Sustainability news archive – Page 217
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ArticleFarmdrop to partner with Growing Underground
London-based 'green' produce delivery service is rapidly expanding, but not losing sight of its original mission
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ArticleProduce firms ‘not prepared’ for water scarcity
Chiquita Brands and Fresh Del Monte among global food companies examined in new report on future water scarcity
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ArticleColombia mulls Roundup ban
President could halt aerial spraying of Monsanto herbicide commonly used in US-backed war on drugs
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ArticleLEAF seals coveted sustainability membership honour
Highest membership status within ISEAL for the LEAF Marque, which recognises farmed products produced to more sustainable standards
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ArticleNew board members at AD trade body
Julian O'Neill, William Heller, and Dr David Greenfield join the ADBA board, with a farming appointment to follow
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ArticleArgentine doctors call for Monsanto ban
Members of medical union Fesprosa cite WHO declaration that chemicals in best-selling Roundup herbicide are “likely carcinogenic”
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ArticleIt's another treble for Branston
Carbon Trust recertification for the first firm in the food sector to have achieved the Carbon Trust standard in all three areas
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ArticleNitrogen engines ‘could transform’ cold chain
Using liquid nitrogen engines to power and cool refrigerated transport could revolutionise cold chains and slash air pollution
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AnalysisAnalysis: Which party manifesto stands up for food?
Imagine the election was being fought on agricultural issues only. Martyn Fisher (MF) reviews the key pledges made on policy related to food and growers in the manifestos of the UK’s five biggest political parties ahead of the vote on 7 May
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AnalysisElection promises: What will they really deliver for food and farming?
Chairman of the Oxford Farming Conference, Alastair Brooks, on why politicians' 'sabre-rattling' on an in-out EU referendum is helping no one
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ArticleDel Monte achieves carbon milestone
Group's banana operations in Costa Rica have been awarded carbon neutrality certification by SCS
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ArticleGM import proposal raises concern
European campaigners fear arguments against GM crops are being ignored, as pressure from the US government and the biotech industry mounts
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ArticleAquaponic farm gets green light
A London warehouse will be converted into a salad, herb and fish farm, and will produce 200,000 bags of salad a year
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ArticleRed Tractor scheme operator on the hunt for new chairman
David Gregory will be standing down later this year having completed the maximum six years’ service allowed at AFS
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ArticleSave Our Soils fund supports growers
Nature & More’s Save Our Soils fund has attracted sizeable contributions and can now offer practical assistance for farmers
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ArticleTR4 hits second banana farm
Biosecurity Queensland has confirmed a second banana plantation in Australia has been infected with the Panama tropical race 4 disease
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ArticleSFS focuses on soil and packaging
The next Sustainable Foods Summit will look at how to reduce the environmental impact of food through packaging initiatives
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ArticleCalifornia faces mandatory water reductions
Governor Edmund Brown has announced that "unprecedented action" must be taken as drought continues
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ArticleFloods hit northern Peru
Government declares a state of emergency as thousands of hectares of agricultural land affected
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ArticleUS$1bn drought package signed
Californian Governor Edmund Brown has signed US$1bn emergency legislation for drought relief