Environment

Have you ever thought about the value of soil? It covers 30% of the earth’s surface. It supports all of our ecosystems, from farms and grazing land to rainforests and the vast northern taiga. It contains more carbon than the earth’s atmosphere and all its plant biomass combined. The amount of fresh water in soil that’s available to grow plants is 100 times greater than all the world’s lakes, rivers, and wetlands put together. Soil connects the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. And 95% of the food we eat is dependent on it, making soil the single most important resource for agriculture to feed the world.

How we produce, distribute and consume food are critical issues for the health and wellbeing of animals, people and the planet. A brand-new book, Regenerative Farming & Sustainable Diets gathers some of the world’s best thinkers to share solutions. Pre-order your book now.

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I have read with great interest the article, 'Regenerative Grazing is overhyped as a climate solution', by Dr Jonathan Foley, published on August 15th. I deeply regret having to contradict such unprofessional work doing great damage to all of humanity as we face global biodiversity loss and desertification fueling climate change. I daily work with small rural family farmers that are in the frontlines of dealing with extreme climatic changes and their effects.

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The immigrants who come here make enormous sacrifices, separating from their families for long stretches, missing important family milestones, even sickness and death, to work for OUR food system at jobs that many citizens are unwilling to do.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today awarded an additional $9.7 million for 13 grant projects through the Organic Market Development Grant (OMDG) program, bringing the total amount awarded through the program to $85 million.

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There are some 90 million dogs in the US alone, and their protein needs are rattling the human food chain. Humans are worried about what’s in dog food, not to mention what dog food is in––way too much non-recyclable packaging.

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Nicola Twilley, author of Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves, says this expansion of the world’s “distributed winter” has wide-ranging climate implications.