Grist

JULY 24, 2019

Lycorma delicatula , named for the lantern-shaped body of the adult that appears to glow under its dull wings, is used in traditional medicine in China, its native land. In the early 20th century, Dutch elm disease, a fungus from Asia that is spread by elm bark beetles, killed 75 percent of native elms. In the U.S.,

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Houston’s Clark Condon designed the garden’s planting and soil, with installation by Landscape Art. First, the garden team analyzed how long-term golfing had impacted the soil. In 2019, gardeners worked on the drainage system and specially blended soils for the garden’s different areas.

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2021

Commercial agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation across the world, with land dedicated to growing trees and other plants cleared to grow crops or support livestock, causing soil erosion and animal and plant extinction.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Chock-full of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, seaweed has been a staple of Asian diets and traditional medicine for centuries, and its various applications in food production and scientific research date back decades. Asia dominates the market with 97.4 Between 1969 and 2019, global seaweed production increased to 35.8

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AFN Sustainable Protein

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

The key insight driving our investment thesis is that for thousands of years animals have been employed as a technology to provide valuable products and services including transportation, communications, energy, labor, clothing, medicine, and of course food. The market demands them, but it shows little allegiance to their mode of production.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Hiking , canoeing and archery will be just some of the activities offered in addition to a zipline that stretches more than four city blocks into the Oklahoma City Zoo’s Sanctuary Asia elephant enclosure, which is located just across the camp’s lake. A NASA-certified instructor will lead designated courses in astronomy.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

They grow or forage some of their own food and medicine, including ginseng and morel mushrooms, and fish and hunt for trout and deer. In southeast Asia, Veolia has worked on water treatment solutions for the cosmetics industry, and has recently developed new desalination technology. While former U.S.

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