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Dumped milk, smashed eggs: pandemic food waste
In Wisconsin and Ohio, farmers are dumping thousands of gallons of fresh milk into lagoons and manure pits, writes the New...
California farmers are forced to let crops rot
For many farmers, it’s more cost-effective to let crops rot in the fields. They can’t afford to harvest it if...
FareShare says surplus food donations have more than doubled in lockdown
The volume of food that would otherwise be wasted has more than doubled since the coronavirus lockdown, The Guardian newspaper...
To fight Covid-19, central banks must break taboos
To combat Covid-19, central banks, including the ECB, must cross the Rubicon of monetary financing and immediately transfer the 20%-30%...
Insect protein for animal feed could ease environmental strain
Ÿnsect supplies protein produced from insects bred in a vertical farm in Dole, eastern France. Last year the company raised...
Nespresso finds child labour at Guatemalan coffee farms
Nespresso, the maker of coffee brewing pods and machines, found child labor at three farms where it buys coffee in...
How food supply networks cope with coronavirus
The BBC examines food systems continuity in this feature, saying: Half of the food consumed in the UK comes from...
Tom Hanks, vegemite and coronavirus
Vogue magazine has covered the concern among Australians for actor Tom Hanks' bread to spread ratio of vegemite, while isolating after...
Joaquin Phoenix speech takes aim at dairy
MarketWatch reports a decline in milk sales. The news is reported following actor Joaquin Phoenix's anti-dairy Oscars speech, when he...
Biointensive model is able to transform agriculture
Jean-Martin Fortier's Quebec farm is about the size of a soccer pitch yet he makes up to $100,000 from a hectare...
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