Category: Agriculture
Drones, Diesel, & Policy: Two Countries, Two Agricultural Futures
China’s rapid adoption of agricultural drones is one of the most interesting examples of technological divergence between two major food producers. The contrast is striking. Chinese pilots are now treating an amount of land with drones each year that is larger than the total farmland base, which means multiple drone … [continued]
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Is The Plant-Based Food Sector Really Too Woke?
Was the plant-based meat substitute industry wrong to recommend its products as a climate solution? That’s what Impossible Foods CEO Peter McGuinness insists, saying that the approach severely restricted the company’s potential customer base early on. The approach may have contributed to an inevitable pattern of steadily falling US faux … [continued]
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The Coming Slow Fade of America’s Corn Ethanol Industry
The story of the United States corn ethanol industry is a story about a sector that grew rapidly under a very specific set of policy, technology and market conditions. It filled a gap when gasoline demand was rising, when climate policy focused on incremental change, and when EVs were still … [continued]
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Biofuels: Hope Or Hype?
Several nations pushed at COP30 for an expansion of biofuels, but Transport and Environment argues that is a poor strategy.
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The Symbiosis Of Food And Climate Arise At COP30
It was touch-and-go during the final days of COP30 — would there be a declaration on hunger, poverty, and human-centered climate action? Yes! 43 countries and the EU agreed to address the “unequal distribution of climate impacts” through actions including expanding social-protection systems and supporting climate adaptation for small farmers. … [continued]
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