Sustainability news archive – Page 170
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ArticleApeel unveils supplier network
Plant-derived tech specialist reveals companies committed to using its technology to significantly reduce food waste
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ArticleMulti-million pound deal to build new vertical farms in UK
Long-term agreement between Netled Oy and Astwood Infrastructure will supply equipment for four new industrial-scale vertical farms
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ArticleBioFach back in Bangkok
The organic exhibition made a successful return to the Thai capital in July, attracting 403 exhibitors and more than 24,000 visitors
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ArticleProtection for prime agricultural land
New Zealand’s most fertile and versatile land to be given protections under new Government proposals
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ArticleThe light fantastic
How Boston-based Freight Farms’ new growing system could enable anyone to grow fresh produce on their own doorstep
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ArticleFresh out the box
As interest in urban farming continues to grow, modular, closed-loop production units could spark a horticultural revolution
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ArticleThe new Notting Hill radicals
Signs of a consumer revolution emerge just around the corner from one of the most famous retail outlets in Hollywood folklore.
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ArticleTo tackle climate change we need to rethink our food system
Opinion: Kathleen Rogers, president of Earth Day Network, and Shenggen Fan, director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute and a commissioner for the EAT-Lancet Commission, outline why they believe the current way we produce and consume food needs to change
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ArticleLatin America 'not prepared' for TR4
Soil-borne fungus may have been in Colombian soil 'several months at least', says scientist leading investigation
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ArticleClimate change threatens entire supply chain
A new UN report says climate change will affect food security across with the tropics and low-income countries at risk
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ArticleBayWa enjoys 60 per cent profit rise
Earnings before interest and taxes increase to over €50 million thanks to success of energy division and growth of German agriculture
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ArticleCarrefour launches reusable fruit and veg bags
The latest move in it waste reduction strategy sees plastic bags replaced with sustainable alternative
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ArticleSmurfit Kappa creates new grape punnet
Recyclable solution developed for Pomares do Sol comes as more brands seek sustainable packaging solutions
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ArticleRecyclable fruit and veg bags for Lidl
Supermarket introduces so-called ‘green bags’ as it steps up its plastic and waste-reduction drive
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ArticleBetter sized fruit and more of it
Favourable summer conditions encourage optimism for upcoming US apple and pear season
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ArticleAsda turns plastic bottles into car park
Recycled plastic used in tarmac at Yorkshire store as the supermarket aims to raise recycled output
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ArticlePeru steps up fight against child labour
Consumers will soon be able to choose products certified as free of child labour under government scheme
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ArticleAHDB to host desiccation events after diquat ban
Loss of herbicide a major headache for potato growers, with limited alternatiuves that are as effective or economical
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Article£2.5m environmental scheme opens
Government's environmental improvement fund open to new applications from farmers' groups
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ArticleStink bug threatens Italian fruit
Country's entire pear crop said to be in danger following unprecedented outbreak, with apples and kiwifruit also at risk