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Israel’s Grace Breeding Reveals a Breakthrough In Tackling Global Fertilizer Emissions
Israel-based Grace Breeding says it can improve grain yields by 18 percent and biomass by 16 percent, reducing the need for synthetic fertilizer and the environmental impact of conventional farming methods.
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Singrow’s ‘Climate Agnostic’ Crops Will Help Singapore Reach Food Sovereignty
The Singapore-based precision agriculture firm Singrow is expanding its vertical urban farms and launching a consumer-facing brand aimed at bringing sustainable crops to consumers in a bid toward Singapore's 30 by 30 food resilience goals.!-->…
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The World’s Largest Beef Company Is Breaking Up With Plant-Based Meat. Is It The End of The Category, Or Something Else Entirely?
Notes From the Frontlines of the Sustainable Food Movement – a new opinion column by Irina Gerry
The world’s largest meat company, JBS, has exited its plant-based business in the US. Is this a bad sign for plant-based meat?
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Why the Space Race Isn’t the Answer to the Climate Crisis
Some of the wealthiest people on the planet have been highly invested in colonizing space. However, traveling to space can cause more harm than good in the long run.
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Agriculture Is Responsible for Nearly All Tropical Deforestation, New Study Finds
New research finds between 90 to 99 percent of all tropical deforestation is related to agriculture, either directly or indirectly.
The new research, published in the journal Science found only half to two-thirds of deforested land for!-->!-->!-->…
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Climate Change Fears Driving 40% of People to Avoid Having Children, Survey Finds
A new survey finds growing concerns over climate change are impacting a number of key considerations, including the decision to avoid having children.
New research across 31 countries including the U.S., U.K., South Korea, Egypt,!-->!-->!-->…
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Is Rewilding The Conservation Strategy We Need To Restore Biodiversity?
Rewilding could be a key conservation method for protection of biodiversity and promote a healthy tool in the fight against climate change.
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Deforestation Could Create a Financial Crash As Big As 2008, Report Finds
A new report from the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions warns of economic disaster as big as the 2008 financial crash—or worse—as a result of ongoing deforestation and biodiversity loss. As a result, the world's leading food and ag!-->…
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Gotham Greens Raises $310 Million Series E to Expand Greenhouse Produce Operations
Gotham Greens, the New York-based producer of greenhouse-grown greens and products including dressings, dips, and sauces, has just raised $310 million in a Series E funding round to lead its U.S. expansion plans.
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Want to create a better world? Empower more women investors.
By: Helena Wasserman Eriksson & Sonalie Figueiras
Empowering more women to become investors will unlock billions into ESG investing and help fight the climate crisis.
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4 Online Courses for a Better Planet: From Sustainability to Plant-Based Nutrition
Our world is facing many challenges, from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic to climate change. But scientists and experts agree that our social, environmental and health issues are all interrelated, and it is now more important than ever!-->…
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Should We Name Heat Waves Like We Name Hurricanes?
By: Jeff Barardelli
If asked to recall a hurricane, odds are you'd immediately invoke memorable names like Sandy, Katrina or Harvey. You'd probably even remember something specific about the impact of the storm. But if asked to recall!-->!-->!-->…
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Can the World’s First City-Wide Ban on Meat Ads Make Locals Give It Up?
In a move aimed at reducing its carbon footprint to help fight the global climate crisis, the Dutch city Haarlem has become the first in the world to ban advertisements in public spaces for meat—a leading producer of greenhouse gas!-->…
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From Raising Chickens To Growing Mushrooms: Here’s How Livestock Farmers Can Make The Sustainable Leap
Scientists and climate activists have called for an urgent transition to a more sustainable food system. The future food system envisioned is one without animal agriculture, the industry that drives as much as 18% of global greenhouse gas!-->…
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Fossil Fuel Ad Ban In France Has Loopholes, Says Greenpeace
In a move that was heralded as a sign of the times amid dangerous heat waves and flooding across the globe as a result of climate change, France became the first European country to ban fossil fuel ads. But the environmental group!-->…
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Climate Activists Sue U.K. for Not Effectively Tackling Its Meat and Dairy Problem
Is England perpetuating the climate crisis by not having a plan to reduce meat and dairy consumption? A group of activists thinks so.
Members of the marketing campaign group Feedback filed a claim for judicial review at the High Court.!-->!-->!-->…
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How the Demand for Cheap Soy Is Destroying the Amazon
What's certain is that the growth in both the soy and beef industries have come at the expense of the Amazon rainforest.
As of 2019, Brazil is the world’s largest soy producer, with at least 24 million hectares of land devoted to!-->!-->!-->…
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Mass Extinction Threat Worse Than Previously Thought, New Research Finds
New research says our understanding of endangered species is limited, and some species may face greater extinction risks than previously thought.
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A Meat Tax Is Likely To Happen. Here’s How It Should Work.
By: Cameron Hepburn, University of Oxford, Franziska Funke, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
New research shows a properly implemented meat tax would not have to penalize low-income households or farmers.
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The War On Plastic: Are We Missing The Bigger Picture? Stigmatisation Vs. Deinstitutionalisation
By: Céline Louche, Delphine Gibassier & Jennifer Goodman
“Plastic-free aisle”, “No plastic straws”, “Plastic-free Tuesday”. Social media abounds with anti-plastic messages and chilling statistics about the quantity of plastic in our!-->!-->!-->…
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A New Approach to Soil Health: 2 Crops Stand Out for Rewilding
Rewilding polluted land can help to heal soil, promote biodiversity, and sequester carbon. Two plants stand out, according to new research.
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