All Sustainability articles – Page 168
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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
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ArticleRainforest Alliance and UTZ to merge
New organisation will retain Rainforest Alliance name and aims to simplify the certification process
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Article‘Count on us, not our president’ – US organic sector
The US organic industry has said it will compensate for Trump’s decision to pull out of Paris climate agreement
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ArticleDutch supplier pioneers climate neutral products
Retail supplier Superunie has become climate neutral on some lines by reducing and offsetting carbon emissions in supply chain
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ArticleSustainable food systems are ‘within our control’
Former IFAD president says separating climate change from food systems is 'wrong' as Trump pulls out of Paris climate agreement
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ArticlePhoto: All about the wildlife
The RSPB is running an initiative to help raise awareness of wildlife-sensitive farming
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ArticleDesperate times as Cape rain stays away
Growers in the Western Cape are coming to terms with the prospect of further water shortages causing lasting damage