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Recent Links Tagged "Agriculture"

The Myth of Nitrogen Fertilization for Soil Carbon Sequestration -- Khan et al. 36 (6): 1821 -- Journal of Environmental Quality

tags:
nitrogen, agriculture, soil, carbon, fertilizer

Interesting technical article about the interactions of nitrogren fertilization and the build up of soil carbon. Turns out that while N fertilizer does increase biomass, it doesn't lead to increase soil carbon

A conversation with a spokesperson for the National Corn Growers Association and his friend from the American Farmland Trust | By Tom Philpott | Grist | Victual Reality | 25 Oct 2007

tags:
corn, ethanol, biofuels, agriculture

Very interesting.

New EcoFarm: Are We all Together in the Bioeconomy

tags:
bioeconomy, agriculture, environmentalism, biobasednews

A good opinion piece about the need to move away from the "us vs them" mentality that has dominated ag-environmentalist relations through a marriage of global and local in the bioeconomy.

Reducing food miles is good for the environment? | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist

tags:
foodmiles, agriculture

You know an idea is starting to get some momentum when people start recognizing some of the nuisances. Local food can be better, but not always. The challenge will be figuring out where and when in a way simple enough for a consumer to understand at the g

The Long Shadow of Livestock

tags:
Agriculture, maps, livestock

Very interesting report on the environmental impact associated with the global livestock industry. Includes a very cool set of world maps.

Welcome to the Voluntary Reporting Carbon Management Site

tags:
carbon, agriculture, farming

This site has a tool to estimate the carbon flux from different agricultural practices.

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