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'Outsize opportunity': How investors could help slash global food sector emissions and unlock a $1.5tr economic boost

Business Green

Moreover, investors should urgently allocate capital away from industrial meat production towards alternative protein producers, which it said would help to slash methane emissions from agriculture in line with global targets, while also helping develop the market for meat alternatives.

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Can animal-based agriculture ever be truly sustainable?

Business Green

Over 50 pages, the EDF's Guidebook for Resilient Animal Agriculture breaks down this intimidatingly complicated issue into dozens of practical actions. It outlines effective management plans for manure and for poultry litter, both of which can be significant sources of greenhouse gas emissions and pollution, such as methane and nitrous oxide.