One of the things we want to do is invest more in regenerative agriculture. For example, elsewhere in the business Unilever has been helping farmers in Iowa to produce soy in ways that protect soil health. And soy is a key ingredient in our Hellmann’s mayonnaise, so when you buy Hellmann...
I have been aware of Korean Natural Farming (KNF) for some time but never had a close look at it. KNF is not very popular in North America but apparently it and other forms of Natural Farming are popular in Asia. It is time to have a close look at KNF. What is it and does it ...
fromcellular agriculturetoregenerative grazing, and askingwhether they will scale— that is, whether they can be implemented widely around the globe. We see this question in all manner of debates over food practices — for example, in claims thatagroecologyandorganic agriculturecannot feed a growing...
This makes it easier for farmers to plan investments in sustainable agriculture and regenerative farming practices to create healthy soil that retains water and can sequester carbon. But farmers are also concerned with work-life balance, particularly in Europe. “The young generation wants to have a...
The CSA seed was first sown by Booker T. Whatley, a black horticulturist and agriculture professor at Tuskegee University in Alabama. Whatley was an advocate for regenerative farming in the 1960s and ’70s who was deeply engaged in the civil rights movement and support for black farmers. As...
Kirsty Black: We practice regenerative farming and look upon ourselves as guardians of the soil. Working with nature and the soil, our challenge is to grow crops that produce our base spirits in the most sustainable way. Replanting juniper that has been virtually wiped off the Scottish landscape...
One of the main contributors to excess CO2 in the air is the loss of carbon from soil, as a result of traditional agriculture. Agricultural soils, and therefore much of the soil around recently built homes is very low on carbon. If we all grow plant material, compost it, and return it...
"Soil in My Blood:" Women Farmers, Transformative Learning, and Regenerative Agriculture. Women farmers in the U.S. are more likely than men to adopt more ecologically-based practices on their farms. In order for such practices to increase, it i... CMH Hintz - Prescott College. 被引量:...
The term forest bathing was coined in 1982 by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan [45]. Forest therapy involves attentively communing with nature through the “experience of the five senses” (sight, smell, hearing, touch and taste) when the body is exposed to the ...
The new term “regenerative agriculture” may be more representative of its goals and is already used by some SCA farmers. This new approach may foreshadow the complex future of agriculture. A second perspective is that this agroecological agriculture that places farmers at the heart of ...