All Sustainability articles – Page 230
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ArticleMonsanto UK suffers drop in profit
Seed giant raises turnover for the most recent financial year, though, from £36.6m to £43.5m
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ArticleDowny Mildew threat for spinach growers
New strain of the virus could overcome existing genetic resistance of some varieties of Downy Mildew covering races 1 - 14
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Article'Nobody' eats takeaway salad
Survey finds that more than 99 per cent of people throwaway the salad they receive with takeaway meals such as curries and kebabs
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ArticleBarfoots graces primetime BBC show
Exotics specialist featured on The One Show during a report by food critic Jay Rayner into sustainable agriculture
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ArticleGovernment confirms mass neonics poisoning
Up to 500 bumblebee queens found dying or dead next to a field in East London in an incident condemned by insect rights group
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ArticleFera merges with animal health body
A combined agency will tackle invasive non-native species and combine expertise of animal and plant health inspectors
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ArticleCrop protection giant returns to profit
Dow AgroSciences makes a pre-tax profit of nearly £20m in the most recent financial year, despite a slump in UK sales
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ArticleUrban youngsters' interest in foraging is growing
Rising interest in nature and traditional knowledge sees city-dwellers flock to the countryside to forage for food
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ArticleMarket improves customer experience
Bradford wholesalers are funding landscape work at the market and waiving the entrance fee to encourage new customers
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ArticlePrognosfruit plans sustainability focus
The annual apple and pear conference will shine a spotlight on sustainability and CSR when it comes to Istanbul in August
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ArticleHartfield blasts national media over bees
NFU adviser slams "simplistic" press for negative reporting on the impact of pesticides and neonicotinoids
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ArticlePesticide companies ‘should not’ fund bee research, says report
A review of the draft National Pollinator Strategy warns against industry-funded research, but praises public involvement in campaigns
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ArticleGovernment's GM stance won't change
Owen Paterson's exit as environment secretary won't change the government's pro-GM stance, says farming minister George Eustice
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ArticleMPs demand food waste to landfill ban
New report by the Environmental Audit Committee notes that a "circular economy" approach is needed to save resources
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ArticleNew model may help growers in droughts
US-developed tool holds promise for showing growers when to plant so they can avoid costly droughts
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AnalysisOpinion: Health by stealth
Caroline Drummond, MBE NSch and chief executive of LEAF, explains why the farming industry needs to prepare for more focus on nutrition
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ArticleOpen Farm Sunday a record-breaker
Event organisers record more than 207,000 visitors, with more people travelling from urban areas to visit a farm
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ArticleEmery on board as Zero Waste chair
Newly-separate resource efficiency body Zero Waste Scotland names Vic Emery as its first chair
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ArticleNature & More rolls out sustainable packaging
Company says new sugar cane material marks a major milestone in packaging innovation
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ArticleAgri-tourism park to open in Batangas
Greenergy to open a new agri-tourism park in the Philippines in coming weeks