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Water Project to Improve Sustainability of U.S. Beef Supply

A three-year water project to improve the sustainability of the U.S. beef supply chain has been launched by The Nature Conservancy, in collaboration with Nestlé Purina and global agribusiness company, […]

Women of Sustainable Farming Practices

No two apples—even from the same farm—look exactly alike and no two farms operate exactly the same way. Differing sustainable farming practices are just a small part of the rich […]

UN Food Agencies Deepen Ties to Achieve Sustainable Development: Zero Hunger

Three United Nations agencies tasked with ending hunger and boosting rural development have committed to strengthening their collaboration to help countries achieve Sustainable Development Goal number 2 – Zero Hunger. The […]

Consumer Survey Reveals Sustainability Matters!

By: USA Rice News ARLINGTON, VA — According to the recently released Annual Food and Health Survey by the International Food Information Council Foundation (IFIC), the importance of sustainability in […]

Environmental Sustainability: The Joy of Almonds is Bees

The relationship between almonds and bees is a story of symbiosis in environmental sustainability. Most people think about bees when they drop a spoonful of honey into their tea, but […]

Mitigating Climate Risk in Agriculture

Cultivating Climate Resilience on Farms and Ranches outlines the best strategies for addressing climate risk in agriculture. Written by Laura Lengnick, this paper was adapted from her book Resilient Agriculture: Cultivating […]

EU needs to balance food production and sustainability to protect the environment

EU needs to balance food production and sustainability to protect the environment. The European Union (EU) needs to achieve a better balance between food production and other sustainability goals in […]

Origin Green – Ireland’s National Food and Drink Sustainability Programme

By Anna Ryan, Bord Bia Origin Green is Ireland’s national food and drink sustainability programme. It is the first and only sustainability programme that is run on a national […]

Sustainable farmer helps pioneer first rice carbon credit sales

Promoting sustainable farming practices through use of precision land forming, flood control structures, on-farm water storage, and deployment of irrigation technology and new irrigation techniques is a family affair for […]

WTO Ministerial Statement on Sustainable Trade in Food and Farm Products

Ministers from 19 countries called for farmers’ to have access to tools and technologies to be able to produce more food in a safe and sustainable way. The Ministers were […]

Cooperation Along the Supply Chain Still an Issue

By Maite Cabellero, Senior Adviser at New Ways Consulting Cooperation along the entire supply chain is still an issue that needs to be addressed to achieve sustainability. This was the […]

Summit Applauds Farmers’ Conservation Efforts

By Lorena Alfaro, U.S. Sustainability Alliance “It’s a gift to work with nature” said Kansas farmer, Justin Knopf, at the annual Sustainable Agriculture Summit. “Responsibility for our natural resources is […]