NewsRack: 'Industrial Agriculture' news in 'Food-Independent' topic for user flenvcenter

U.S. agriculture needs a 21st-century New Deal	10.7.2019	Resource Efficiency \| GreenBiz.com
How can we give power back to farmers — and out carbon back into the ground?
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The rise of seatech — a new world wide web	19.6.2019	GreenBiz.com
IoT, big data, blockchain and biotech are powering a wave of sustainable seafood.
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Springing into action against Roundup -- the mounting evidence against use of glyphosate	1.6.2019	rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
Food & Health Since the inception of this column, a lot of turf has been covered regarding some very challenging agricultural and food issues related to seed, pesticides, health and sustainable agriculture. Often Monsanto and its activities have come into question. Less than three weeks ago, the National Farmers Union initiated an online petition calling on the Canadian federal government to ban Roundup and glyphosate. Monsanto, a huge transnational which has now merged with Bayer, looms large globally when it comes to farmers, weed control, genetic manipulation of seed, Roundup and cancer. In 2018, Monsanto was bought by Bayer for $63 billion. Bayer now faces close to 14,000 lawsuits against its product glyphosate, and in the past year its stock has dropped by 40 per cent. (And yes, that is the same Bayer that makes aspirins and vitamins, and now, most infamously, the pesticide known as Roundup, and its active ingredient glyphosate.) In the last few years Monsanto has been on public trial -- despite its ...
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Near Hiroshima, Japan eyes opportunities for innovations in recovery and resilience	4.4.2019	Business Operations \| GreenBiz.com
Technology is providing solutions — but nothing's a silver bullet.
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Planting trees only works if the restored forests stand for more than 10 or 20 years	20.3.2019	Resource Efficiency \| GreenBiz.com
Ecological resoration is supposed to help damaged and deforested ecosystems recover — but early-stage forests aren't the same as mature ones.
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A culture of cultured meat: Better than animal agriculture	8.3.2019	Resource Efficiency \| GreenBiz.com
Solutions to factory farming actually might be found in the laboratory.
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5 new corporate climate initiatives revealed at GreenBiz 19	4.3.2019	Resource Efficiency \| GreenBiz.com
New products from SC Johnson and Iron Mountain, and renewables progress from GM and 3M. Plus, Land O’Lakes’ latest habitat conservation deal.
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Regenerative agriculture can make farmers stewards of the land again	4.3.2019	Energy & Climate \| Greenbiz.com
The "give back what you take" approach of sustatinability isn't enough.
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The greenback cutthroat trout needs saving, again	15.2.2019	High Country News Most Recent
After a case of mistaken identity, scientists double down on their efforts to save a fabled fish.
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A new way to curb nitrogen pollution: Regulate fertilizer producers, not just farmers	25.1.2019	Energy & Climate \| Greenbiz.com
Make the industry better design out the superpollutant from fertilizers — don't blame the consumers with few other options.
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The dying pig in the aisle: How McDonald’s came to transform animal welfare	19.1.2019	Design & Innovation \| GreenBiz.com
The legal and PR battles that the fast food behemoth waged transformed the company's sustainability strategy.
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Looking to fungi, spiders and other natural insect killers for less toxic alternatives to synthetic pesticides	17.1.2019	Energy & Climate \| Greenbiz.com
New technologies based on natural chemicals are yielding more environmentally friendly ways to control pests that eat our food and harm our health.
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8 types of ag-tech startups with the right ingredients for sustainability	9.1.2019	GreenBiz.com
Here are some of the promising ventures being backed by the likes of Tyson, Campbell Soups and Danone.
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Report Report: Diversity, Disclosure, CDP and the SDGs	2.1.2019	GreenBiz.com
The latest crop of research reports on sustainable business, climate and cleantech topics.
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How to sustainably, nutritiously feed 10 billion people by 2050	14.12.2018	Small Business \| GreenBiz.com
Today we have a five-course menu to serve up food and climate solutions.
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5 ways to realize aquaculture's full potential	21.11.2018	Resource Efficiency \| GreenBiz.com
Investing in the revolution makes sense on so many levels.
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Clean Energy Deal Tracker: Novartis and J.M. Smucker join the buyers’ club	1.11.2018	Energy & Climate \| Greenbiz.com
Innovation, ingenuity and flexibility shape latest renewables transactions.
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Brace yourself for a blockbuster quarter in corporate renewables procurement	29.10.2018	GreenBiz.com
The deals disclosed in October alone will put more renewable energy on the U.S. grid than all of the contracts announced in the third quarter.
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You can't outproduce our environment	6.10.2018	GreenBiz.com
Or, how this farmer chose regenerative agriculture over conventional growing.
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Factory farms can lead to industrial-sized problems	5.9.2018	Writers on the Range
A ‘livestock-friendly’ industry has massive problems, from groundwater contamination to greenhouse gas emissions.
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