The first farmer in the U.S. to sequester carbon for cash in private marketplace earns $115k
Trey Hill’s Maryland farm of 10,000 acres sold its carbon credits for $16.50 per ton through a Seattle-based startup called Nori.
Trey Hill’s Maryland farm of 10,000 acres sold its carbon credits for $16.50 per ton through a Seattle-based startup called Nori.
Landowners in the program receive between $37-$74 per year for each hectare of native vegetation that they preserve.
New initiative is paying farmers to combat Amazon deforestation Read more
Mexico will gradually phase out use of the herbicide glyphosate by the time the current administration ends in late 2024, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday, following a ministerial spat over the product.
Mexico to phase out use of herbicide glyphosate by 2024 Read more
Around 1.75 million off-grid solar pumps shall be set up while 1 million operational grid-connected irrigation pumps shall be fitted with solar panels.
India plans 26 GW of solar capacity in agricultural sector by 2022 Read more
It has the capacity to process 350 million tonnes of hybrid tomato seedlings per season enabling the planting of 12000 hectares of tomato farm.
New $8 million greenhouse nursery makes Nigeria self-sufficient in tomato production Read more
French company Agripolis is opening a 150,000-square-foot urban farm in Paris, where it will grow more than 2,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables every day during high season.
World’s largest urban rooftop farm to open in Paris in 2020 Read more
Promoters have long extolled the virtue of the grassy weed as one of the cheapest and most important crops for solving the world’s problems around sustainability and health with it’s alleged ability to treat numerous symptoms and diseases.
2018 Congressional Farm Bill effectively legalizes hemp in the U.S. Read more
India’s north-eastern state of Sikkim has won the award for the being the “100 per cent organic state” that promotes agroecological and sustainable food systems.
India’s Sikkim becomes the first 100% organic state in the world Read more
Hawaii governor David Ige signed a bill banning the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, which has been linked to increased risk of learning disabilities, lower IQs, developmental delays, and behavior problems in children.
Hawaii bans use of toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos Read more
EU countries voted on Friday for a near-total ban on insecticides blamed for killing off bee populations, in what campaigners called a “beacon of hope” for the winged insects.
E.U. to ban bee-killing pesticides Read more