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Recent Examples of agroforestry
Storing more carbon in the soil would require incorporating techniques like planting cover crops, using biochar (charcoal made from organic waste), or practicing agroforestry (planting trees alongside crops or pastures) that can help turn agricultural lands into a carbon sinks.
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Simi Thambi, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Today, the complex is the headquarters of Here Be Dragons (HBD), the conservation, agroforestry and hospitality arms of a company altruistically dedicated to preserving everything that makes Príncipe special: the natural world.
—Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024
Actively participating in the development of agroforestry regenerative cotton, especially on Italian soil, is an important step and will also have a real impact on local communities.
—Town & Country, 6 June 2023
One company financially compensates farmers for preventing deforestation, using satellite data processed with a machine learning algorithm to calculate carbon storage from agroforestry farms.
—Nikki Shum-Harden, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
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Simi Thambi, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Today, the complex is the headquarters of Here Be Dragons (HBD), the conservation, agroforestry and hospitality arms of a company altruistically dedicated to preserving everything that makes Príncipe special: the natural world.
—Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024
Actively participating in the development of agroforestry regenerative cotton, especially on Italian soil, is an important step and will also have a real impact on local communities.
—Town & Country, 6 June 2023
One company financially compensates farmers for preventing deforestation, using satellite data processed with a machine learning algorithm to calculate carbon storage from agroforestry farms.
—Nikki Shum-Harden, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for agroforestry
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Image Educated in agronomy, Mr. Mondlane has a diverse résumé.—
Tavares Cebola,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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This decline was due to lower oilseed processing margins and decreased agronomy product prices.—
Quartz Bot,
Quartz,
8 Jan. 2025
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Not even farmers, when agribusiness destroyed their livelihoods in the 1950s, degraded themselves by lamenting unharvested ears of content.—
Joel Stein,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Jan. 2025
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Republicans still reign supreme in fossil fuels, fast food, and agribusiness, while Democrats retain their bases in organized labor, education, and the public sector.—
Matthew Karp,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Oct. 2024
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The brand has a dedicated sourcing team that looks for partnerships with fisheries and aquaculture operations worldwide that meet its standards.—
Sara Rosenthal,
The Denver Post,
21 Jan. 2025
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No octopus aquaculture Score one for the cephalopods.—
Andrew Sheeler,
Sacramento Bee,
1 Jan. 2025
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That’s why trees really need their canopies during hot summer temperatures, said James Downer, a plant pathologist and horticulturist who teaches arboriculture at Cal Poly Pomona and just retired from the Ventura County UC Cooperative Extension office.—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
21 July 2023
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One of the fastest growing areas has been utility arboriculture, which involves managing trees near power lines and other infrastructure.—
Marguerite Holloway,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2020
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Since then, the group has implemented land restoration, reforestation and agroecology projects for approximately 800 Indigenous communities in Chad and Niger.—
Eduardo Garcia,
Forbes,
19 Sep. 2024
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In the United States, some nonprofits such as the Traditional Native American Farmers Association have sought to promote agroecology.—
Cameron Pugh,
The Christian Science Monitor,
21 Mar. 2024
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The pandemic further accelerated this trend, as consumers turned to cannabis cultivation as a therapeutic, self-sufficient hobby.—
Javier Hasse,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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The council removed the medical-only restriction in 2020 to allow adult-use cultivation and nurseries.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Jan. 2025
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Cliff's enthusiasm for the winter blooms trickled down to his son-in-law Blanding, who had briefly studied botany and horticulture prior to joining the Marines.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
11 Jan. 2025
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First, measure the space where the tree will be displayed, both ceiling height and width of the area, says Bert Cregg, associate professor and extension specialist of horticulture and forestry at Michigan State University.—
George Petras,
USA TODAY,
5 Dec. 2024
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“Agroforestry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agroforestry. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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