This report examines how climate change is impacting agriculture and threatening national and global food systems, particularly in climate hotspots, and how these trends are projected to intensify over the coming decades. The report defines and details transformative adaptation for agriculture and why such longer-term, systemic approaches are needed to protect the lives and livelihoods... Continue Reading →
Exclusive: US chains Walmart, Costco and Kroger selling Brazilian beef produced by JBS linked to destruction of Brazilian rainforest Three of the biggest US grocery chains sell Brazilian beef produced by a controversial meat company linked to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, an investigation has revealed. Food giants Walmart, Costco and Kroger – which together... Continue Reading →
Walmart selling beef from firm linked to Amazon deforestation
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 →
Plant-based diets crucial to saving global wildlife, says report
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
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
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Better brands: Is Beyond Meat Sustainable?
It’s lunchtime in Shanghai’s leafy former French Concession, and every table is crammed at David Yeung’s new café and grocery, Green Common. Office workers and shoppers huddled against the January chill are wolfing down plates of katsu curry, noodles and spicy dumplings. For Yeung, the popularity of his first outlet on the Chinese mainland is... Continue Reading →
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