sustainable food
Meat companies like Tyson marketing “climate-friendly” burgers, but experts are skeptical
A climate-friendly hamburger? A carbon-neutral glass of milk? As companies make bold claims, a heated debate erupts.
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Why New York’s (mostly) vegan mayor wants to cut the city’s meat budget
The city estimates that its food purchases produce as much carbon as the exhaust from 70,000 gas-fueled cars.
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Something’s Jellyfishy in the state of Italy
Jellyfish as a human food source has been touted as a solution to the increasing populations of these gelatinous invertebrates, but are Mediterranean diners really ready to have jellyfish for dinner?
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A meat tax is probably inevitable – here’s how it could work
To slash emissions, slow the loss of biodiversity and secure food for a growing world population, there must be a change in the way meat and dairy is made and consumed.
Focus on food technology at climate conference ignores what most of the world’s farmers need, experts say
Forty-five governments led by the U.K. pledged Saturday to spend billions on transforming the world's farms, fisheries and forests in an effort to make our food more sustainable.
Farming kelp the Heiltsuk way
New research braids Indigenous knowledge with Western science to demonstrate the sustainability of a small-scale kelp fishery.
Seaweed farming offers a boost for Sri Lanka’s ‘blue economy’ ambitions
Farming seaweed in Sri Lanka could be a viable and highly beneficial part of expanding the blue economy if initial challenges are overcome and coastal communities engaged with support, guidance, technology, and quality control, experts say.
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