports the most of, had a high-low spread of $460–480 per short ton the week of Feb. 27, j…

Fertilizer Prices Jump as Strait of Hormuz Closure Hits Farmers
Fertilizer prices are rising sharply as the Strait of Hormuz closure disrupts global nitrogen supplies, squeezing farmers just weeks before peak spring application.

Sweden's 'old‑growth' natural forests store 83% more carbon than managed woodlands—new study https://phys.org/news/2026-03-sweden-oldgrowth-natural-forests-carbon.html

Sweden's 'old‑growth' natural forests store 83% more carbon than managed woodlands—new study
Most of Europe's original natural forests have been transformed for agriculture and managed forests producing energy, paper, and timber. The few remaining "old-growth" natural forests are relics of the past that illustrate how forests would have looked in the absence of human management. They can, therefore, tell us how people have transformed forests.

A decade of transformation: Regeneration International now connects 700 organizations worldwide, driving the shift to regenerative agriculture. Their 5th People's Food Summit reached 10 million people, while new initiatives expand across Africa and Latin America. Now launching a certification standard and training course to help farmers transition away from harmful chemicals toward practices that heal soils and communities.

The Trump administration announced it is #suspending $129m in federal benefit payments to #Minnesota amid allegations of widespread fraud in the state.
The secretary of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Brooke Rollins, shared a letter on Friday on social media that was addressed to Minnesota’s governor,…

The Trump administration is quietly pursuing a regulatory change
that would strip federal nutrition assistance from an estimated 6 million low-income Americans
—including nearly two million children
—as it spends billions on an illegal, open-ended war on Iran that has killed more than a thousand people
and plunged the global economy into chaos.
The change sought by the US Department of Agriculture would curb broad-based categorical eligibility in the "Supplem…

While Spending Billions on Iran War, Trump Quietly Moves to Boot Millions More Off Food Aid | Common Dreams
"Americans can't afford their groceries, they can't afford their medicine, they can't afford the cost of living, and yet we're dropping a billion dollars of bombs, it seems, every day in Iran," said one Senate Democrat.

"Bird populations are shrinking ever faster in the face of climate change and agriculture - US study"
#US #USA #America #Birds

‘Toxic’ mix of warming and agriculture is decimating US birds - study
‘Extremely adaptable’ bird species are declining at an alarming rate – with worrying implications for humans.

California is turning a water crisis into a clean energy opportunity.
The Westlands Water District plans to build up to 21 GW of solar on farmland that's been fallowed due to water shortages in the San Joaquin Valley. The project aims to preserve agriculture viability while creating new jobs for farmworkers in the renewable energy sector.

California water district plans up to 21 GW of solar on fallowed farmland
A California water district has adopted a long-term plan to develop up to 21 GW of solar generation on agricultural land fallowed due to water shortages.

"After a lawsuit, USDA agrees to share climate risk data with farmers"
#US #USA #America #Climate

After a lawsuit, USDA agrees to share climate risk data with farmers
Now, even if the webpages come down again, the data can remain public.