Packaging is essential for preserving and distributing many kinds of foods, but it often incorporates plastic—scraps of which already litter too much of the planet, posing a threat to wildlife and contaminating drinking water and soil. Now researchers say they have developed a nontoxic, biodegradable and antimicrobial food coating thatContinue Reading
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – Biologists with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency rescued a black bear cub by freeing its head from a plastic food container. However, the steps to freedom were long. The bear was originally spotted on June 13 at the Covered Bridge Resort in Wears Valley. TWRA partneredContinue Reading
Livelihood strategies of the community From focus group discussion and field observation, it was learned that, in the study area, crop-livestock mixed farming is the main means of living. However, crop production takes the highest land share, and this is associated with the limited household livelihood assets. Notably, the limitedContinue Reading
According to the new report, consumers are already looking into ways to reduce their food waste. There has been an 80% year-on-year growth in social media searches for methods to increase the life of food items. Cost savings (56%), concerns around world hunger (52%) and climate change (51%) are theContinue Reading
Fears of a global food crisis are mounting, as climate change impacts and supply chain blockages caused by the war in Ukraine are felt around the world. These female entrepreneurs are not only helping farmers feed Latin America, but also providing the organic farmers with a better livelihood. From fintechContinue Reading
The world relies on American farmers to do much more than set its tables. In addition to producing food for people and animals, American farmers produce feedstocks for biofuel production. In the process of doing this, the agricultural industry contributes about 10% of U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Because theContinue Reading
Rain clouds cover the peaks of the west Maui mountains, one of the wettest places on the planet, which for centuries sustained biodiverse forests providing abundant food and medicines for Hawaiians who took only what they needed. Those days of abundance and food sovereignty are long gone. Rows of limpContinue Reading
Single-use plastic is a huge environmental problem, but it can help limit food waste – another big problem. Tackling both will take ingenuity. In 1970, Coca-Cola investigated the environmental impact of making reusable glass bottles and found that single-use plastic bottles could be better in many contexts. It switchedContinue Reading
This Story’s Impact 4 million readers per year 200K social reach Last June, Aaron Flansburg felt the temperature spike and knew what that meant for his canola crop. A fifth-generation grower in Washington State, Flansburg times his canola planting to bloom in the cool weeks of early summer. But lastContinue Reading
SAN MATEO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Franklin Templeton Institute released its latest insights paper, “Food innovation: Investing to feed our future,” focusing on the innovation and investments needed to feed a growing global population in the face of climate change and geopolitical conflict. The paper features perspectives from a variety of FranklinContinue Reading
