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Job Description: Research interns work directly with Rodale Institute's Research Department to address current and future agricultural needs by conducting high - quality research using regenerative, organic methods for agricultural production and identifying tools and practices to help grow organic agriculture by... Continued

Job Description: Research interns work directly with Rodale Institute's Research Department to address current and future agricultural needs by conducting high - quality research using regenerative, organic methods for agricultural production and identifying tools and practices to help grow organic agriculture by addressing pest and fertility issues; mitigate and adapt to climate change, and improve human health by addressing nutrient density in crops.

Organic agriculture is practiced in 164 countries, and more than 37.5 million hectares of agricultural land are managed organically by 1.9 million farmers.

Fred & Virginia Miller, the owners / growers of Hill Top Farms, a Certified Organic Membership Farm in southern Wake County, practice sustainable agricultural methods by operating their version of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), you can find information about how it works and how you can join on their website:

I agree with not supporting horrible practices of animal agriculture, and you can actually help the fight against animal cruelty by spending your money on well sourced meat by local farmers who treat their animals right.

«Right now, unless we realize we can be part of a broader food movement, trying to show you can eat and drink differently by supporting alternative agriculture and viticulture practices for the long run, for the future of the planet, and saying no to outrageous marketing, globalization, and industrialization of agriculture product.

Their sustainable practices may earn them certification through the Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture Standard, the Forest Stewardship Council standard (which was co-founded by the Rainforest Alliance) or the Rainforest Alliance's UN-accredited tourism standard.

Other activities in four municipalities in Mindanao include forum on golden rice and organic agriculture, organic food and products fair, press conference, concert, cultural presentations (reading of poems on organic agriculture composed by farmers), t - shirts printing, dissemination of campaign materials, sharing of farmers» practices and innovations, boodle fight, and opening of organic trading post.

«If we are to feed the nation, and make agriculture sustainable, we should start revolutionizing our agricultural systems by practicing agroecology.

Our bakery's mission is to give superior service in providing the finest quality baked - goods to our valued customers nationwide by utilizing a worker - owned and managed cooperative business structure and to strive to use whole grain and organic ingredients whenever possible, to support sustainable agriculture practices and healthy living.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture has recognized the importance of this project by recently awarding a $ 280,000 grant for widespread implementation of the Code's sustainable practices.

«We hope this project allows us to generate data to show that implementing regenerative agriculture practices results in improved outcomes — including economic resiliency and long - term benefits for farmers,» said Carla Vernón, president of the operating unit at Annie's, also owned by parent company General Mills.

The contribution of organic agriculture to poverty reduction is acknowledged by FAO (Diouf, 2009 °), documented by numerous case studies on development projects where the principles and practices of organic agriculture have been successfully implemented.

Second, because sustainable, organic agriculture practices have tremendous potential to mitigate climate change by sequestering (storing) greenhouse gases in the rich and fertile soils.

We are working with partners to develop and promote post-harvest loss reduction practices in major ingredients relevant to Kellogg by developing sustainable agriculture programs with smallholder farmers in India, Bangladesh, South Africa, Thailand, Philippines, and other countries that promote and improve post-harvest loss reduction.

This will happen by adopting a culture of innovation and continuous improvement that works to implement best practices across a full spectrum of sustainability dimensions — social, ecological, economic, cultural and accountability — for the benefit of all of agriculture and the peoples of the world that depend on it.

To this end, we support organic agriculture and food production, and eschew practices that destroy the topsoil and pollute the air, land and water with toxic by - products.

Conversion of natural vegetation to agriculture is a major source of CO2, not only due to losses of plant biomass but also, increased decomposition of soil organic matter caused by disturbance and energy costs of various agricultural practices such as fertilization and irrigation.

The Australian definition of organic agriculture states that «organic (bio-dynamic, biological, ecological, or by any other word of similar indication) means produced by specific management practices which take care of the environment and soil.

«Agricultural practices» shall mean all activities conducted by a farmer on a farm to produce agricultural products and which are inherent and necessary to the operation of a farm including, but not limited to, the collection, transportation, distribution, storage and land application of animal wastes; storage, transportation and use of equipment for tillage, planting, harvesting, irrigation, fertilization and pesticide application; storage and use of legally permitted fertilizers, limes and pesticides all in accordance with local, state and federal law and regulations and in accordance with manufacturers» instructions and warnings; storage, use and application of animal feed and foodstuffs; construction and use of farm structures and facilities for the storage of animal wastes, farm equipment, pesticides, fertilizers, agricultural products and livestock, for the processing of animal wastes and agricultural products, for the sale of agricultural products, and for the use of farm labor, as permitted by local and state building codes and regulations; including construction and maintenance of fences and lanes; «Agricultural products» shall mean those products as defined in subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law; «Farm» shall mean the land, buildings and machinery usable in the production, whether for profit or otherwise, of agricultural products;

The animal health sector wants to limit the development of antibiotic resistance by promoting responsible use of antibiotics in order to preserve them for future generations, for example through the work of RUMA (Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture) Alliance, which produces best practice guidelines.

The movement had its intellectual roots in continental theories of «biodynamic agriculture» developed by Rudolph Steiner, the work of Sir Albert Howard in the 1920s, and examples in practice from 1930s Switzerland.

Professor Alao said as President Muhammadu Buhari - led administration goes the whole hog to salvage the economy from the brink of collapse, much ought to be done by the present government in making agriculture attractive to Nigerians, saying with effective and productive agriculture practices alone, the nation's economy can be sufficiently stimulated.

The purpose of the research — funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service — was to determine which type of food safety messaging resulted in the best food - handling practices.

