All Sustainability articles – Page 255
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ArticleAlgeria turns to hydroponics
With water scarce, the North African country is stepping up its efforts to ensure food security with hydroponic greenhouse technology
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ArticleFlorette to display LEAF logo
Salad specialist will demonstrate its environmental consciousness by placing the LEAF Marque logo on its packs
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ArticleAustralian flooding misses fruit
Fruit production in south east Australia appears to have dodged the worst of the flooding across the region this week
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ArticleSymbioCity promotes urban agriculture
Swedish group adds vertical farms to its portfolio of sustainable projects
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ArticleUK retailers to unveil green store plans
M&S, John Lewis and Coop will reveal the latest plans for environmentally friendly stores at the upcoming ACR Show
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ArticleGroup opposes expansion in Philippines
New alliance aims to prevent expansion of banana and pineapple plantations in the Allah River Valley in South Cotabatao
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ArticleVertical farm goes up in Sweden
Plantagon breaks ground on site in Linkoping for its first vertical farm
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ArticleResponsibly Fresh label launched in Berlin
Flanders' new sustainability label, Responsibly Fresh, was unveiled at Fruit Logistica for the very first time
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ArticleVertical integration of a different kind
Located as close as possible to market, vertical fresh produce farms could make supply lines much shorter, more dependable and hopefully less damaging to the environment
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ArticleAntwerp releases Sustainability Report
Belgium's port of Antwerp has launched its first report detailing the efforts being made to improve sustainability
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ArticleDEFRA assesses climate-change risks
DEFRA has published its Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) highlighting the challenges as well as opportunities for the UK economy including agriculture. The 2,000 page report means the UK is one of the best prepared nations for the implications of climate change.
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ArticleTesco abandons carbon labelling
The UK supermarket chain has ditched its plan to label all its products with their carbon footprint
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ArticleClimate could change UK agriculture
Government report suggests UK could expand blueberry production as climate change takes hold
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ArticleHeavyweights eye Cambodian banana project
Major Japanese-owned banana player Sumifru and Australia's Indochina Gateway Capital are reportedly mulling a US$35m banana plantation in Cambodia
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ArticleChile develops solar-powered orchard
A Chilean company is developing solar energy to pump water into desert regions for cultivating table grapes
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ArticleSaudi set to halt veg exports
In a bid to conserve its dwindling water resources, the Kingdom will cease exports of vegetables in September this year
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ArticleReport finds China likely origin of NZ Psa
Scientists in New Zealand are zeroing in on China as the likely origin of the disease Psa-V, which has severely affected the nation’s kiwifruit industry
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ArticleAnother call for Chiquita boycott
EthicalOil.org urges Canadians to stop buying Chiquita bananas after the company said it would not use Canadian tar sands oil
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ArticleTesco joins The Sustainability Consortium
Tesco is joining an independent group of global businesses, academics, governments and non-governmental organisations to work on developing sustainable innovations in consumer products.
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ArticleChiquita boycotts tar sands oil
Fruit giant agrees to stop using oil from Canadian tar sands but local advocacy group calls it "misguided greenwashing"