All Sustainability articles – Page 276
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ArticleFresh produce offers double helping
The Barilla Centre for Food Nutrition has highlighted both the health and sustainability benefits of fruit and vegetable consumption
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ArticlePakistan allows vegetable imports from India
Pakistan is opening its borders to vegetable imports from India and other countries after much of its domestic crop was wiped out by severe flooding earlier this year
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ArticleKiwifruit canker confirmed in New Zealand
Officials last night confirmed a bacterial infection discovered at an orchard in New Zealand to be kiwifruit canker
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ArticleAgro-Mashov focuses on shortages
This year's Agro-Mashov exhibition in Israel will focus on the issue of water and food shortages
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ArticleFyffes recognised with carbon standard
Fresh producer distributor has been handed the Carbon Trust Standard after making strides in carbon reduction
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ArticleUK backed in European emissions debate
NFU president Peter Kendall has told a major European workshop UK farmers and growers are working hard to reduce emissions and mitigate against climate change in Brussels.
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ArticleSoil Association appoints new director
Helen Browning has been named as the new director of the UK's Soil Association, starting in spring 2011
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ArticleMetro and Greenpeace discuss sustainability
An ideas exchange focused on the urgency to protect the environment and the retailer's revised sustainability strategy
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ArticleWater supply chains under scrutiny
International food and grocery supply chain analyst IGD has released a new guide into water in grocery supply chains.
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ArticleMegi leaves its mark in China
Typhoon Megi has left a trail of destruction in China's Fujian province, destroying crops and causing widespread damage
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ArticleChile studies water footprint
Some Chilean fruit export sectors are participating in a water awareness project as concerns emerge over global reserves
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ArticleProvisional clearance for Chinese grapes
Biosecurity Australia has given a provisional green light for Chinese table grape imports provided a range of quarantine conditions are met
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ArticleInternational food trade will grow, report finds
The global food supply chain’s main problem is not that it will not produce enough to feed a burgeoning world population, rather it is the need to enhance the sustainability of its production systems.
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ArticleNew partner for Biopack
Hong Kong-based manufacturer of biodegradable packaging, Biopack, has announced an agreement with Solupack in Brazil to distribute its products in Latin America
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ArticleChina braces itself for hurricane Megi
Southern China is preparing for super typhoon Megi to make landfall on Saturday after leaving a trail of destruction in the Philippines
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ArticleMindanao production drops
Low production volumes of food crops from northern Mindanao have been blamed on particularly dry weather through the first half of the year
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ArticleAustralia to ban endosulfan
Australia has joined a growing list of countries to ban pesticides that use the toxic chemical endosulfan
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ArticleCitrus Australia questions water cuts
Citrus Australia has claimed the impact of restrictions to water entitlements in the Murray Darling Basin has not been properly evaluated
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ArticleAPL clears air over Hong Kong
Global shipping giant APL announced it will use cleaner fuel in ships calling at Hong Kong port
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ArticleVietnamese growers toast beer bug bait
An Australian "bug bait" made from brewery waste is helping Vietnamese dragon fruit growers double their profits