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Reducing Food System Emissions, One Bite At A Time

Energy Innovation

Additional emissions result from tilling soils and applying fertilizers for agricultural production. Sequestration approaches such as agroforestry and low- or no-till agriculture also have significant co-benefits such as soil and water conservation. Environmental impacts of plastic packaging of food products. Srivastava, M.S.K.,

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A plant-based recovery? The Vegetarian Butcher's Hugo Verkuil on shifting diets during a pandemic

Business Green

Unilever recently set out its plan to significantly expand its plant-based range, with a view to securing €1bn in annual sales from alternative meat and dairy products within the next seven years. This year there has been quite a big shift," Verkuil says. "On

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Why technology could make animals obsolete

AFN Sustainable Protein

Environmental : Plant-based products are also going to have trouble escaping problems and criticism faced by conventional agriculture, which include monocropping, chemical and fertilizer use, and top-soil depletion. 6] Zlati Meyer, Missouri becomes first state to regulate use of the word ‘meat’ , USA Today, 2018 ( URL ).