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How Drones Came to Your Local Farm

Relatively cheap drones with advanced sensors and imaging capabilities are giving farmers new ways to increase yields and reduce crop damage.

Researchers look into more ways of turning food waste into good livestock feed

A lot of perfectly good food goes to waste every day, especially in developed countries. Researchers believe that some of that food waste can be converted into animal feed for livestock, a biological means of recycling food into a fresh supply.Redirecting otherwise wasted food to animals would r

13 Dog Breeds That Are Overwhelmingly Affectionate

Vermont-Based Project Prepares Farms to Maintain a Secure Food Supply

Most grocery stores have a dairy section lined with coolers full of milk, butter, cheese and yogurt. Our favorite dairy foods are always there, day or night, but that might not be the case if the milk supply from farms, to processors, to stores is halted by a livestock disease outbreak that interrupts the supply chain. The same could happen with beef, chicken or pork products.

Will indoor, vertical farming help us feed the planet — or hurt it?

UNEARTHED | Evaluating the environmental pros and cons of this high-tech method.

From Farm to Fork: How Architecture Can Contribute to Fresher Food Supply

When you come to think of it, most of the food on your plate has a history behind it - a long journey that we are unable to describe.

How a Family Farm Opened a Restaurant and Created its Own Supply Chain

New York's Grazin' Diner goes beyond farm-to-table.

Faced with a drought, why not charge more for water?

In greater Boston, water use was actually higher this July than it’s been in over a decade.

How Cities Can Feed Themselves: A Ten-Point Plan

PaperBy Multiple AuthorsExecutive SummaryCities should aim to produce at least 30 per cent of their own fruit and vegetables by 2030 through tech-enabled food productionThanks to technology, growing crops is no longer constrained by traditional growing cycles, soil health or weather conditions – which is a good thing because these factors are no longer reliable. Rather, as a result of climate change…

New technologies could structurally change food supply chain

Innovations and new technologies – such as 3D printed food, insects as forms of protein and wearable technology – have the power to structurally change the food supply chain in the not-too-distant future, according to Rabobank.

Biodiesel Pours Savings Into Feed Supply

Livestock and poultry farms benefit from increased biodiesel demand. That’s because the more biodiesel that gets used, the more savings animal ag farmers experience on their soybean meal costs.Because biodiesel creates greater demand for soybean oi...

Poultry farm WordPress themes are the perfect way to make your website stand out

Developing a website is hard work, that’s a given but thanks to platforms like WordPress who have more or less automated the process, you should be able to set one up easily, even if you are a novice; just review our collection of Poultry farm WordPress themes and you’ll see how easy it is. So, …

Sustainability Can Be a Major Selling Point in the Dairy Section

Savvy marketers should keep their eyes on the dairy aisle in the coming months for more sustainable packaging innovations that are vying to increase market share.

Opportunities to Improve Food Safety From Farm to Fork

Contaminated meat and poultry products are responsible for an estimated 2 million bacterial illnesses in the United States each year. Reducing meat and poultry contamination presents a significant opportunity to prevent serious—and sometimes fatal—disease caused by these major foodborne pathogens.

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