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

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The report also urges the financial sector to implement robust policies to ensure zero deforestation risk in investment portfolios, target deforestation-linked emissions in corporate net zero strategies, and encourage investment in regenerative farming activities.

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'Farming is going to have to change': NFU President Minette Batters on net zero, changing diets, and Brexit

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While she believes delivering net zero farming by 2040 would be a "phenomenal achievement", she also sees it as a feasible goal that would hugely benefit the industry, as well as the UK as a whole, due in part to farming's potential to provide climate resilience and carbon capture services. Meat alternatives and plant-based proteins.

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Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet

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Can animal-based agriculture ever be truly sustainable?

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Over 50 pages, the EDF's Guidebook for Resilient Animal Agriculture breaks down this intimidatingly complicated issue into dozens of practical actions. But while such products are winning significant market share in the some of the world's richest cities, most of humanity continues to consume meat - and a lot of it.

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Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet

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