All Environment articles – Page 57
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ArticleWaste Warriors
Dutch fresh produce supplier Spica is focused on sustainability and reducing food waste with its soft fruit venture O’berries. Michael Barker caught up with team lead Omar Ehab to find out more
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Article“Opportunity” to transform food system
The Food and Land Use Coalition has proposed a plan of action to transform food and land use in order to meet the UN’s SDGs, tackle climate change and improve diets
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ArticleSainsbury’s ‘to halve plastic packaging by 2025’
Pledge will focus on fruit and veg packaging among other products, with plans for greater supply chain collaboration
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ArticleFarmdrop launches ethical convenience range
Made by Farmdrop meals only include ingredients from online grocer’s community of sustainable producers, with no plastic packaging used
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ArticlePlasticFreeLand debuts in London
Visitors to this week’s Packaging Innovations show will get a glimpse of what a plastic-free world might look like, says campaign group A Plastic Planet
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ArticleNFU targets net zero emissions by 2040
Union's ambitious three-pillar strategy to tackle climate change recognises farmers’ position as a source and store of greenhouse gases
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ArticleRiverford launches provocative new ad campaign
Organic veg box supplier aims to disrupt with multichannel campaign highlighting potential negative impacts of food choices
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ArticleIlip signs environmental pledge
Packaging group puts forward solutions to help safeguard the environment
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ArticleWarning to UK government on GM
Prime minister Boris Johnson has stated his support for GM farming in the UK, causing concern among those sceptical of the benefits and anxious of the impact
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ArticleUK ‘closing in’ on large-scale vertical lettuce production
Vertical farm director says indoor production of salad heads in Britain has potential to replace imports from Spain as sector gathers steam
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ArticleLewis Hamilton launches Neat Burger
Formula 1 legend looks to help revolutionise the plant-based fast food market by backing new international chain
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ArticleWater tops concerns in Qatar
Qatari farmers have boosted local production in response to the blockade from its Arab neighbours, but limited water resources remain a worry
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Article‘Open fridges should be banned’
Environmental experts call for supermarkets to ditch open fridges due to harmful emissions
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ArticleMulti-million pound deal to build new vertical farms in UK
Long-term agreement between Netled Oy and Astwood Infrastructure will supply equipment for four new industrial-scale vertical farms
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ArticleTo tackle climate change we need to rethink our food system
Opinion: Kathleen Rogers, president of Earth Day Network, and Shenggen Fan, director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute and a commissioner for the EAT-Lancet Commission, outline why they believe the current way we produce and consume food needs to change
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ArticleClimate change threatens entire supply chain
A new UN report says climate change will affect food security across with the tropics and low-income countries at risk
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ArticleSmurfit Kappa creates new grape punnet
Recyclable solution developed for Pomares do Sol comes as more brands seek sustainable packaging solutions
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ArticleRecyclable fruit and veg bags for Lidl
Supermarket introduces so-called ‘green bags’ as it steps up its plastic and waste-reduction drive
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ArticleAHDB to host desiccation events after diquat ban
Loss of herbicide a major headache for potato growers, with limited alternatiuves that are as effective or economical
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Article£2.5m environmental scheme opens
Government's environmental improvement fund open to new applications from farmers' groups