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EPA announces new members of agricultural advisory committee (HQ)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced new members of the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee (FRRCC) for its 2010-2012 term. The FRRCC is an independent committee that advises EPA on a wide range of environmental issues of importance to agriculture and rural communities. “While the committee membership includes a wide and diverse range of perspectives and ...

Jun. 3, 2010

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

New Studies: AD can Decarbonise the Agri and Waste Sectors

The trade bodies Cré and IrBEA representing the entire sector have hired an international expert to conduct a number of reports which examined the potential of the anaerobic digestion sector to decarbonise the agri and waste sectors with multiple cross-sectoral benefits. These reports assessed that potential in terms of available feedstocks and quantifies the benefits in terms of GHG ...

Dec. 13, 2016

By Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA)

EPA Collaborates with Farmers on the First Nationwide Study of Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations

Washington, D.C. - EPA today announced the beginning of the first-ever nationwide study of air emissions from poultry, dairy and swine animal feeding operations (AFOs). 'Farmers are not only the stewards of the land, they are vital partners in the Bush Administration's efforts to accelerate the pace of environmental progress, while growing our nation's economy,' said EPA Administrator Stephen ...

Jun. 15, 2007

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

USDA awards US$14m in conservation innovation grants

Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer has announced US$14 million in Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) to fund 45 projects in 40 states to develop and refine cutting-edge technologies and approaches that will help farmers conserve and sustain natural resources on their operations. 'Conservation Innovation Grants foster the development of new technologies and approaches to natural resource ...

Jul. 2, 2008

By The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) - USDA

Cross-Section Averaged Spray Characteristics

A new ASTM International standard, E2872, Guide for Determining Cross-Section Averaged Characteristics of a Spray Using Laser-Diffraction Instruments in a Wind Tunnel Apparatus, will be used to guide characterization of nozzles and atomizers using laser diffraction instruments. E2872 is primarily applicable to aerial agricultural spraying, aerial forest sprays and air-blast spraying. ...

Jun. 19, 2014

By ASTM International

FAO highlights the potential of South-South cooperation

FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva highlighted the potential of South-South Cooperation and reiterated FAO's commitment "to strengthen and channel exchanges between Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa with the aim to adopt, adapt and broaden best practices that promote agricultural development." Graziano da Silva's comments came during the second Sub-Saharan and Argentinean ...

Aug. 21, 2013

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

General Mills announces three year initiative for regenerative agriculture

General Mills is teaming up with Kansas farmers for a three year regenerative agriculture program. This program will focus on using carbon from the air and using it in the soil as well as making the farming land more resilient during extreme weather events. This program includes 24 wheat growers within a 650,000 acre Cheney Reservoir watershed that provides water to more than 400,000 Wichita ...

Jan. 29, 2020

By The Water Council

Expansion of greenhouse horticulture in Spain seen to compromise conservation and the revitalisation of rural areas

Land-use changes in the arid south-eastern Iberian Peninsula impact on the supply of various ecosystem services that support human well-being. Research into perceptions of the rapid expansion of greenhouse horticulture and the abandonment of rural and mountainous areas has highlighted trade-offs between conservation efforts and economic development. This study aimed to examine the perceptions ...

Jun. 16, 2016

By European Commission, Environment DG

Spain`s Depuporc Unveils Integrated Manure Treatment System Using OriginClear Technology

OriginClear Inc. (OTCQB: OCLN), a leading provider of water treatment solutions, and its Spain-based licensee Depuporc S.L. (www.depuporc.com), have successfully built a comprehensive system that can continuously transform pig manure into a zero-waste output of fertilizer and clean irrigation water. A leading Spanish pork producer hosted a demonstration version of the system as part of its plan ...

Dec. 5, 2019

By OriginClear Inc.

A new tool to assess nitrogen and phosphorus flow in agriculture

MITERRA-EUROPE is a new tool that models the amount of nitrogen and phosphorus, among other key pollutants, used in agriculture across all 27 Member States at regional, country and EU-27 levels. It can be used to calculate the effects of different strategies to minimise excess pollution. Many regions in the EU-27 use more nitrogen and phosphorus in agriculture than is required. The main sources ...

Mar. 19, 2009

By European Commission, Environment DG

World leaders `have moral obligation to go vegan`

Many of our world leaders have remained almost silent about the UN warning that we have just 12 years to halt a climate catastrophe. That’s why the Million Dollar Vegancampaign offered $1m to charity if Pope Francis chooses to eat only plant-based foods during Lent, and encourages Catholics around the world to do the same. The campaign has so far attracted more than 500 media articles in ...

Feb. 21, 2019

By The Ecologist

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