All Sustainability articles – Page 184
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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
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Article"Ditching pesticides could cost £786 for families"
New report calculates the cost of going fully organic for groceries, estimating an extra £786 per year for shoppers
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Article‘It’s time to leave,’ says Villiers
New pro-Brexit Defra secretary tries to reassure farmers agriculture can prosper after Brexit, even if UK leaves without a deal on 31 October
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ArticleRetailers ‘must understand true cost of food waste’
Chief executive of grocery data analyst Atheon Analytics, Guy Cuthbert, argues that to properly tackle food waste supermarket chains must harness big data to properly understand its real cost and drivers
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ArticleGrape gin claims top prize
New gin made from surplus table grapes at Richard Hochfeld went straight to number one at major drinks awards ceremony