EDF + Business

OCTOBER 3, 2023

This year more than ever, food and agriculture sector issues were front of mind in the conversation, given companies even more opportunities and resources to take action. I came away with three main takeaways for companies in the food and agriculture sector: It’s time to act 2030 is fast approaching and a changing climate is already here.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 29, 2021

The World Biogas Summit 2021 will focus on how, in the build up to COP26, anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas can help reduce global methane and other greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions. Ahead of his address, CCAC’s Drew Shindell said: “Methane mitigation is one of the most significant climate actions the world can take this decade.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 23, 2020

In the agriculture and food industry, sustainable business practices are intended to protect the environment, reduce waste production, increase productivity, and reduce operating costs. Sustainable Business Practices for the Food and Agriculture Sector. What are Sustainable Business Practices?

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Agriculture, which is responsible for over one third of the world’s emissions, will be under the spotlight at the upcoming COP28 global climate summit in Dubai. The agriculture industry has a lot to be worried about. No-till and organic farming fall under the banner of regenerative agriculture, as well as the use of cover crops.

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Business Green

AUGUST 20, 2020

Phase out of synthetic fertilisers and wider dietary shift away from intensively farmed meat urgently required to curb climate damaging gas, the Soil Association warns. The Soil Association said an overhaul was therefore urgently needed in the way nitrogen is used in agriculture in order to avoid further environmental and climate damage.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 6, 2023

The UK government has awarded up to £30 million to “cutting-edge farming projects” that will boost food production, move towards net zero, and create a more resilient and sustainable agricultural sector. million available to fund innovative projects helping to deliver a more productive, resilient and sustainable agricultural sector.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

Every year, we generate over 105bn tonnes of organic wastes (sewage, food waste, garden waste, food and drink-processing waste, farm and agricultural wastes), which release harmful methane and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere as they decompose. deprived of oxygen) in a container called digester.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The Japanese knotweed removal industry generates thousands of tonnes of plant waste every year which is consigned to landfill sites where it either regrows or decays, giving off harmful gases such as methane. The charcoal is made into biochar simply by adding a liquid fertiliser, improving soil structure, health and fertility.

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Business Green

JULY 8, 2022

US-based Regrow reveals how it is working with global food giants to help push regenerative agricultural practices into the mainstream. Now it's time for regenerative agriculture to take over and become the default way farmers grow their crops. That's where Regrow Agriculture comes in. The pilots have been done.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 3, 2021

Would this reduce the agricultural sector’s greenhouse gas emissions? Another greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide (N2O), is released when synthetic nitrogen fertilizers are applied to soils. N2O and methane are also produced from the decomposition of animal manures under low oxygen conditions.

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EDF + Business

AUGUST 3, 2021

A new report highlights differences in the approaches used to produce agricultural soil carbon credits and how this can cause uncertainty for companies looking to purchase or generate them. The findings put into focus the need to standardize protocols for quantifying how much soil carbon is sequestered.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The study, which was published in the journal Nature Communications, shows that 135 gigatons — or 135 billion metric tons — of carbon would need to be returned to soils to balance out the amount of methane emitted annually by ruminants like cattle, sheep, bison, and goats. The livestock sector and its allies have run with this framing.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Leaders have released a four-point “food and agriculture” agenda that calls for governments and industry to work together to find new solutions to climate change–driven food insecurity. One says it will “push” the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to host “positive livestock content” at COP28.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Farmer Martin Lines, chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network, puts forward the case for a robust payment framework to incentivise carbon sequestration in UK agriculture. More so than any other sector of the UK economy, agriculture will look substantially different after Brexit.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Trial in Buckinghamshire confirmed new technology that converts dairy herd waste into fertiliser can slash ammonia and methane emissions. N2 Applied has developed a technology, called N2 Unit, that it claims can reduce both ammonia and methane emissions and enrich livestock manure. million tonnes a year by 2035.

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Business Green

MARCH 20, 2023

The UK start-up manufactures biochar from woody biomass waste and compost for use as an agricultural soil enhancer, and hopes to sell the CO2 sequestered from the process in the form of credible and "ethical" offsets. It is a catalyst for helping to restore natural balances," explains Casely.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 27, 2020

Food scraps and other organic materials decaying in landfills release methane and carbon dioxide contributing to climate change. Diverting food scraps and other organic materials from landfills, methane, and carbon dioxide can be captured and used efficiently. An anaerobic biodigester is ideal for the agricultural sector.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 7, 2022

US-based agtech startup Fyto has raised $15 million in Series A funding for its specialized aquatic “superplants” that can be used for animal feed, food and soil health ingredients. Why it matters: It’s no secret that animal agriculture is a major contributor to climate change. Making use of waste streams.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 3, 2023

