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An international conference on protecting the ozone layer has ended with governments agreeing to a global survey of the amounts of a key chemical being used in so-called quarantine and pre-shipment.
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Biofuels could become a major revenue earner for Britain's arable farmers within 5-10 years, but much will depend on government support, a major study into the U.K. cereals sector has concluded.
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A major cafeteria management chain has rewritten its mission statement to emphasize sustainable agriculture, asking its chefs to use locally grown produce and meat free of hormones, antibiotics, and genetically modified feed.
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Canadian energy firm TransAlta and the Tokyo Electric Power Company of Japan are to buy carbon credits from the world’s eighth largest pork producer under the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism.
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After launching its Signature Collection online and through phone orders in September 2003, Procter & Gamble's Millstone Coffee brand is introducing two of these specialty coffees to be sold at grocery and retail stores throughout the country starting this fall.
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More than a dozen dairies in California are installing methane capture and power generation equipment. Clean air is one motive; cutting power bills is the other.
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ForesTrade, Inc., a leader in organic and fair trade coffee and their partners PPKGO, (the Gayo Organic Coffee Farmers Association), and CV Trimaju recently received the 2004 Sustainability Award from the Specialty Coffee Association of America.
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Organic beef producers, once distant outsiders in the $175 billion a year U.S. beef industry, are poised to grab a larger bite of the market this year.
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The Australian wine sector is to develop a national approach to environmental sustainability in an effort to meet local and international consumer demands.
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Inefficient farming practices are helping to drive deforestation, pollution, ocean degradation and species loss, and constitute the most serious environmental threat in the world today, according to a new book.
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The companies most famous for their do-gooder business products -- The Body Shop, Ben & Jerry's, Starbucks -- are best-known for catering to first-world customers and tastes. That's part of what makes the Sekem Group's desert experiment so remarkable.
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Measuring the contents of a belching bovine's breath, may not sound like the simplest -- or most appealing -- job, but for a few scientists determined to breed greenhouse friendly animals, it's all part of a day's work.