Sustainability news archive – Page 212
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ArticleGreen Party appoints first-ever agri spokesperson
Organic farmer Oliver Dowding has said farmers need better stability from market prices and would not benefit from leaving EU
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ArticleAsda starts selling wonky veg boxes
The retailer claims that the box contains enough wonky produce to feed a family of four for an entire week for just £3.50
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ArticleNatures Way in major LED installation
The new lighting system at Runcton saves the equivalent electricity usage of 160 homes annually
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ArticleAldi Süd bans bee-harming pesticides from its products
The ban came into effect at the start of 2016 after lobbying from environmental organisation Greenpeace
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ArticleSpecial report: GM trials power on
Two GM trials in the UK are looking at disease resistance in potatoes and the health benefits of purple tomatoes
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ArticlePast 30 years in Europe 'warmest in last 2,100 years'
The study used tree ring records and historical documents to reconstruct yearly temperatures going back more than two millennia
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ArticleDave Lewis to chair new global food waste campaign
Leading CEOs and ministers from around the world have become ‘champions’ of new partnership on food waste
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ArticleBerry grower faces £20k of crop losses after flooding
Northern Irish strawberry grower Foxberry Fruit Farm cannot get near plants due to three feet of floodwater
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ArticlePaying the True Cost of Food
At this week’s Green Week in Berlin, Nature & More launched its True Cost of Food initiative, a campaign to include all the external costs of food production in the price
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ArticleRenewable energy could free-up water supply
Australian growers could benefit from a move towards sustainable energy, according to UN-backed organisation
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ArticleCarrot growers face 'material losses' from flooding
Growers hit by heavy flooding in Yorkshire on top of poor yields, although waterlogging means it's too early to quantify losses
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ArticleEren Tarim embraces solar
The Turkish exporter has demonstrated its ambition when it comes to sustainability with its decision to install solar panels on its packhouse
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ArticleEfsa 'begins review' of neonics ban
Commission has reportedly said review could lead to tightening or softening of ban on three neonicotinoid pesticides
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ArticleKoppert explores Sudan potential
Netherlands-based Koppert Biological Systems has partnered up with KOI Group to boost sustainability in Sudan
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ArticleTruss outlines plans for Defra facelift
Environment department to be modernised, while more capital funding will boost flood defences and marketing, Liz Truss has said
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ArticleUK 'increasing reliance' on overseas agriculture
New report says UK could be food self-sufficient 'in theory' but is currently outsourcing majority of agriculture abroad
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ArticleFlower sales surge amid unseasonably warm UK weather
Waitrose British daffodils arrive in branch earlier than ever before as the winter chill stays away from the majority of the UK
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ArticleFruit fly trial gives hope to Aussie growers
The first year of an Australian fruit fly trial in Queensland has already opened new markets for some growers
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ArticleRenewable energy 'more attractive' after COP21
Paris climate agreement has sent a clear signal that fossil fuels are ‘stranded investments’, the NFU has said
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ArticleEU exit 'could prove terminal' for Welsh farming
Wales' first minister Carwyn Jones has made his views on just what damage an exit from the EU might do for the industry