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TOPIC(S): Cotton, Sustainability, Ag South America,

05/14/2024 SOURCE: www.euronews.com

Is your favourite clothing brand selling ‘tainted’ cotton from Brazil?

The world's biggest cotton certification scheme is giving the green light to clothes made from cotton farmed on mega estates ‘plundering’ the Cerrado.

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Topics: Agriculture Global, Food/Nutrition, Food Security/Shortage,

Scientists behind giant 'Doomsday' seed vault win World Food Prize

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened in 2008 and now holds 1.25 million seed samples from nearly every country in the world.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture Global, Beef Cattle, Ag Europe, Regenerative Agriculture,

05/09/2024 SOURCE: www.euronews.com

Redirect farming subsidies from meat for climate's sake, World Bank says

EU member states and other high-income countries should shift subsidies from emissions-heavy ‘wasteful’ foods like red meat towards greener fruit and veg, according to the World Bank.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture Global, Ag Europe,

04/17/2024 SOURCE: www.euronews.com

Romanian agency uses AI to help farmers get EU funding

Romania’s Rural Investing Finance Authority (AFIR) is streamlining the grant submission process for farmers by using AI to do their administrative work.

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TOPIC(S): Livestock/Meat, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Beef Cattle, Ag Europe, Carbon Farming,

02/21/2024 SOURCE: www.euronews.com

How an Australian beef farm won - and lost - its carbon neutral status

The farm has been a beacon of hope for the red meat industry, which is under pressure to show that sustainable farming is possible.

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TOPIC(S): Beef Cattle, Ag Europe, Climate Change,

05/25/2023 SOURCE: www.euronews.com

French farmers protest calls to 'sacrifice' cows for carbon savings

Cattle farmers say calls to cut the number of cows would mean more imported meat.

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TOPIC(S): Tobacco, Ag North America,

01/18/2023 SOURCE: www.euronews.com

Tourists in Mexico could now face fines for smoking in public

The country has just introduced some of the world’s strictest anti-tobacco laws with smoking banned in all indoor and outdoor public spaces.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture Global, World Hunger, Food Security/Shortage,

08/05/2022 SOURCE: www.euronews.com

Global food prices 'declined significantly' in July, says UN agency

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warned however that many uncertainties remain which could negatively impact prices in the coming months.

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shared this article 2 years ago

Genetically modified pig hearts transplanted into brain-dead patients

The successful procedures are a step forward in tackling the shortage of human organs for transplant.

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TOPIC(S): Corn/Maize, Agriculture US, Ethanol/Biofuel, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind),

02/17/2022 SOURCE: www.euronews.com

Is this renewable biofuel worse for the climate than petrol?

President Joe Biden is reviewing policies on biofuels as part of a broader effort to decarbonise the US economy by 2050.

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