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Resource efficiency and vertical farming: Solutions for a sustainable future?

Business Green

Food production is often pointed to as a major contributor to climate change. While two vertical farms have achieved substantial scale in the US, vertical farm products have not yet gained significant shelf space in the UK and Europe. A kilogram of insect protein uses 60 times less energy for an equivalent kilo of beef protein.

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Price and provenance: Does the UK have an appetite for eco-labels on food?

Business Green

A similar proportion also said they believed all food products sold in the UK should be sustainable and not cause any nature loss, while two-thirds said eating sustainable food was key to tackling climate change and reversing the destruction of nature. It has been getting easier.