With a vision to modernize the digital infrastructure required to support fresh produce demand worldwide, PLANT AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS (PLANT-AS) announced its expansion to West Texas in June 2023. The ...

Sustainable food and agriculture (Fd+Ag) systems are often framed around three pillars: ecological soundness, economic viability, and social fairness. Yet in today’s interconnected, increasingly ...

Climate change is no longer a distant threat—it’s a daily reality for millions of people around the world. And nowhere is this more evident than in the systems that feed us. Farmers and fishers are on ...

In Greece's fields, Dimitris, a fourth-generation olive farmer, once relied solely on traditional cultivation methods passed down through his family for generations. Today, critical decisions about ...

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A manufacturing plant hums with life before dawn. In the control room, an operator monitors process flows in which deviations are automatically resolved. Nearby, a technician logs a repair order on a ...

Three grants for sustainable and regenerative agriculture are now available from the US Department of Agriculture, National Geographic Society and Growing Justice Fund. The grants range in size from ...

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In West Texas, Florida-based Plant Agricultural Systems (PLANT-AS) is moving forward with investments in Amarillo and Lubbock. PLANT-AS delivers both the physical and digital infrastructure to support ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. In addition to following up with those case-study farms, the committee selected nine ...