Sustainability news archive – Page 187
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ArticleToxicity of neonics 'takes your breath away'
The controversial chemicals were much-discussed at this year's Soil Association conference
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ArticleWild Country Organics and Ocado win organics awards
Organics salad producer and online retailer take prizes for fresh category and best retailer in annual Soil Association awards
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Article'Green Oscars' open for entries
Sustainable City Awards celebrate contributions across sectors such as food, buildings, health, and climate change
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VideoVideo: Growing Underground
Two entrepreneurs have turned their vision of a sustainable food business into a salad farm underneath south London. Nina Pullman reports
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ArticleGraduate's 'bump mark' tipped to replace use-by date
Solveiga Pakstaite, 22, has developed a label that changes texture as the food inside the packet goes off
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ArticleAhold recognised for sustainability
Dutch retailer scores highly in areas including waste reduction and carbon emissions
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ArticleMonsanto UK suffers drop in profit
Seed giant raises turnover for the most recent financial year, though, from £36.6m to £43.5m
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ArticleDowny Mildew threat for spinach growers
New strain of the virus could overcome existing genetic resistance of some varieties of Downy Mildew covering races 1 - 14
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Article'Nobody' eats takeaway salad
Survey finds that more than 99 per cent of people throwaway the salad they receive with takeaway meals such as curries and kebabs
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ArticleBarfoots graces primetime BBC show
Exotics specialist featured on The One Show during a report by food critic Jay Rayner into sustainable agriculture
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ArticleGovernment confirms mass neonics poisoning
Up to 500 bumblebee queens found dying or dead next to a field in East London in an incident condemned by insect rights group
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ArticleFera merges with animal health body
A combined agency will tackle invasive non-native species and combine expertise of animal and plant health inspectors
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ArticleCrop protection giant returns to profit
Dow AgroSciences makes a pre-tax profit of nearly £20m in the most recent financial year, despite a slump in UK sales
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ArticleUrban youngsters' interest in foraging is growing
Rising interest in nature and traditional knowledge sees city-dwellers flock to the countryside to forage for food
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ArticleMarket improves customer experience
Bradford wholesalers are funding landscape work at the market and waiving the entrance fee to encourage new customers
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ArticlePrognosfruit plans sustainability focus
The annual apple and pear conference will shine a spotlight on sustainability and CSR when it comes to Istanbul in August
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ArticleHartfield blasts national media over bees
NFU adviser slams "simplistic" press for negative reporting on the impact of pesticides and neonicotinoids
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ArticlePesticide companies ‘should not’ fund bee research, says report
A review of the draft National Pollinator Strategy warns against industry-funded research, but praises public involvement in campaigns
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ArticleGovernment's GM stance won't change
Owen Paterson's exit as environment secretary won't change the government's pro-GM stance, says farming minister George Eustice
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ArticleMPs demand food waste to landfill ban
New report by the Environmental Audit Committee notes that a "circular economy" approach is needed to save resources