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Organic, non-organic meats have similar greenhouse gas impacts
Dec 30, 2020 (UPI)
To reduce greenhouse gas emissions and slow global warming, researchers and policy makers need to better understand greenhouse gas impacts of different industri...
Scientists suggested a way to measure soil properties at any depth without digging
Dec 23, 2020 (SPX)
With this methodology, scientists can identify the chemical composition of the soil and classify it for potential use in construction, agriculture, or mining wi...
Austrians press EU to talk turkey, raise farm standards
Dec 22, 2020 (AFP)
"On our farm the birds have lots of space," Katharina explains on the organic farm the pair run together in Weibern, northern Austria. They stress how delicate ...
Climate change ravages Kashmir's 'red gold' saffron crop
Dec 22, 2020 (AFP)
Dry conditions blamed on climate change have seen yields of the world's most expensive spice halved in the past two decades, threatening the future of a cash cr...
Lab-grown meat makes historic debut in Singapore
Dec 19, 2020 (AFP)
US start-up Eat Just said earlier this month that its product had been approved for sale in the city-state as an ingredient in chicken nuggets after Singapore b...
NASA, USDA sign agreement to improve agricultural, Earth science research
Dec 17, 2020 (SPX)
The agreement brings together NASA's experience with technology development and space-borne Earth science measurements and USDA's scientific experience and know...
Lab-grown meat to make historic debut at Singapore restaurant
Dec 16, 2020 (AFP)
US start-up Eat Just said earlier this month that its product had been approved for sale in the city-state as an ingredient in chicken nuggets after Singapore b...
Urine diversion shows multiple environmental benefits when used at city scale
Dec 16, 2020 (SPX)
The study, published online Dec. 15 in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, modeled large-scale, centralized urine-diversion and fertilizer-process...
Australia takes China to WTO as trade war deepens
Dec 16, 2020 (AFP)
Trade Minister Simon Birmingham denounced Beijing's 80 percent surcharge on Australian barley shipments as "not underpinned by facts and evidence", and suggeste...
China's Yangtze fishing communities adapt to life on land
Dec 15, 2020 (AFP)
As a boy, Yang remembers seeing his father and grandfather head out in the early morning dark to earn a living fishing the upper Yangtze in China's southwest. "...
High-tech fixes for the food system could have unintended consequences
Dec 14, 2020 (SPX)
This is just one example of how innovations to fix our food systems could backfire. In a new analysis in The Lancet Planetary Health, a team of scientists build...
Nobel-winning UN food agency warns of 'hunger pandemic' worse than Covid
Dec 10, 2020 (AFP)
"Because of so many wars, climate change, the widespread use of hunger as a political and military weapon, and a global health pandemic that makes all of that e...
SeeTree raises $30M in Series B funding round to scale globally and expand into new crops
Dec 09, 2020 (SPX)
Other investors include Citrosuco, one of the world's largest orange juice producers with sales to more than 100 countries; Orbia Ventures, corporate VC of Orbi...
Drones and AI detect soybean maturity with high accuracy
Dec 09, 2020 (SPX)
In a new study from the University of Illinois, researchers predict soybean maturity date within two days using drone images and artificial intelligence, greatl...
Giant vertical farm opens in Denmark
Dec 07, 2020 (AFP)
Fourteen layers of racks soar from floor to ceiling in this massive, 7,000-square-metre (75,350-square-foot) hangar used by Danish start-up Nordic Harvest. The ...
W.Africa facing worst food insecurity in decades: experts
Dec 03, 2020 (AFP)
The Paris-based independent body, which seeks to promote regional policies to improve economic and social well-being, said West Africa was "experiencing a food ...
Lab-grown meat to go on sale in Singapore in world first
Dec 02, 2020 (AFP)
US start-up Eat Just said Wednesday that its meat had been approved for sale in the city-state as an ingredient in chicken nuggets. The news marks a "breakthrou...
Allies raise a glass to Australia amid China wine dispute
Dec 02, 2020 (AFP)
China on Friday announced it would impose anti-dumping tariffs on Australian wine, the latest salvo in a barrage of trade sanctions that critics say are politic...
African cocoa producers unleash PR offensive on chocolate giants
Dec 02, 2020 (AFP)
In an unprecedented move, the cocao boards of the two West African countries have publicly accused US chocolate giants Mars and Hershey of sidestepping a deal d...
Pesticide ban hammers French sugar beet harvest
Dec 01, 2020 (AFP)
Parliament has approved letting beet farmers again use neonicotinoid pesticides in a bid to save the industry and its 45,000 jobs -- France is the world's secon...
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