All Environment articles – Page 28
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NewsAbel & Cole: sustainability sticklers
For online organic retailer Abel & Cole, sustainability is much more than a marketing tool. Fred Searle visits the veg box specialist to learn more about its meticulous efforts in environmental and ethical supply
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NewsPort International takes water protection steps
Partnership with Wrap and other organisations will see increased investment in addressing water-related risks within the importer’s supply chain
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NewsClimate and sustainability to take centre stage at Banana Time 2023
El Niño, labour relations and shared responsibility for sustainability will be major talking points at international convention in Guayaquil, Ecuador
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NewsRecyclability seal for wooden boxes ‘gives suppliers competitive edge’
Ecowoox label will help suppliers prove sustainability of wooden packaging to shoppers as Fedemco prepares to roll out new certification
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NewsCo-op’s farming efforts bring climate award
Retailer outlines its work following win at Fairtrade Global Awards
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NewsVog revamps organic brand and pushes on with promotions
The South Tyrolean company made the most of its appearance at Fruit Attraction this week, as it looks to boost the value of the region’s apple production
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NewsNFU Cymru calls for funding rethink
Welsh farming union wants governments to rethink funding to support farmers’ food and environment ambitions
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NewsFyffes releases second sustainability report
The group has already exceeded its target of providing 5m meals to vulnerable communities by 2025
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NewsHarvest House targets climate-neutral veg production by 2040
One of the Netherlands’ largest salad vegetable producer associations has retained its climate-friendly label
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NewsArra grapes have “the genetics to guarantee production”
After assessing the damage of last month’s tropical storm in California, table grape breeding and licensing company Grapa Varieties believes the benefits of Arra varieties that offer tolerance to extreme conditions are undeniable
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NewsGrand vision for green agriculture
Saudi Arabia’s ambitious plan for sustainable agriculture comes from a desire to diversify away from oil and the urgent need to adapt to the new realities of climate change, says Dr Juan Carlos Motamayor of Neom Food
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NewsFruit trees for schools in Tesco-Veolia campaign
Initiative combines recycling with education about the environment
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NewsCould ‘smart’ hives be the answer to pollination crisis?
COMMENT: Ali Al Suhail, associate at boutique investment bank DAI Magister, outlines potential long-term smart-tech solutions to the global bee crisis and ensuing food supply risk
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NewsFloods follow fires in Greek tragedy
After a summer of excessive temperatures, record rainfall has left much of Central Greece underwater, flooding homes and farms and cutting the country in two
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NewsUK becoming ‘toxic poster-child of Europe’
Britain fails to ban 36 harmful pesticides outlawed for use in EU, the Guardian reports
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News‘Adopt regenerative farming,’ report says
Save Britain from looming food crisis by unlocking a green transformation in farming, think-tank urges in new report
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NewsDole Europe switches to home-compostable banana labels
New stickers are supplied by Sinclair and proven to biodegrade on home compost within a year
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NewsBranston trials aim to cut fertiliser emissions
Potato supplier is exploring various methods to reduce growers’ reliance on synthetic fertilisers through field trials in Lincolnshire and Scotland
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NewsAgroforestry Show: ‘British farms need more trees’
Farmers at inaugural Agroforestry Show hear how the practice can protect crops, livestock, soils, rivers, biodiversity, and climate
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NewsTesco calls for govt to back green innovation
Stand by net zero and support environmental innovation, urges Tesco boss as supermarket unveils rapid expansion of low-carbon fertiliser trial