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Investigation: How Pesticide Companies Are Marketing Themselves as a Solution to Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

As the economy and agriculture begin to build back with the gradual easing of the COVID -19 restrictions, we need to support a recovery for farmers that puts the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss at its core.”. The speaker? Not Greta Thunberg, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or Al Gore.

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How traceability can tackle cattle-driven deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

Business Green

The first batch of 100 per cent deforestation-free beef is the product of three years of partnership between Carrefour, IDH, and cattle farmers from Mato Grosso to develop an effective traceability system for beef calves. With it comes rising hopes that Brazil will be able to close a big implementation gap in its forest code.

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How the climate crisis will crash the economy

GreenBiz

It’s natural to follow the people impacted by all this: the local residents, usually in poorer neighborhoods, whose homes and livelihoods are being lost; the farmers and ranchers whose crops and livestock are withering and dying; the stranded travelers and the evacuees seeking shelter amid the chaos. It placed the price tag at up to 10.5

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Coffee prices spike, thanks to climate change

AGreenLiving

Coffee farmers are worried that Brazil will never get back to its normal seasons. Most farmers have never seen anything like it,” said Brazilian ex-pat and coffee merchant Andre Selga, as reported by The Guardian. I’ve heard of farmers that lost everything. But he’s more worried about climate change than about the price tag.

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'Need for Feed': Why the farming industry needs to give animal feed a green refresh

Business Green

As such, farmers are starting to address sustainability issues "almost as a tag-along", according to Dierenfeld. Dierenfeld said many farmers had the skills and motivation to embrace more sustainable practices. Any good farmer is a better conservationist or they wouldn't be in business," she said.

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'Need for Feed': Why the farming industry needs to give animal feed a green refresh

Business Green

As such, farmers are starting to address sustainability issues "almost as a tag-along", according to Dierenfield. Dierenfield said many farmers had the skills and motivation to embrace more sustainable practices. Any good farmer is a better conservationist or they wouldn't be in business," she said.

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These bags are made with Fairtrade Certified organic cotton

AGreenLiving

This is cotton from farmers that are guaranteed fair pricing for their product. So far, the project has contributed to reforestation for over 12,000 farmers in India. This not only improves the land, but also provides an economic livelihood for the farmers. Terra Thread products are made using Fairtrade Certified Organic Cotton.

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