The report in HortScience is one of a series on tomato postharvest practices studies led by Jinhe Bai of the U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, Agriculture Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

By 2022, RICE aims to extend technologies to more households for increased adoption of improved rice varieties and farming practices that reduce agriculture - related greenhouse gas emissions in rice - based farming systems.

Complete restoration of deforested areas is unrealistic, yet 100 GtC carbon drawdown is conceivable because: (1) the human - enhanced atmospheric CO2 level increases carbon uptake by some vegetation and soils, (2) improved agricultural practices can convert agriculture from a CO2 ource into a CO2 sink [174], (3) biomass - burning power plants with CO2 capture and storage can contribute to CO2 drawdown.

The apples are grown in Wisconsin on a certified organic orchard that practices sustainable agriculture by using livestock to maintain the orchard floor.

The practice originated in Japan in the late 1980's and was coined by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries as «Shinrin - yoku,» which roughly translated means «forest bathing.»

UK About Blog By promoting urban agriculture events across Australia, Sustain aims to showcase the range, richness and diversity of urban agriculture practices.

UK About Blog By promoting urban agriculture events across Australia, Sustain aims to showcase the range, richness and diversity of urban agriculture practices.

Strategic project management as well as external advocacy for the project (in policy and practice) is handled by a joint Project Steering Committee (PSC) with influential members with an interest in the project and the development of the WMI: Distinguished Chair, Wangari Maathai Institute, Principal of the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Prof. A. Mwang» ombe; Director of KeFRI, Dr. B. Chikamai; Vice Dean - Faculty of Law, UC, Prof. J. Vestergaard; Project Coordinator UoN, Dr. T. Thenya; Principal Project Coordinator UC, Prof. V. Vindeløv and; Director of WMI, Prof. S.G. Kiama who serves as ex officio member (secretary) to the PSC.

UK About Blog By promoting urban agriculture events across Australia, Sustain aims to showcase the range, richness and diversity of urban agriculture practices.

It also means we pass strict cleanliness and husbandry practices, outlined by the US Department of Agriculture.

Bureaucratic bungling has stalled a critical animal welfare rulemaking action aimed at cracking down on the barbaric practice of horse soring — with the U.S. Department of Agriculture withdrawing new regulations today that had been broadly supported by hundreds of lawmakers in Congress, the veterinary community, a wide range of horse industry organizations, The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund.

In addition to the above, as of February 2, 2017, the self - instructional coursework definition will include free spaying and neutering and other veterinary services provided by a veterinarian in conjunction with a municipality, duly incorporated not - for - profit society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, duly incorporated humane society, or duly incorporated animal protection association or persons who would otherwise be eligible under section 117 - a (3)(a) of the Agriculture and Markets Law, provided that such services be administered at practices, facilities and properties that are appropriately equipped and staffed to provide such services.

UK About Blog By promoting urban agriculture events across Australia, Sustain aims to showcase the range, richness and diversity of urban agriculture practices.

Societies and economies today are built on advances in technologies and practices in fields like agriculture and energy that were spurred by significant public investment a few decades ago.

-- The Global Alliance for Climate - Smart Agriculture, comprised of 16 countries and 37 organisations, was launched to enable 500 million farmers worldwide to practice climate - smart agricultuAgriculture, comprised of 16 countries and 37 organisations, was launched to enable 500 million farmers worldwide to practice climate - smart agricultureagriculture by 2030.

«Consistent with our parent Winrock's commitment to sustainable agriculture, one of ACR's primary objectives is to advance innovative approaches to support low emissions practices in agriculture by strengthening the scientific and market infrastructure for agricultural GHG mitigation,» said John Kadyszewski, ACR director.

This article analyzes Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) as a form of ethical consumerism organized by a nexus of ideological discourses, romantic idealizations, and unconventional marketplace practices and relationships.

Good practices and «lessons learned» in urban agriculture programmes and urban food policies are highlighted in different publications and working papers published by RUAF (see the RUAF Publications section of this web site).

These tools provide the means to sharpen assessment and management capacities required to: compare the result of several water allocations plans; improve soil - moisture control - practices under rainfed conditions; optimize irrigation scheduling; sustainably intensify crop production; close the yield and water - productivity gaps; quantify the impact of climate variability and change on cropping systems; enhance strategies for increased water productivity and water savings; minimize the negative impact on the environment caused by agriculture.

Purnomowidi works to implement the sustainable land - use practices established by the Sustainable Agriculture Network in each farming community that he visits and has facilitated the formation of the first Rainforest Alliance Certified group in Indonesia.

The paper notes that, while the adoption rate of these practices is higher in Malawi and Zambia than in other countries, it is lower than would be expected considering the potential benefits and the investment made by governments and donors in promoting these climate - smart agriculture activities.

It's an all - too - familiar phenomenon across Asia and parts of Africa, but Durschinger knew she could slash the damage by implementing sustainable forestry and agriculture practices.

In particular, it points out that, in order to effectively couple climate financing with strong and measurable sustainable development criteria, there is a need to move beyond carbon as a standalone tradeable commodity, by increasingly valuing the significant range of additional ecosystem and socio - economic services provided by sustainable agriculture practices and programmes that simultaneously address climate concerns and sustainable rural development priorities.

Job Description: Research interns work directly with Rodale Institute's Research Department to address current and future agricultural needs by conducting high - quality research using regenerative, organic methods for agricultural production and identifying tools and practices to help grow organic agriculture by... Continued

Working with a broad coalition, we're looking for ways to make «climate - smart agriculture» practices less risky for cocoa farmers by increasing their access to credit and developing specialized insurance products.

Many agricultural practices are site - specific, but composting is one fundamental element of organic and regenerative agriculture that can be adopted by anyone growing and / or eating food.