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Ammonia pollution from farms reaches beyond the air we breathe https://www.earth.com/environment/ammonia-pollution-from-farms-reaches-beyond-the-air-we-breathe/
#environment #farming #agriculture #ammonia #pollution #AirQuality #AirPollution #health #PublicHealth
HARMATTAN SEASON
Agriculture and Digital Technology: Using Modern Technology to Improve Plant Propagation During the Cold SeasonBy Hamidu Muhammad | Agriculture and Digital Agriculture EnthusiastIntroductionAgriculture is changing through the development of digital technology. Today, farmers and agricultural enthusiasts can use smartphones, digital tools, weather applications, and modern agricultural techniques to improve plant production.One important agricultural practice is stem propagation, which allows […]https://hamidumuhammad.wordpress.com/2026/11/14/harmattan-season/
‘An environmental and welfare disaster’: British salmon loses its organic status
By Sandra Laville
This week the Soil Association withdrew certification from organic salmon after 20 years. What went wrong?
#Marinelife #Food #Wildlife #Farming #Fishing #Organics #Fish #Scotland #Environment #UKnews #Food #TheGuardian #SandraLaville
I don't know, but this big farm bear has a feeling something's cooking here! 🐻🍳
#farm #farming #rural_life #rural #agroecology #naturism #farmbear #actuallyautistic
Sometimes it's strange to see who leads the tech fights. Yet, apparently, farmers are becoming acutely aware of their dependence on central servers and tech. Thanks, John Deere, I guess.
#digitalsovereignty #tech #farming
https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/396100-is-farmer-digital-sovereignty-trending
Herb smuggling halt hits border poor
FILE PHOTO: A house near the Yalu River in Sakju county, North Pyongan province. (Daily NK) Tightened smuggling…
#EuropeSays #Korea #KR #NorthKorea #border #China #corruption #crackdowns #donju #farming #foodshortages #ministryofsocialsecurity #pinenuts #poverty #reforestation #Ryanggangprovince #smuggling #yaluriver
https://www.europesays.com/korea/228372/
The Pipeline Imperative: Creating National Employment and Sovereign Food Security Beyond the Middleman Trap
Botswana should move beyond commission-agent trading toward a national horticultural pipeline linking demand, production and distribution. A shared dashboard could coordinate farmers, logistics, cold storage, processing and markets, reducing spoilage, improving affordability and increasing farmer returns. The model could generate broad employment, strengthen food security, support regional trade and become a regional example.
Student-run farm in Mpumalanga grows castor to cut South Africa's R400 million oil imports
Vhutomi Enterprises grows castor plants in Mpumalanga to make castor oil at home, and plans to train local farmers.
Trend Is Not Destiny - Addressing Groundwater Depletion
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https://islandpress.medium.com/trend-is-not-destiny-addressing-groundwater-depletion-a0f2b969444b <-- shared technical article / ‘editorial’
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https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adi1401 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2026.1606354 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06879-8 <-- shared paper
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H/T @william Alley | Hydrogeologist, Author
“The phrase ‘Trend is Not Destiny’ was popularized by René Dubos, a prominent environmentalist in the 1960s and 70s. This simple phrase expresses the idea that just because a trend has been developing for some time does not mean it is locked in. Examples include bringing bald eagles back from the brink of extinction and regulating chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) that were depleting stratospheric ozone. Ideally, the concept could be applied to groundwater depletion.
Groundwater is a critical resource. It accounts for about 95 percent of Earth’s unfrozen freshwater and occurs almost everywhere beneath the land surface. Groundwater is the primary source of drinking water for about half the world’s people, as well as the primary source of household water in rural areas. Worldwide, around 70 percent of groundwater pumped is used for agriculture, benefitting the entire continuum from small, poor farmers to giant agribusinesses. It’s also an integral part of the environment. During dry spells, rivers continue to flow because of groundwater. Many plants and animals depend upon groundwater discharge to springs, lakes, wetlands, and estuaries.
For decades, over pumping has depleted many of the world’s aquifers with far-reaching implications for global water supply, food security, and environmental quality. Yet for most of the public, groundwater is out of sight and out of mind. This lack of visibility contributes to significant challenges in water policy, governance, and management.
The challenges are far from new. In 1861 an Ohio court famously concluded that groundwater was too ‘secret, occult, and concealed’ to regulate (Frazier v. Brown 1861). Today, it is widely recognized that effective groundwater management and governance require meaningful engagement of local stakeholders in the decision-making process with people’s diverse values about the environment, property rights, livelihood, and equity coming into play..."
#TrendIsNotDestiny #geomorphology #hydrogeomorphology #geomorphometry #groundwater #waterstress #waterresources #water #hydrology #climatechange #overpumping #depletion #sustainability #crop #watersecurity #foodsecurity #farming #cropland #agriculture #aquifers #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #extraction #wells #depth #response #cropwaterstress #factors #warming #irrigation #GWL #recharge #precipitation #rainfall #extremeweather #snowmelt #drought #resource #freshwater #drinkingwater #agribusiness #reducing #producing #waterflow #river #environment #habitat #ecosystems #lakes #wetlands #estuaries #hydrography #watersupply #watermanagement #policy #planning #regulations #usecase #equity #propertyrights #waterrights #MAR
With Lack of Cattle, High Beef Prices Are Here to Stay #agriculture #inflation #cattle #farming #cartoon #gregkearney #kearney