Vicious circle of cheap but damaging food is biggest destroyer of nature, says UN-backed report The global food system is the biggest driver of destruction of the natural world, and a shift to predominantly plant-based diets is crucial in halting the damage, according to a report. Agriculture is the main threat to 86% of the... Continue Reading →
In the outskirts of Newark, New Jersey, tucked between a packaging manufacturer and an aquatics center lies a farm. Except, if you're driving down the nearby highway you probably wouldn't be able to tell that this particular farm is churning out thousands of pounds of greens each year. In fact, all you'll see is a... Continue Reading →
Does Vertical Farming Actually Work?
TORONTO -- Canada's first modern-day milkman service that delivers brand-name groceries and household goods to doorsteps in reusable packaging is set to launch in the Toronto region on Monday. Loop, an online shopping platform started by U.S.-based recycling company TerraCycle, has teamed up with grocery giant Loblaw Companies Ltd. and leading consumer goods companies like... Continue Reading →
‘Milkman model’ grocery service delivers brand-name goods in reusable containers
For a growing number of Bay Area families, a chunk of their food is coming from backyards and rooftops. The coronavirus pandemic has resurrected a new interest in urban farms because they address the issues of food sustainability and climate change. Bluma Farm is a rooftop farm in Berkeley. The views are stunning, but what’s... Continue Reading →
Urban Farming: How Rooftop Gardens Are Feeding Families and Helping the Planet
(Not outlined in this article as I understood it in another article which appears to have been removed, but the idea is the food is in refrigerators being grown in the store, you go in and pick it right there. A pretty cool idea, but this idea below is also nice.) Featuring Marco Kesseler’s evocative Polytunnel... Continue Reading →
Selfridges brings nature to Oxford Street during lockdown
The way food is grown around the world threatens 24,000 of the 28,000 species that are at risk of extinction, according to a report published Wednesday that calls on world leaders to urgently reform the global food system. Plants and animals are dying out at a rate that is at least tens — if not... Continue Reading →
How We Grow Food Could Determine Whether 28,000 Species Can Survive
(this is a download article...) In this business case, analysis conducted by The Markets Institute @ WWF—based on assumptions and data shared by stakeholders in the dairy industry—demonstrates that achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions for large farms is possible with the right practices, incentives, and policies within five years. If businesses also step up to... Continue Reading →
An Environmental and Economic Path Toward Net Zero Dairy Farm Emissions
Composting organic waste is so important because it improves soil health and strengthens the soil’s resilience to shocks such as drought. Of the 21 million tonnes currently landfilled in Australia, over 10 million tonnes is organics, including food and garden waste, that could be made into compost. Generating three centimetres of top soil takes 1,000... Continue Reading →
Life depends on healthy soil
Abstract Predicting how food webs will respond to global environmental change is difficult because of the complex interplay between the abiotic forcing and biotic interactions. Mechanistic models of species interactions in seasonal environments can help understand the effects of global change in different ecosystems. Seasonally ice-covered lakes are warming faster than many other ecosystems and... Continue Reading →
Climate Change–Driven Regime Shifts in a Planktonic Food Web
As the climate crisis looms large, the cannabis and hemp industries have begun to take a look at their collective plastic footprint. The “plastic problem” for cannabis has many factors at play. The majority of legal marketplaces require extra packaging in order to meet child-proof standards. Other issues include compliance, as each individual package is... Continue Reading →
Becoming ‘Plastic Negative’: How Cannabis And Hemp Can Lead The Way In Regenerative Farming
(audio - speed-read option for this article on site...) Can't share anymore than just the link due to their copyright request. Source...
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