More than 120 natural products companies joined a call for a climate-inclusive path forward from COVID-19, according to a press release. Ceres’ Lawmaker Education and Advocacy Day (LEAD on Climate 2020) included more than 330 businesses in total—more than four times the number that participated in last year’s event—coming from...
Hoosick, NY—Hälsa has announced the opening of its new domestic dairy-to-oat conversion farm, located in Hoosick, New York. First announced in February this year, the company’s initiative to bring an environmentally friendly option to farmers has come to fruition. “Our program allows U.S. dairy farmers to create a domestic supply...
Lockdown due to COVID-19 has dropped greenhouse gas emissions off a cliff, giving many cause to hope for a silver lining to the pandemic. However, experts note that emissions aren’t dropping as far as they need to, and that other pollutants are popping up. The good news: Two new studies...
Intensive farming practices, including overuse of antibiotics, high animal numbers, and low genetic diversity, increase the risk of animal pathogens transferring to humans. That warning comes from an international team of researchers led by the Universities of Bath and Sheffield in the UK, working with support from the United States...
Naperville, IL—KeHE Distributors has partnered with Clean Energy Fuels Corp. to add low-carbon emission trucks fueled with renewable natural gas (RNG) to their California fleet in 2020, a press release says. By swapping five diesel trucks with natural gas trucks, KeHE expects an annual carbon reduction of 674 metric tons—the...
Sausalito, CA—ReGenFriends is announcing their first ever #BillionPersonMovement Global Challenge event. The event will take place on February 27 from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Golden Gate Club in San Francisco. The #BillionPersonMovement Global Challenge is a global initiative created by ReGenFriends for organizations to share their net-positive...
Mount Pleasant, SC—White Leaf Provisions is now certified Glyphosate Residue Free, making it the first shelf-stable glyphosate-free baby food line in the United States, according to a press release. Glyphosate is the world’s most-used weed killer, and, according to the World Health Organization, a probable human carcinogen. The Detox Project...
Washington, D.C.—The Organic Trade Association (OTA) has received nearly $3 million from USDA, according to a press release. On Thursday, USDA announced the award of $812,786, from the agency’s Market Access Program. This is in addition to the $1,127,085 OTA received from USDA’s Agricultural Trade Promotion program earlier in the...
Story City, IO—Senator Bernie Sanders spoke to an audience of over 75 organic farmers on Thursday about the issues facing family farmers in the Midwest and beyond, according to a press release from the Organic Farmers Association. Senator Sanders’ stated agricultural policy platform includes strengthening enforcement of the organic standards,...
Minneapolis, MN—Healthier diets have the potential to significantly reduce the environmental impact of agriculture and food production, according to research from the University of Minnesota and Oxford University, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The researchers outlined the significance of the study, writing, "Dietary...
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