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Can regenerative wool make fashion more sustainable? Sheep Inc's founders say their regenerative farming practice can help make fashion more sustainable, and even help absorb more carbon from the atmosphere than is released during farming, making the practice carbon negative. Lake Hāwea Station Sheep farmers at Lake Hāwea Station farm in New Zealand use rotational grazing to reduce the livestock’s …
ATLANTA, Illinois — This Thanksgiving, your pumpkin pie might have a lower carbon footprint. On the central Illinois farms that supply most of the world’s canned pumpkin, farmers are adopting regenerative techniques designed to reduce emissions, attract natural pollinators like bees and butterflies and improve the health of the soil. Libby’s parent, the Swiss conglomerate Nestle, is one of a …
BROOKHAVEN, N.Y. ― Tropical Storm Isaias downed power lines and trees across the greater New York City area in early August, snapping limbs from the ancient oaks that ring Patty Gentry’s small Long Island farm. In 2014, the federal Government Accountability Office found that, as a result of the insurance program’s policies, farmers “do not bear the true cost of …