Narrow and brittle or broad and nimble? Comparing adaptive capacity in simplifying and diversifying farming systems

M Petersen-Rockney, P Baur, A Guzman… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Humanity faces a triple threat of climate change, biodiversity loss, and global food insecurity.
In response, increasing the general adaptive capacity of farming systems is essential. We …

The consumer perception and purchasing attitude towards organic food: A critical review

A Roy, A Ghosh, D Vashisht - Nutrition & Food Science, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The paper aims to critically review the literature based on the factors identified by
the authors to discuss and provide direction for future research. The purpose of this study is …

Agrivoltaics align with green new deal goals while supporting investment in the US'rural economy

KW Proctor, GS Murthy, CW Higgins - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Agrivoltaic systems combine solar photovoltaic energy production with agriculture to
improve land-use efficiency. We provide an upper-bound reduced-order cost estimate for …

Farm resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of California direct market farmers

JL Durant, L Asprooth, RE Galt, SP Schmulevich… - Agricultural …, 2023 - Elsevier
CONTEXT The COVID-19 pandemic caused substantial shocks to US food systems at
multiple scales. While disturbances to long-distance supply chains received substantial …

Transitioning to sustainable agriculture requires growing and sustaining an ecologically skilled workforce

L Carlisle, M Montenegro de Wit… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In the face of rapidly advancing climate change, biodiversity loss, and water scarcity, it is
clear that global agriculture must swiftly and decisively shift toward sustainability …

Organic farming lessens reliance on pesticides and promotes public health by lowering dietary risks

C Benbrook, S Kegley, B Baker - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Organic agriculture is a production system that relies on prevention, ecological processes,
biodiversity, mechanical processes, and natural cycles to control pests and maintain …

Confronting barriers to cropping system diversification

DA Mortensen, RG Smith - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020 - frontiersin.org
There is no shortage of data demonstrating that diversified cropping systems can sustain
high levels of productivity with fewer external inputs and lower externalities compared to …

Agricultural potential of the EU countries: how far are they from the USA?

K Pawlak, L Smutka, P Kotyza - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
Although the EU and the USA are the largest players in the global agricultural market, there
are only a few up-to-date comparative studies concerning their agricultural potential and …

When farmers are pulled in too many directions: comparing institutional drivers of food safety and environmental sustainability in California agriculture

P Baur - Social innovation and sustainability transition, 2022 - Springer
Aspirations to farm 'better'may fall short in practice due to constraints outside of farmers'
control. Yet farmers face proliferating pressures to adopt practices that align with various …

The “sweet spot” in the middle: why do mid-scale farms adopt diversification practices at higher rates?

KE Esquivel, L Carlisle, A Ke, EM Olimpi… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In the past few decades, farmers and researchers have firmly established that biologically
diversified farming systems improve ecosystem services both on and off the farm, producing …