Regenerative Agriculture

Oatly launches regenerative agriculture movement to slash climate footprint by 70%

Oatly recently announced the launch of a global regenerative agriculture movement that will work with farmers, aiming to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Called F.A.R.M. (Future Agriculture Renovation Movement), it aims to restore carbon, improve biodiversity, and support farm viability. The movement will test several different models of regenerative agriculture; pilots are currently taking place in Canada, Sweden, […]

University of Vermont launches Institute for Agroecology to create sustainable food systems

The University of Vermont has launched the Institute For Agroecology (IFA) to create a new cycle of research, learning, and action to create more sustainable and just food systems. The goal is to use core knowledge for agroecology and food sovereignty to address the crises arising from industrial food production: inequity, the climate crisis, biodiversity […]

Research: Corn doesn’t get much nitrogen from fertilizer application

Recent research from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign reveals that tweaking fertilizer applications on corn doesn’t improve uptake efficiency by much. About 67% of the nitrogen in corn comes from naturally occurring sources in the soil, the study found. The evidence repeated itself in four studies from 2019 to 2023, done by the Department of Natural […]

Millet for the Midwest: drought-resistant grain could ease climate challenge

Though not a popular grain in the U.S.—it’s mostly grown in Africa and Asia—ancient millet varieties could offer significant benefits to alleviate climate impacts. A drought-resistant crop requiring less water, varieties including Japanese millet, pearl millet, foxtail millet, and proso millet can serve as cover crops and a versatile rotation crop. Millets are more resistant […]

As climate change threatens farming, incentives for cover crops could help

By Grace van Deelen Once a farmer understands how ecosystems function, planting cover crops is an obvious choice. At least, that’s what North Dakota farmer Gabe Brown believes. For nearly three decades, Brown has been planting his cash crops (barley, oats, wheat, rye, and others) alongside cover crops—plants that are not for sale but instead […]