Top news of the week: 29.07.2021.
Food
USDA Announces $16.6 Million in Funding Opportunities to Support Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers
WASHINGTON, July 26, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced approximately $16.6 million in available funding to community-based and nonprofit organizations, ...
Can food systems really get to ‘net zero?’
'Net zero by 2050' has become the rallying cry for many agrifood businesses. Here are some of the ways they can make those aspirations into reality.
Are sprawling fish farms coming to swallow Maine?
As lobsters decline, enormous industrial operations could be on the horizon. “They are gambling with our livelihood, our coastline, and our future.”
The need to reshape global food processing: a call to the United Nations Food Systems Summit
### Summary box The UN Food Systems Summit is taking place later this year at a crucial time. Food systems are manifestly failing to enhance human health, social equity or environmental ...
Red meat the ‘Welsh way’ can be part of climate solution
Beef and lamb produced in Wales using low intensity farming, natural grass, and rainwater must be placed at the heart of the Welsh government’s
Every drop counts
How aquaponics and integrated agri-aquaculture farms are making smart use of water
Four ways to reimagine a better city
Greening our empty spaces, prioritising relationships over disposable consumption, getting around by polluting less - this is what the future of our cities could look like.