agriculture – Karma https://karmaimpact.com Advancing people, planet and profit. Fri, 08 May 2020 15:36:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.2 Ocean Spray Farmers Undertake Sustainability Drive /ocean-spray-farmers-splurge-on-sustainability-efforts/ /ocean-spray-farmers-splurge-on-sustainability-efforts/#respond Fri, 08 May 2020 10:00:00 +0000 /?p=15980 Ocean Spray’s cranberry farmers have gone through an extensive auditing process to verify their efforts to grow crops in a sustainable way, says the company. The verification process enables farmers to put in place new solutions to drive sustainability. Ocean Spray growers have installed innovations including renewable energy powered irrigation systems. Sustainability audits are generally […]

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]]> /ocean-spray-farmers-splurge-on-sustainability-efforts/feed/ 0 Vertical Farms Boom as COVID-19 Bolsters Appetite for Locally Grown Food /vertical-farms-boom-as-covid-19-bolsters-appetite-for-locally-grown-food/ /vertical-farms-boom-as-covid-19-bolsters-appetite-for-locally-grown-food/#respond Fri, 01 May 2020 10:00:00 +0000 /?p=15869 Vertical farming is booming as COVID-19 bolsters demand for locally-grown greens. Impact investors might find the sector appealing because the farms offer organic vegetables and fruit while using less water and land than conventional agriculture. There is a growing interest in vertical farming worldwide, with massive facilities already operating in Asia, the Middle East and […]

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]]> /vertical-farms-boom-as-covid-19-bolsters-appetite-for-locally-grown-food/feed/ 0 Land Banking: Steward’s Dan Miller Thinks Small Farms Are the Green Economy’s Most Undervalued Assets /land-banking-stewards-dan-miller-thinks-small-farms-are-the-green-economys-most-undervalued-assets/ /land-banking-stewards-dan-miller-thinks-small-farms-are-the-green-economys-most-undervalued-assets/#respond Fri, 06 Mar 2020 06:19:11 +0000 /?p=15147 Andy Chae grew up skateboarding through deserted lots in a down-at-its-heels Detroit in the early 2000s. Now he tends tomatoes and salad greens on one of those vacant lots, next to his uncle’s dry cleaners store. Chae and other would-be small-scale organic farmers may look like anything but an investment opportunity, but Dan Miller thinks […]

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]]> /land-banking-stewards-dan-miller-thinks-small-farms-are-the-green-economys-most-undervalued-assets/feed/ 0 Peak Beef? Beef Output May Be Topping Out, to the Benefit of Climate and Resources /peak-beef-beef-output-may-be-topping-out-to-the-benefit-of-climate-and-resources/ /peak-beef-beef-output-may-be-topping-out-to-the-benefit-of-climate-and-resources/#respond Fri, 28 Feb 2020 04:12:05 +0000 /?p=15077 Beef production might be approaching its peak, and that’s good news for the environment and climate change. The 10-year compound annual growth rate in beef output was 0.11%, and trending lower, according to data from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. American and European appetites are changing, with chicken overtaking beef in popularity, while […]

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]]> /peak-beef-beef-output-may-be-topping-out-to-the-benefit-of-climate-and-resources/feed/ 0 States Take Lead in Seeking Ways for Honey Bees and Solar Panels to Coexist /states-take-lead-in-seeking-ways-for-honey-bees-and-solar-panels-to-coexist/ /states-take-lead-in-seeking-ways-for-honey-bees-and-solar-panels-to-coexist/#respond Fri, 24 Jan 2020 18:19:54 +0000 /?p=14676 Minnesota, New York and South Carolina are among the U.S. states working to protect the country’s shrinking number of honey bees as the increasing use of solar panels reduces their habitats. Ground-mounted photovoltaic solar panels now occupy about 350,000 acres of land in the U.S., and are projected to multiply in the years ahead as […]

