All Sustainability articles – Page 255
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ArticleArgentine doctors call for Monsanto ban
Members of medical union Fesprosa cite WHO declaration that chemicals in best-selling Roundup herbicide are “likely carcinogenic”
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ArticleIt's another treble for Branston
Carbon Trust recertification for the first firm in the food sector to have achieved the Carbon Trust standard in all three areas
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ArticleNitrogen engines ‘could transform’ cold chain
Using liquid nitrogen engines to power and cool refrigerated transport could revolutionise cold chains and slash air pollution
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AnalysisAnalysis: Which party manifesto stands up for food?
Imagine the election was being fought on agricultural issues only. Martyn Fisher (MF) reviews the key pledges made on policy related to food and growers in the manifestos of the UK’s five biggest political parties ahead of the vote on 7 May
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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