All Sustainability articles – Page 240
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ArticleECPA backs risk-based assessment
The European Crop Protection Industry has responded to EU public consultation on endocrine disruptors
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ArticlePort spends £1m on solar panels for fruit importer
4,500 solar panels installed on the roofs of warehouses belonging to MMD, the fruit importer owned by Portsmouth City Council
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ArticleFocus on the future
Speakers at this year’s Oxford Farming Conference tackled some of the key industry issues for the future, including climate change, supply chains and the EU
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ArticleLea Valley plans spark outrage
Park development plan would ‘resist’ glasshouse expansions and could use land-purchasing powers to force growers out
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ArticleGrowers warned to prepare for 'extreme' climate change
James Hutton Institute says the issue is not just rising temperatures, but the type of weather, which is prone to 'extremes'
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ArticleUK could be world leader in farming, says Truss
Environment minister Liz Truss listed her ambitions for UK farming and tackled issues including CAP, GM and Europe
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ArticlePoles protest huge mine proposal
Plans to build a new coalmine and power plant in Krobia and Miejska Górka have attracted major opposition from local farmers
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ArticleFirst zero-emission terminal to open
APM Terminals’ new Rotterdam terminal will run on 100 per cent clean energy
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ArticleAlbert Heijn rolls out Misfits range
Online scheme to sell irregular and misshapen fruit and veg could be launched in larger AH stores if successful
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ArticleCalifornia signs landmark deal with Sagarpa
Agreement will boost state’s agricultural exports to Mexico which have already tripled in the past ten years
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ArticleTop scientists' neonics conspiracy 'leaked'
Private note allegedly records discussion in 2010 between four scientists about how to persuade regulators to ban neonicotinoid pesticides
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ArticleLEAF unveils new ‘user-friendly’ audit
Sustainability scheme launches new online review system to help growers complete annual audit
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ArticleMajor irrigation project opens in Peru
Scheme will lead to a significant increase in agricultural exports from the north of the country
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ArticleUrban farming boosts global food production
Report claims urban farming has greater influence than previously thought and should help inform agricultural policy
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ArticleIndustry slams decision to scrap chief science advisor
Decision sparks fears that ‘voice of science will be stifled’ in key policy issues after EU scraps role of chief scientific advisor
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ArticleFarmers could help UK meet carbon targets
Farm-generated renewable energy has 'huge potential' but needs less red-tape and more policy support, says report
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ArticleMcDonald’s USA refuses GM potato
A key supplier to fast-food chain has won approval to grow GM potato, but McDonald’s has stated it ‘will not change sourcing practices’
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ArticleCitrosol eyes Latin American gains
Company says its treatments can play a key role in helping the region’s exporters to access even the most distant markets
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'World-class' AHDB a must to aid farmers, Kendall says
Speaking at today's AIC Conference, ex-NFU chief and new AHDB chairman Peter Kendall set out the board's long-term goal
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ArticleLevahrt joins green sourcing project
Dutch company is latest to sign up to SIFAV covenant, committing to 100 per cent sustainable procurement by 2020