agroecology

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Recent Examples of agroecology The site serves as a working farm and education center focused on agroecology, carbon capture, soil health, and sustainable supply chains. Francois Botha, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025 The program helps the school’s agroecology program maintain the garden. Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 3 June 2025 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 Though countries such as India, Senegal, and Brazil have advanced policies favoring agroecology recently, the method faces industry pushback and existing agricultural policy. Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for agroecology
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agroecology
Noun
  • These companies run the gamut of sectors from agribusiness to publishing, financial services to manufacturing.
    Francesca Cassidy, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Brazil Iran has found a stable Latin American trading partner in Brazil, with trade relations fueled by agribusiness.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • York studied mathematics and agronomy at South Dakota State University.
    Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026
  • As a corn plant grows, the leaves unroll to reveal the tassel, the part that sheds pollen, explained Mark Licht, an associate professor of agronomy and an extension cropping systems specialist at Iowa State University.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Archaeologists have traced the cultivation of the date palm—also known as Phoenix dactylifera—back millennia.
    Emily Hayes, Martha Stewart, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Innovation in Production Across legal markets, AI is already creeping into cultivation, not as sci-fi robots trimming buds, but as quiet systems making decisions humans used to make by gut.
    Aisha Alves, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • According to the agriculture department, testing has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds, as well as within backyard flocks and commercial flocks statewide.
    Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026
  • These schools offer economical associate/bachelor’s degrees and important technical certificates/credentials that support the high demand industries in Texas, including jobs in technology, health care, hospitality, paraprofessional and agriculture.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Since 1999, Nicole has been a designer, copy editor, family columnist, and covered style, home design, gardening and other news-you-can-use topics.
    Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The lean days of the Pandemic taught me to monetize my gardening, foraging, and cooking hobbies.
    Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Food is homegrown at the new agroforestry project and farm, or bought from local producers.
    Stephanie Rafanelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The estate is farmed with a deep commitment to agro-ecology, which includes zero herbicides, zero insecticides, extensive cover crops, agroforestry, beehives, nesting boxes, and the planting of more than 1,500 trees.
    Emily Cappiello, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Tim Johnson is senior director of horticulture at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
    Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
  • My first paying job in horticulture was working for a little mom and pop garden center just outside of New York City.
    Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In the 1960s, widespread concerns about the environmental effects of pesticides like DDT boosted interest in organic farming.
    Annie Levin, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
  • It is estimated that undocumented immigrants make up 10% of Florida’s workforce, especially in construction and farming.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2026

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“Agroecology.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agroecology. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.

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