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Image: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 20180124-OSEC-PJK-1015_TONED_1, Flickr, Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
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The feed behind our food
The Protein Challenge 2040's new report, 'The feed behind our food', sets out why retailers and food service businesses should act on sustainability in animal feed.
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Image: Phillip Capper, Terminal 5, Heathrow, 23 April 2011, Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
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Eco-modernisation, epistemic lock-in, and the barriers to greening aviation and ruminant farming
In this paper, the researchers examine the British civil aviation and ruminant farming sectors to understand the barriers to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through technological innovation.
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Photo: Jon Oropeza, Flickr, Creative Commons License 2.0
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Throwing a more sustainable shrimp on the barbie
This blog by researchers Cedric Simon and Ha Truong from CSIRO Agriculture & Food discusses a method they have developed to reduce the amount of wild fish needed for prawn feed.
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New interactive maps of global cropland now available online
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released a worldwide map that details croplands in high resolution in an ongoing effort to monitor croplands and water use.
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Overview on development in 2017 towards a sustainable protein system
This piece by the international NGO Futures Centre highlights the emergence of some innovative solutions that could help the transition to a sustainable protein consumption and production system.
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Photo: Linda N., New crops, Flickr, CC by 2.0
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Considerations for reducing food system energy demand while scaling up urban agriculture
Targetting the food-energy-water nexus, this review by FCRN members Eugene Mohareb and Martin Heller and colleagues summarises the energy implications of various types of urban agriculture. The goal of their research is to identify resource efficiency opportunities while increasing urban food production.
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Photo: -JvL-, Westland greenhouse, Flickr, CC 2.0
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Photo and video report in National Geographic on high-tech farming and innovation in the Netherlands
This journalistic photo and video reportage on the National Geographic website shows some of the most high-tech farming methods in the world, based in the Netherlands.
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New research by IATP and GRAIN estimates the corporate emissions from the livestock sector
The top five mega-corporations responsible for factory-farmed meat and dairy are responsible for emitting more combined greenhouse gases (GHGs) than Exxon, or Shell, or BP. That is according to findings released in a joint study undertaken by IATP and GRAIN.
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Growth in US market for organic food
This research from USDA’s Economic Research Service looks at trends in consumer demand for organic food since the 1990s and developments in organic production.
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