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Two-Headed Consumer Demands Change from Farmers, Food Companies
Food companies and farmers must adapt and adopt to purpose-driven purchasers. A two-headed consumer strolls around today’s grocery stores, confusing producers and retailers. One day a consumer searches out food products that are local, organic and welfare-friendly. The next week, that very same consumer chooses food items that are cheap, affordable and safe. The challenge? […]
Raising green beef: How cattle, dairy farmers are becoming environmentally friendly
In 2013, Barstow’s began using an anaerobic digester, which processes manure and food waste into electricity and creates a nutrient-rich fertilizer for the farm. @f3techMD #methane #soil #agritech #digester #fertilizer Source: Raising green beef: How cattle, dairy farmers are becoming environmentally friendly
MPT ‘Maryland Farm & Harvest’ visits the Eastern Shore
Kevin McClarren, of Choptank Oyster Company, is interviewed by Maryland Public Television’s “Maryland Farm & Harvest” for an episode, which featured Eastern Shore farms in Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s and Somerset counties. The episode will air at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3. It will be rebroadcast at 11:30 p.m. on Thursday and at 6 […]
Plastic Alternatives Sought in Aquaculture
The Wellfleet Shellfish Advisory Board and the shellfishing community are seeking ideas for alternative materials and innovative technology to reduce plastics in aquaculture. We are looking to either replace or find less impactful plastic materials in these common aquaculture products: Zip ties Grow bags Plastic trays Tags Clam netting Market onion bags Any single-use plastic […]
Smart ponds on Walmart property aim to protect the Chesapeake Bay
The stormwater management technology is designed to address pollution and flooding. Through a partnership between state and private entities, it’s being rolled out in four sites in Maryland. Maryland is piloting new technology that’s designed to help curb pollution and flooding: Its transportation and environment departments are contributing $4 million to introduce smart ponds in […]
Facing soil crisis, US farmers look beyond corn and soybeans
Across the American Midwest and Plains, small groups of farmers are looking at their most important resource – the soil – and contemplating big change. Their grandfathers and great grandfathers planted trees for windbreaks and planted along the contours of the slopes rather than up and down them to reduce soil erosion. Their fathers began leaving crop […]
Metabolism-based glyphosate resistance discovered in weed in Western Australia’s Ord irrigation scheme
A tropical plant in the Ord irrigation scheme is the first weed in the world found to have metabolism-based glyphosate resistance. @f3techMD #cropprotection #agritech #pesticide #weed Source: Metabolism-based glyphosate resistance discovered in weed in Western Australia’s Ord irrigation scheme – ABC Rural – ABC News
F³ Tech Startup HiveLend Makes It To Final 10 in Ag Innovation Challenge 2020
Meet the Top Ten Semi-Finalist Teams Ten semi-finalist teams were announced on Nov. 25 and awarded $10,000 each. All ten semi-finalist teams will travel to AFBF’s Annual Convention, in Austin, Texas, in January 2020, with all expenses paid, to compete in a live competition to be the Farm Bureau Entrepreneur of the Year. The ten […]
Food For Good Challenge
FAMAE is an independent family foundation that finances projects that reduce our environmental footprint in all areas of the circular economy: waste, water, food, mobility, air and energy. Develop an innovative and concrete solution from field to fork to deliver fair, sustainable & healthy food, for everybody, everywhere. 2 millions € prize applications closing on […]
OCP Innovation Challenge — $25,000
Calling all AgTech startups! Apply now to win a $25,000 cash prize and participate in a 3-month intensive commercialization program run by seasoned industry experts. You’ll receive customized mentorship, access to exclusive industry resources and events, and exposure to top investors to help advance your company, technology or idea to the next level. SUBMISSIONS DUE […]
