Sustainable Farming Educational Resources
The sustainable farming educational resource is a compilation of research articles, podcasts, presentations, videos and handouts. The search box allows for easy browsing and research. Or you can search by topic or resource type using the navigation on the right.
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Recent Resources
Your hospitality team knows your wines, but do they know what’s happening in the vineyard and cellar right now? Giving staff access to the technical side of wine can make them more confident educators and better storytellers.
Regenerative agriculture isn’t built on a single practice, it’s about stacking practices to achieve greater benefits. Amélie Gaudin (UC Davis) shares research from 50 vineyards exploring how stacking cover crops, compost, reduced tillage, grazing, and plant diversity can improve soil health and soil carbon.
By eliminating foil capsules and switching to lighter bottles, SAMsARA cut waste and emissions—reminding wine lovers that great wine doesn’t need extra packaging.
Imagine one vineyard machine that can prune, harvest, monitor vine health, and help guide irrigation decisions throughout the season. Manoj Karkee (Cornell University) explores how artificial intelligence, robotics, and cyber-physical systems are advancing farming efficiency through multipurpose robots, sensors, AI models, and human-robot collaboration.
When we talk about sustainability in wine, practices like conserving water, enhancing soil quality, and supporting biodiversity often come to mind. But sustainability is about more than caring for the land; it’s about caring for the people behind every bottle.