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Danone's Eric Soubeiran: 'The food system is broken'

GreenBiz

As such, the company is working with farmers worldwide to adopt a regenerative approach to farming that encourages healthier soil and ecosystems, better water stewardship and a broader diversity of cultivated seeds and crops. If we protect biodiversity, we are basically protecting the diversity of DNA," Soubeiran mused.

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'Climate action is finally coming home on African soil': COP27 closes with historic deal on climate Loss and Damage

Business Green

To quote the Three Lions England football song, after 30 years of hurt, climate action is finally coming home on African soil here in Egypt," he said. "At Mohamed Adow, director of think tank Power Shift Africa said the achievement came after three decades of appeals for help from climate impacted nations. "To

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Danone's Eric Soubeiran on regenerative farming and fixing the 'broken' food system

Business Green

As such, the company is working with farmers worldwide to adopt a regenerative approach to farming that encourages healthier soil and ecosystems, better water stewardship, and a broader diversity of cultivated seeds and crops. If we protect biodiversity, we are basically protecting the diversity of DNA," Soubeiran muses.

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First regenerative turkeys in California are from Cream Co.

AGreenLiving

It’s bad for the environment in many ways, including sucking up resources, releasing high levels of methane and stripping the soil. “[We] are invested in every aspect of [our] partners’ operations, from the art of heritage breed and feed selection, through to the logistics of humane slaughter and efficient distribution.”

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Natural debate: Do forests grow better without our help?

Grist

She found that current carbon accumulation rates vary by a factor of a hundred, depending on climate, soils, altitude, and terrain. But overall, besides being better for biodiversity, the study showed, natural regeneration can capture more carbon more quickly and more securely than plantations. A trillion is a big number.

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Sustainable Food Management Checklist: Getting Started Guide for the Office Cafeteria

Green Business Bureau

The global food system is complex, requiring inputs from a diverse set of industries, such as agriculture, transportation logistics, plus marketing, and retail. Our food supply chain uses an excessive amount of land leading to biodiversity loss. Compost will give nutrient-rich soil that’s good for the environment.

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National Food Strategy calls for major cut in UK meat consumption to fix public and planetary health

Business Green

The amount of land taken up by the animal livestock sector is disproportionate to the benefits it delivers to the UK's diets, while also posing a major threat to the UK's climate and biodiversity goals, the report concludes. The food system is a logistical miracle, full of amazing, inventive people," said Dimbleby.

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