Top news of the week: 20.01.2022.
Food
Love meat too much for Veganuary? Try Regenuary instead
Proponents say the ‘regenerative farming’ eating challenge encourages consumption of more sustainable animal products – but is it just greenwash?
Weekend reading: Agroecology, Regenerative Ag, Indigenous Foodways
Check out this new report from the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, an alliance of foundations devoted to using “our resources and networks to get sustainable food systems on the ...
PRESS RELEASE: Government puts bees at risk
The Government, for the second year running, has allowed for a banned bee-harming pesticide to be used by sugar beet farmers in England, threatening our precious pollinators In making the ...
UK charities condemn ‘betrayal’ of allowing bee-killing pesticide in sugar beet crops
British Sugar has applied for ban exemption despite chemicals damaging bees’ ability to forage and navigate
Nine Quotes and Questions to Guide The Food System Through This Year
These are some of the most pressing questions that will help us think through a new year of action to shift global food systems.
Off-season 'cover' crops expand as U.S. growers eye low-carbon future
Illinois farmer Jack McCormick planted 350 acres of barley and radishes last fall as part of an off-season crop that he does not intend to harvest. Instead, the crops will be killed off ...
Fighting deforestation on the ground
To embrace sustainable forestry, residents of rural communities must view it as a reliable source of stable income. Government institutions could reduce economic uncertainty through ...
How the Charcoal Industry Threatens DRC's Forests
With over 155 million hectares of dense humid forests, the Congo Basin is the second largest tropical forest in the world after the Amazon. Much of this forest can be found within the ...