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]]> /states-take-lead-in-seeking-ways-for-honey-bees-and-solar-panels-to-coexist/feed/ 0 Naio’s Farm Robots Win Investor Cash As Autonomous Field Vehicles Set to Proliferate /naios-farm-robots-win-investor-cash-as-autonomous-field-vehicles-set-to-proliferate/ /naios-farm-robots-win-investor-cash-as-autonomous-field-vehicles-set-to-proliferate/#respond Fri, 10 Jan 2020 21:07:42 +0000 /?p=14529 The next 10 years will see robots on every farm, according to Naio Technologies, and the French agtech company is winning investor support to be part of that future. The developer of battery-powered weeding robots, designed to cut herbicide use, raised $15.6 million in early stage funding this week, signaling investor appetite for sustainable agriculture […]

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]]> /naios-farm-robots-win-investor-cash-as-autonomous-field-vehicles-set-to-proliferate/feed/ 0 Farm Fare Reimagines Food Supply Chain to Help Small Farmers Compete with Big Ag /farm-fare-reimagines-food-supply-chain-to-help-small-farmers-compete-with-big-ag/ /farm-fare-reimagines-food-supply-chain-to-help-small-farmers-compete-with-big-ag/#comments Mon, 30 Dec 2019 19:40:51 +0000 /?p=14426 Karma Takeaway: Farm Fare reimagines the local food supply chain by fostering collaboration among farmers to compete with the economies of scale. It’s the economy of scale, stupid. Racing to deliver cheap food at all costs, farmers around the world are consolidating amid rising production expenses and declining income. More acres are held in fewer […]

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]]> /farm-fare-reimagines-food-supply-chain-to-help-small-farmers-compete-with-big-ag/feed/ 1 Space Tomatoes and Air-Based Meat: Startups Looking to Conquer Agriculture Off Earth /space-tomatoes-and-air-based-meat-startups-looking-to-conquer-agriculture-off-earth/ /space-tomatoes-and-air-based-meat-startups-looking-to-conquer-agriculture-off-earth/#respond Tue, 17 Dec 2019 18:46:31 +0000 /?p=14301 A growing number of startups are working on developing agriculture technology that may feed people in space while helping protect the environment.  If you’re having a flashback of Matt Damon fertilizing soil and growing potatoes in his garden on Mars as he does in the 2015 film The Martian, the emerging technologies and business plans […]

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]]> /space-tomatoes-and-air-based-meat-startups-looking-to-conquer-agriculture-off-earth/feed/ 0 West Africa Aims to Raise $80 Million in Smart Agriculture Push /west-africa-aims-to-raise-80-million-in-smart-agriculture-push/ /west-africa-aims-to-raise-80-million-in-smart-agriculture-push/#respond Fri, 13 Dec 2019 20:57:35 +0000 /?p=14278 An alliance of West African nations seeking to help small farmers cope with climate change are helping them adopt agricultural practices that are also attracting a growing share of investors.  The Economic Community of West African States is raising $80 million through its Investment and Development Bank, according to Afrik21. Helping farmers adjust to climate […]

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]]> /west-africa-aims-to-raise-80-million-in-smart-agriculture-push/feed/ 0 Investors Seeing Green With Bets on Ag Biotech, as Key to Sustainable Agriculture, in 2020 /investors-seeing-green-with-bets-on-ag-biotech-as-key-to-sustainable-agriculture-in-2020/ /investors-seeing-green-with-bets-on-ag-biotech-as-key-to-sustainable-agriculture-in-2020/#respond Thu, 12 Dec 2019 22:30:31 +0000 /?p=14258 As the farm industry sparks worries about everything from genetically modified food to climate change, impact investors are increasingly betting on a post-chemical, sustainable future in agriculture.  Agriculture-related biotechnology, such as biofertilizer and microbiome, is seen as the most exciting thing for sustainable agriculture next year. Investors expect innovations in Ag Biotech to deliver better […]

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