All Sustainability articles – Page 231
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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
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ArticleRain wreaks havoc in Chile’s Atacama region
Flash floods leave several dead and cause widespread damage to local fruit production infrastructure
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ArticleUK 'wrong on neonicotinoids'
Leading bee scientist reaches opposite conclusion to UK government following re-examination of study on the pesticides’ role in bee decline
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ArticleChile launches drought action plan
Government to spend US$169m in 2015 to deal with "critical" situation
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ArticleExtend GSCoP down the supply chain, NFU Cymru says
Welsh farming union unveils ten policy asks ahead of general election, including exports, GM policy and food labelling
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ArticleLEAF-certified crops rise by third
Crops certified in northern Europe see highest growth, while almost a quarter of UK-grown produce now meets standard
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ArticleParty priorities ahead of general election
With less than two months to go until the general election, FPJ rounds up what the party hopefuls have planned for agriculture
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ArticleHillFresh joins sustainability scheme
Company commits to fully sustainable imports by 2020 after signing Sifav covenant with Sustainable Trade Initiative
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ArticleAlbert Heijn removes plastic from veg range
Retailer responds to consumer concerns over excessive use of plastic by changing how some of its vegetables are delivered
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ArticleEndocrine disruptor review 'should be science-led'
MEP Anthea McIntyre urges European Commission to consider risk and exposure of endocrine disruptors in definition review