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Leather Industry Calls for Suspension of Unfair Sustainability Score for Leather

By Keith KeeneyNews PostsNo Comments

The global leather industry is calling for the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) to suspend the score it applies to leather in the latest update of its Higg Materials Sustainability Index…

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October 8, 2020

USSA Cooperators Among Field to Market Members Making Public Climate Commitments

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A new report from Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture highlights the public climate commitments made by 89 of its member organizations and sets out a shared vision…

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October 2, 2020

National Institute of Food and Agriculture Invests Over $7M in Predictive Technology Research

By Keith KeeneyNews PostsNo Comments

USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded 12 grants totaling over $7 million to initiate research into predictive technology innovations needed to keep U.S. agriculture on the…

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October 1, 2020

U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol Launches Nationwide Grower Recruitment Drive

By Keith KeeneyNews PostsNo Comments

American cotton growers can now join the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol, a new standard for verifying the sustainability progress of U.S. cotton. As consumers continue to demand eco-friendly products, enrolling…

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September 24, 2020

Cargill to Advance Regenerative Agriculture Practices Across Four Million Hectacres by 2030

By Keith KeeneyNews PostsNo Comments

Privately-owned global food company Cargill is supporting farmer-led efforts to adopt regenerative agriculture practices across 10 million acres (four million hectares) of North American farmland in the next ten years….

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September 18, 2020

USFRA and WBCSD Highlight Agriculture’s Role in Meeting UN Sustainable Development Goals

By Keith KeeneyNews PostsNo Comments

U.S. Farmers & Ranchers in Action (USFRA), which represents farmer and rancher-led organizations, has published a new SDG roadmap report which has been endorsed by the World Business Council for…

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September 17, 2020

Technology is Key to Feeding a Growing World, says U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

By Keith KeeneyNews PostsNo Comments

Innovation and technology have enabled the United States to increase its production of food and fiber by 400% in the past 90 years while using 10% less land, says U.S….

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September 15, 2020

Smithfield Foods to Become Carbon Negative by 2030

By Keith KeeneyNews PostsNo Comments

In a protein industry first, meat processor Smithfield Foods has committed to becoming carbon negative in all company-owned operations in the United States by 2030. The pledge requires Smithfield to…

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September 3, 2020

California Dairy Sector Can Achieve Climate Neutrality, Say UC Davis Researchers

By Keith KeeneyNews PostsNo Comments

Climate neutrality is within reach for the California dairy sector, according to a new white paper by experts from the University of California, Davis. Authored by UC Davis professors Dr. Frank Mitloehner…

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September 2, 2020

Reducing Food Waste Requires Food System Change, Finds New Report

By Keith KeeneyNews PostsNo Comments

Consumer food waste is a major environmental concern, driven not just by an individual’s food choices but by a system that encourages consumers to make decisions that lead to wasted…

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August 21, 2020

USA Rice Conservation Program Renewed for $7M

By Keith KeeneyNews PostsNo Comments

The Mid-South Graduated Water Stewardship Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), led by USA Rice, has been renewed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture with a $7 million award from the…

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August 19, 2020

Real Leather: Stay Different Student Design Competition Goes Annual

By Keith KeeneyNews Posts

The response to student design competition ‘Real Leather. Stay Different’ has been so high that the event will go annual from September, says organizer the Leather & Hide Council of…

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July 16, 2020

U.S. Dairy Industry Aims to Be Carbon Neutral by 2050

By Keith KeeneyNews Posts

Speaking in the run up to this year’s IFT (Institute of Food Technologists) event, U.S. Dairy Council’s Krysta Harden, interim CEO and Executive VP of Global Environmental Strategy, unveiled the…

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July 6, 2020

Climate Change Is Top Priority for European Farmers Despite Covid-19

By Keith KeeneyNews Posts

Climate change and extreme weather are a pressing concern for farmers, and remain a key focus despite the Covid-19 pandemic, according to IPSOS Mori research. In a survey of European…

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June 30, 2020

Academics Offer New Thinking to Address the Economic Impacts of Covid-19 on Agri-food

By Keith KeeneyNews Posts

A new publication from The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association highlights the economic impacts of Covid-19 on agri-food (food and agricultural markets)….

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June 29, 2020
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