Tim Hammerich
Sustainable Dairy at Scale
The term “sustainable agriculture” often leads to images of smaller and more local farming systems. While I believe these serve as one...
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Tim Hammerich
- Oct 11, 2018
Fighting Food Waste with Hyperspectral Technology
Hyperspectral imaging was originally developed for NASA. The technology collects and processes how a particular object reflects light....
Tim Hammerich
- Sep 20, 2018
Stories from the Soil
What a journey! I traveled with Cool Planet to six different states to visit farmers, scientists, agronomists, and land stewards to learn...
Tim Hammerich
- Aug 16, 2018
Could Blockchain Help Farmers Find Cash in Carbon?
Agriculture, including livestock, could play an essential role in reducing greenhouse gasses from the atmosphere. Yes, I have heard the...
Tim Hammerich
- Jul 25, 2018
What is Regenerative Agriculture?
To “regenerate” means to “form; to create again” or “to restore to a better, higher, or more worthy state”. (source) So what is being...
Tim Hammerich
- Jul 19, 2018
500,000 Orchard Scouts
Farming is complex. Consider an orchard: Biological activity happening everywhere: in the soil, in the trees, on the leaves, and between...
Tim Hammerich
- Jul 11, 2018
Organic Agriculture at Scale
”Are you an organic farmer or a conventional farmer?” someone might inquire. “Both!” is the answer John McKeon would proudly share about...
Tim Hammerich
- Jun 13, 2018
Creating Win-Win Solutions for Agriculture and Conservation
I am fascinated by agriculture because it solves some of our most complicated problems to meet our most basic needs. The most obvious of...
Tim Hammerich
- Jun 7, 2018
Biochar at Scale: Aligning Economic and Environmental Incentives for Farmers
I like to think of agriculture as humankind’s way of solving our most complex problems to meet our most basic needs such as food,...
Tim Hammerich
- May 31, 2018
Who Bears the Burden of Making Agriculture More Sustainable?
All of us have a stake in ensuring a sustainable food supply. Consumers increasingly want to have a say in how their food is produced,...
Tim Hammerich
- May 22, 2018
Farming Microbes
Thanks to advancements in DNA sequencing and machine learning, scientists are able to single out microbes that can be beneficial to the...
Tim Hammerich
- May 16, 2018
The Manure Sharing Economy
You have a car and want to make money. I need a ride. Uber and Lyft are born. Before these “sharing economy” services, the excess...
Tim Hammerich
- May 7, 2018
Defining “Sustainability” in Agriculture
Marketers seem to love the word “sustainable”. They’ve nearly loved all of the meaning right out of the word. Can you blame them? Who...
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