Sydney office towers fight food waste

Sustainability Matters

October 22, 2020

The war on waste has come to Sydney’s Grosvenor Place. In a bid to combat food waste, the premium complex with sweeping harbour and city views has installed a waste food recycling system using an enrich360 dehydrator. The dehydrator dehydrates the food collected from office and retail customers, removes the moisture, then heats and cleans the biomass, converting it into a fertiliser that appears

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Get ready for the next wave of GMOs

GreenBiz Group

October 2, 2020

Get ready for the next wave of GMOs Jim Giles Fri, 10/02/2020 - 02:00 One summer day almost 20 years ago, a group of protestors arrived at a plot of genetically modified corn growing near the town of Montelimar in southern France. They were led by José Bové, a left-wing activist famous for his skirmishes with the law and his tremendous moustache. Using machetes and shears, the

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Hard truths from a decade of investing in regional food systems

GreenBiz Group

September 10, 2020

Hard truths from a decade of investing in regional food systems Meredith Storton Thu, 09/10/2020 - 02:00 The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the inequities and fragility of our industrialized food system and accelerated the movement to create strong regional food systems that support local growers, provide food security, give communities agency over their food supply and yield

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Making wine with a gentle touch on the environment

Sustainability Matters

September 6, 2020

Angove Organic is a 134-year-old, multi-generational family wine company based in McLaren Vale, South Australia, home to sustainable winegrowing and world-class wines. The company has a longstanding commitment to certified organic viticulture, once a niche industry that has now entered the mainstream as consumer demand grows for certified organic products in Australia. Managing Director Richard

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Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet

GreenBiz Group

August 27, 2020

Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet Poornima Param… Thu, 08/27/2020 - 01:00 Basic human health principles tell us that we should diagnose before we treat and that we should test before we diagnose.  From annual physicals and screenings to blood tests and imaging exams, providers and specialists have many new tools and resources

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FutureFeed launches to take methane-busting seaweed to market

Sustainability Matters

August 23, 2020

CSIRO has announced the formation of a new company — FutureFeed — to commercialise a livestock feed additive made from the seaweed Asparagopsis, which has been shown to reduce methane emissions in beef and dairy cattle by more than 80%. AGP Sustainable Real Assets-Sparklabs Cultiv8 Joint Venture, GrainCorp, Harvest Road, Woolworths and CSIRO have committed to investing in the company, with

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There's a big appetite for farm-to-consumer shopping

GreenBiz Group

August 21, 2020

There's a big appetite for farm-to-consumer shopping Jim Giles Fri, 08/21/2020 - 01:45 Avrom Farm sits in the hills above Green Lake in central Wisconsin. With 5,000 chickens, 200 pigs and six acres of vegetables, it’s a minnow in an industry dominated by an increasingly small number of producers and processors.  In March, a stay-at-home order hit the region. In just a

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Journey Foods uses AI to create sustainability recipe for food manufacturers

GreenBiz Group

August 20, 2020

Journey Foods uses AI to create sustainability recipe for food manufacturers Jesse Klein Thu, 08/20/2020 - 02:00 Riana Lynn’s company, Journey Foods, is dragging the packaged food business into the 21st century.  "Food manufacturing has really only scaled up in the last 60 years," she said. "And that means we’re also working on very antiquated

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Investors say agroforestry isn’t just climate friendly — it’s profitable

GreenBiz Group

August 10, 2020

Investors say agroforestry isn’t just climate friendly — it’s profitable Stephanie Hanes Mon, 08/10/2020 - 00:15 This story originally appeared in Mongabay and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalistic collaboration to strengthen coverage of the climate story. In the latter part of 2016, Ethan Steinberg and two of his friends

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AI breakthrough in Tassie salmon farming

Sustainability Matters

July 31, 2020

Established in 1986, Huon Aquaculture has grown to become a salmon producer that is recognised around the world for the quality of its produce and the ingenuity of its operations. The company is seen as an ethical business and a respected Tasmanian brand — part of a sustainable industry and a company that is focused on the safety of its employees, as well as the welfare of the fish and the wildlife around its

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