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Meat giant Tyson Foods launches 'sustainable protein' coalition

Business Green

Announcing the move at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Tyson Foods said the coalition would "unite stakeholders across the food and agriculture sector to identify and implement new and creative solutions to sustainably feed the world's growing population".

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Which diet will help save our planet: climatarian, flexitarian, vegetarian or vegan?

Business Green

Agriculture takes up half the habitable land on Earth, destroys forests and other ecosystems and produces a quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. The best known are the completely plant-based vegan diet, the vegetarian diet, which also allows eggs and dairy, and the pescetarian diet, which also allows seafood.

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Kelp boom hinges on supply chain and carbon market investments

Business Green

"I also think we'll see a ton of growth in the plant-based seafood market," she said, alluding to the plant-based crab cakes Akua is planning to launch this summer. In agriculture, kelp can be used as a feed additive for cows, reducing methane emissions, or used as a fertilizer. So kelp might remain a small addition to diets.

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Report: Lab-grown meat investment tops $350m worldwide in 2020

Business Green

The report also highlights seafood as the next frontier for alternative proteins, amid growing concern over severely over-fished oceans and dwindling marine biodiversity. The report also highlights seafood as the next frontier for alternative proteins, amid growing concern over severely over-fished oceans and dwindling marine biodiversity.

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Op-ed: We Need to Reclaim the Muddy Waters of the Louisiana Gulf Coast From the Climate Crisis 

DeSmogBlog

Drainage programs enabled urban development in New Orleans, expanded plantation agriculture, and allowed for shipment of commodities to the marketplace. Louisiana hosts a seafood industry dependent on a healthy estuary and an oil and gas industry threatening that ecosystem. were quick to criticize him.

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Online Event - VERGE Energy Conference

Green Market Oracle

This revolution will impact almost every part of the food system, from agriculture and ingredients to supply chains and workforces. Meet the Innovators Creating a Sustainable Food Sector: Startups working in food and agriculture raised almost $20 billion in funding in 2019.

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

Ardern is being watched closely : Her administration has been criticized for being lenient on reducing biogenic methane from agricultural production — notably dairy cattle and sheep — which accounts for almost half of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions and roughly 6.6 percent of its GDP. Her idea is to phase in reductions.