Sustainability news archive – Page 230
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ArticleAustralia battles dual pest outbreaks
Agriculture industry threatened by fourth outbreak of fruit fly in Adelaide and discovery of citrus gall wasp infestation in WA
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ArticleTaiwan develops new composting technology
Methods turns agricultural waste associated with growing mushrooms into compost and can significantly boost production
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ArticleNew efforts to combat potato rot
The UK government has introduced new import measures to prevent the spread of potato ring rot
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ArticleThanet Earth opens fourth glasshouse
Harvesting of tomatoes has begun at Thanet Earth's new £17m glasshouse, dubbed TG1
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ArticleHDC secures insecticide extension
The Horticultural Development Company says an extension of the EAMU for indoxacarb is good news for UK soft-fruit growers
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Wet summer predicted for UK
Another wet and windy summer is on the cards for 2013 according to the Met Office
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ArticleScientists dispute neonics ban
Scientists from Harper Adams University believe the EU's ban on neonicotinoids will be bad news for farmers
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ArticleGreenvale hits the roof
Potato supplier Greenvale has installed solar panels to cut energy costs at its factory in Cambridgeshire
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ArticleEC to ban three neonicotinoids
The European Commission has voted to press on with plans to ban three controversial neonicotinoids
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ArticleFarming minister urges calm over neonics
Minister David Heath confirms DEFRA is looking at new ways to safeguard the UK's bee population
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Sainsbury's green convenience drive
Sainsbury's says the opening of a new eco-friendly convenience store could act as a blueprint for future plans
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Chiquita celebrates Earth Day
Group marks yesterday's event by heading into the community to teach students about the importance of sustainability
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ArticleFruit fly outbreak in South Australia
Eradication programme launched, with regional growers fortunately unaffected as pest detected in metropolitan area
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ArticleNew report analyses Spain's wet weather
Agronomists in Spain have released a report looking into the wet weather in March and its impact on fresh produce
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NFU challenges minister on flooding
NFU horticulture board chair Sarah Dawson is calling on government to take greater action on flooding.
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'Half of all food goes to waste,' says report
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME) believes that 30-50 per cent of all the food produced in the world each year - between 1.2bn and 2bn tonnes - does not get consumed.
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Chinese seed smugglers sent back from NZ
New Zealand has sent two illegal seed importers packing after they tried to enter the country with 14 packages of seeds hidden in their luggage.
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Kiwifruit in carbon-sink breakthrough
A new soil study shows that the kiwifruit vines act as a carbon sink.
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ArticleSainsbury's gives credit for carbon-reduction measures
Sainsbury’s has credited new technologies and improved green skills for engineers with helping it reduce its carbon footprint by six per cent.