Indigenous peoples, smallholder farmers and academics have claimed that a UN summit focused on the future of agriculture helped to entrench corporate control over the global food system. Agriculture generates 34 percent of the world’s anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, according to the UN’s own Food and Agriculture Organization.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2021

Findings of detailed case study into how Nordic country can slash its emissions carries lessons for advanced agricultural economies, according to WRI. Whether you have a stake in Denmark's farming sector or not, the findings of the technical report, entitled A Pathway to Carbon Neutral Agriculture in Denmark , are significant.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2021

in backing for its plan to fund farmers' use of methane-reducing cattle feed through CO2 offsets. Companies and individuals may soon be able to pay cows to burp less in return for carbon offset credits, under plans being developed by Swiss-British agritech firm Mootral to fund the use of methane-cutting cattle feed on farms.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

According to the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), carbon offset programs can be grouped into the following broad categories: Renewable energy, energy efficiency, methane abatement, reforestation and conservation, fuel switching, and community projects. Carbon offset program #3: Methane abatement.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Biomass energy harnesses organic matter, including wood, agricultural crops, and waste by-products, as fuel. This process yields biogas, predominantly composed of methane and carbon dioxide, which can be used as a fuel for heating, electricity generation, or as a natural gas alternative.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

According to environmental experts and campaigners, the meat industry downplays the climate impact of animal agriculture and exaggerates the potential of different innovations to reduce it, depicting meat as indispensable to feeding the world’s population while denying the need to cut consumption globally to reach climate targets.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2021

The group added that the targets could be met through the development of a "climate smart" supply chain, including the adoption of science-based land management practices to maintain healthier soils, enable additional carbon sequestration, promote efficient water use, and increase biodiversity.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

According to estimates from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, if food waste were a nation, it would rank third in terms of greenhouse gas emissions after the US and China. Agriculture is responsible for one-third of all global greenhouse gas emissions, and each year, we throw away roughly 1.8

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2022

The Northern Ireland Assembly has passed climate change legislation committing the region to reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050, after draft legislation tabled by Agriculture and Environment Minister Edwin Poots was approved by the nation's lawmakers on Tuesday.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

But the result, critics say, has been a proliferation of intensive farming practices that damage soils, nature, and the climate by ironing out as much unpredictability as possible from the natural world through pesticides, hulking machinery, and crop homogeneity. Defining 'regenerative' agriculture. The outlook is certainly worrying.

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Grist

OCTOBER 9, 2019

As they walled off rivers and created dry islands from what was previously soggy marsh, they discovered incredibly rich soil. No one foresaw that this very bounty — soil rich with organic material — would, over time, become a curse of sorts. That organic material contains copious amounts of carbon. And the land began to sink.

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EDF + Business

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Mitigation efforts could include stopping deforestation , decarbonizing operations , and slashing methane emissions. For instance, companies can support farmers to transition to more climate-smart agriculture practices that are known to improve soil health, making soils more spongy and able to hold and retain water in floods or droughts.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In February 2021, German agribusiness giant BASF hosted a virtual wine tasting, a seemingly cozy affair swirling glasses of Portugal’s finest in front of a webcam debating the future of EU agricultural policies. Invited to the event was a small group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). Europe’s Green Deal.

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GreenTech Gazette

MARCH 1, 2023

This technology is particularly useful for food and agricultural waste. This technology is particularly useful for food and agricultural waste. The resulting biogas can be used as a source of renewable energy, while the compost can be used as a soil amendment.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

JUNE 15, 2022

E8, an impact investor community specializing in climate tech and cleantech, invites applications from early-stage companies to its 2022 Decarbon8-US funding round focused on technological solutions that advance regenerative agriculture and reduce its environmental impacts. Ag and ecosystem biotechnology (e.g. Evaluation Criteria.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

and United Arab Emirates governments, the AIM for Climate (Aim4C) coalition pledged to accelerate innovation in agriculture and food systems to support climate action. Africa has workable alternatives right here at home, for resilient agriculture that works with nature.”. Aim4C’s participants skew heavily towards the Global North.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Richard and Cindy Traylor are part of a growing number of ranchers who have made the surprising switch to plant-based agriculture. Right now, we do not have our cattle on our property, so in order to have an agriculture exemption, we need to find our “niche” for the future. Plant-based agriculture will be more work-intensive.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 25, 2019

Such is the problem with compiling and crunching up to date, accurate global agricultural data. Produced over the last decade or so in partnership with the World Bank , the UN Environment , UN Development Programme , and the French agricultural research agencies CIRAD and INRA , it is now a door-stopper of a volume at 564 pages.

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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2022

The report from the Ruby Country Net Zero Beef Farming Forum is the result of work involving leading beef farmers, experts from agricultural research institute Rothamsted Research, and the University of Exeter. However, they told us a one-size fits all approach to net zero wouldn't work and they need further support to help with this.".

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