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Global nitrogen footprint mapped for first time
2016-01-25 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] The first-ever global nitrogen footprint, encompassing 188 countries, has found the United States, China, India and Brazil are responsible for 46 percent of the world's nitrogen emissions. The international collaboration, led by the University of Sydney's Integrated Sustainability Analysis team in the Faculty of Science, found developing countries tend to embody large amounts of nitrogen emissions from their exports of food, textiles and clothing. Australia i…
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Inventure Foods expands frozen foods manufacturing footprint with new packaging facility
2016-01-19 18:23:46| Food - Topix.net
Inventure Foods, Inc., Phoenix, Ariz., announced plans to add a second manufacturing site to its existing company-owned individually-quick frozen berry processing and packaging facility in Lynden, Wash. Operations at the new site, located in Bellingham, Wash., are expected to begin in April.
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UK tree-planting push could offset farming footprint study
2016-01-12 13:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: British scientists have worked out how to turn agricultural land which currently produces 10% of the nations greenhouse gas emissions into a carbon sink that soaks up carbon dioxide. The answer is simple: take more land out of food production, restore natural habitats, and allow forests to grow again. If, in the next 35 years, the UK increased forest cover from 12% to 30%, and surrendered 700,000 hectares to revert to peat bog, that would be enough to meet government ambitions to reduce...
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UK carbon footprint from imported food revealed for first time
2016-01-06 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: Not much is growing in the UK - except its carbon footprint. The global impact of feeding the country has been estimated for the first time, revealing that 64 per cent of associated greenhouse gases are emitted abroad. The UK now imports more than half its food and feed. Between 1986 and 2009, the amount of land used to grow the country`s food increased by 23 per cent, with 70 per cent of it located overseas. Soya beans used for animal feed, cocoa and wheat take up the most foreign land, and...
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Sealed Air Purchases Dry Lube To Expand Technology And Sustainability Footprint
2015-12-21 03:27:38| dairynetwork News Articles
Sealed Air Corporation announced it has acquired Dry Lube Ltd. (DL) and its subsidiary Dry Lube Inc., a specialized, water-free conveyor lubrication technology and service provider for the food and beverage industry
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