Sustainability news archive – Page 227
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ArticleAussie retailers to ditch plastic bags
Leading Australian retailers Woolworths and Coles will phase out single-use lightweight plastic bags within a year
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ArticleKenyan drought is ‘major concern’
Lack of rain is restricting planting and irrigation in Kenya while UN watchdog warns of worrying outlook for next three months
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ArticleLondon welcomes major new AD facility
Food waste recycling service ReFood opens new anaerobic digester in Dagenham that is capable of powering 12,600 homes a year
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ArticlePanama disease found on another QLD farm
The Australian Banana Growers Council is urging growers to ramp up on-farm biosecurity measures
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ArticleBayer develops smart irrigation
Group teams with Israeli company Netafim to introduce new DripByDrip water distribution system
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ArticleClimate change and cost of land cited as top threats
A new survey has quizzed produce firms on their top concerns to help shape a new deal for horticulture post Brexit
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ArticleVegetarian MP David Drew joins shadow Defra lineup
The MP for Stroud said he is looking forward to giving Gove ‘a hard time’ and is joined in Defra shadow cabinet by Holly Lynch
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ArticleGreenvale scoops green award
Potato supplier wins 'Manufacturer of the Year' at BusinessGreen Leaders Awards for ambitious environmental strategy
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ArticleHein Deprez's TFFG buys AC Hartman
Acquisition of Netherlands' largest organic veg supplier will apparently enable company to expand significantly
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ArticleMajor study reignites neonics row
European-wide study finds neonicotinoid pesticides can harm both wild and domesticated honey bees
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ArticleScotland set for first commercially viable vertical farm
Facility at James Hutton Institute to be operational by the autumn, with trials planned in various crops
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ArticleM&S launches laser label avos
Mack has supplied M&S with its first laser labeled avocados in a move that will reduce packaging and cut the carbon footprint
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ArticleNT declared banana freckle-free
Australia’s Northern Territory has been declared free of the banana disease after a four-year ban on growing the fruit
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ArticleOlio adds donation feature to food sharing app
Users can now add food and other household items to app and request pay-as-you-feel donations to listed charities
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ArticleCo-op becomes LEAF corporate member
Retailer, which already sponsors Open Farm Sunday, says the move will help it deliver its sustainable food and farming goals
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ArticleCounting the cost of food production
The effort to calculate the true costs of food production, including the less evident impact on the climate, soil, water and health, is gaining support
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Article'Poor application limiting biopesticide success’
Growers lack understanding of which biopesticides to use and how they should be applied, AHDB trials reveal
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ArticleThe sustainability agenda
How can producers respond sustainably to food crazes and what is the consumer appetite for ethical produce? President of organic watchdog Ecovia Intelligence, Amarjit Sahota, chats to Nina Pullman
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ArticleNFU ‘wary’ of tightening soil protection rules
Guy Smith warns that stringent regulations on soil protection would only encourage imports from countries with low standards
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ArticleUnion slams WWF for biodiversity criticism
Environmental NGO unfairly critical of British farmers for harming biodiversity, says NFU, but WWF highlights cost of intensive farming