All Environment articles – Page 13
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ArticleEldridge Fresh uses AI to track entire production chain
‘Greenhouse Gemini’ project tracks key environmental factors and adjusts systems to improve resource efficiency
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ArticleVertical Future sees potential for vertical farming in Iraq
Vertical Future’s Jamie Burrows believes autonomous vertical farming systems can have a major impact in Iraq and the wider Middle East region, helping resolve issues of food and water security
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ArticleGreek grapes help extend season for Europe
With Southern Hemisphere grape volumes increasingly impacted by rain, and strong demand coming from South America, the US and Asia, the European market is increasingly under pressure, says Georgios Bitsakos from Grapa Varieties
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ArticleWAO hits back at ‘inaccurate’ Christian Aid avocado report
World Avocado Organisation discredits NGO paper based on ‘incorrect facts from non-scientific sources’
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ArticleSoil Association Exchange expands sustainability metrics
Scientific review of farm sustainability recognises farmer knowledge and food production, says Soil Association
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ArticleBig names on the programme for Festival of Fresh 2024
Trade body heads, industry leaders, top CEOs and sustainability specialists all on the bill at Festival of Fresh 2024
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ArticleSiza: farms can play big role in combatting climate change
The Sustainability Initiative of South Africa has become a household name in the South African and international fresh produce sector and plays a crucial role in the pursuit of sustainability
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ArticleWaitrose’s UK suppliers to farm regeneratively by 2035
Retailer announces a raft of initiatives to help fresh food suppliers reach environmental goals
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ArticleAustralian producers call on government to scrap biosecurity levy
Industry bodies oppose controversial levy following first Sustainable Biosecurity Funding Advisory Panel
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ArticleGlobal Tomato Congress tours focus on innovation in taste
Next week’s Global Tomato Congress in The Hague takes delegates on a taste journey, thanks to a packed agenda, the cooking of Belgian chef Bart Sablon and a selection of unique tours
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ArticlePals offers means to help transform South Africa
Partners in Agri Land Solutions is a relatively new initiative steering land reform in South Africa, and is making waves by creating new opportunities for people all over South Africa
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ArticleCosta releases 2023 Sustainability Report
Costa adds five solar energy systems in Australia and implements more sustainable packaging
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AnalysisFruit Logistica: How do we take a fair approach to net zero for airfreighted produce?
The argument for airfreight was put forward on the Logistics Hub stage during day two of Fruit Logistica in Berlin
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ArticleNFU Cymru welcomes SFS stakeholder group
Welsh farming union supports new stakeholder group to assess government sustainable farming scheme
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ArticleGreek strawberry producers make sustainability a priority
Sustainability is becoming a big focus in Greek strawberries, according to Alexandros Polydoropoulos, agronomist at producer Labidino, not least the responsible use of water
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CommentComment: No time to waste on supply chain emissions
When it comes to assessing the carbon footprint of your business, it’s time to face up to net zero’s biggest challenge, says Ben Jones of Aethr Associates
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ArticleNew water fund encourages farmer collaboration
Government initiative hopes to find solutions for the conservation of water
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CommentNew bio controls have ‘great potential’ as crop protection toolkit shrinks
Peter Shakespeare of Certis Belchim UK explains that growers must think carefully about how to integrate biorational controls in their IPM programmes as synthetic products continue to be banned
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ArticleHow can fruit growers conserve water? Just ask the trees
British apple supplier Adrian Scripps joins trial to evaluate special ‘listening’ technology, which could interpret stress signals in plants and help growers produce more sustainably
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ArticleDefra Farming Recovery Fund offers relief as flooding crisis grows
NFU says ministers have been listening and fund is a welcome step