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Danes Look at Bacteria as Sustainable Soy Alternative for Pigs
2014-10-01 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
DENMARK - The greenhouse gas, methane, can be turned into pork instead of contributing to global warming, according to Aarhus University scientists, who are working with industry on the production of an innovative and environment-friendly protein feed for pigs to replace imported soybean meal.
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FAO Calls for “Paradigm Shift” Towards Sustainable Agriculture
2014-09-30 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - Policy makers should support a broad array of approaches to overhauling global food systems, making them healthier and more sustainable while acknowledging that "we cannot rely on an input intensive model to increase production and that the solutions of the past have shown their limits," said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva in his opening remarks to the 24th session of the Committee on Agriculture (COAG).
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British businesses make sustainable timber pledge
2014-09-28 11:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A coalition of leading British businesses, including Marks & Spencer, Boots and Penguin Random House, have pledged to use only 100% sustainable timber and wood products by 2020. Businesses from the high street and timber, construction, publishing, DIY and grocery industries, including many other household names, have signed up to the commitment to help tackle deforestation. The campaign, launched by WWF-UK, is battling to close legal loopholes in the European Union Timber Regulation that mean...
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Bayer, Bluesign Push Sustainable Textile Industry
2014-09-26 14:25:40| textileweb News Articles
Bayer MaterialScience and bluesign technologies have joined forces to advance a sustainable textile industry globally
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Role of agriculture in sustainable development to be debated
2014-09-24 17:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A conference set to take place on Thursday in New York will debate the role of agriculture and food systems in sustainable development and aims to draw attention to the issues. The GGIAR Development Dialogues 2014 is an invitation-only one day event but will be streamed online. It intends to focus global attention on the role of agriculture, livestock, forestry, fisheries, landscapes, and food systems in sustainable development. The event will link research in agriculture to the emerging UN Sustainable...
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