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Top 20 Meat & Dairy Producers: GHG Emissions Up 3%, Majority...

6 Mins Read Greenhouse gas emissions from the world’s 20 largest meat and dairy producers increased by 3.28% in the last year, according to...

‘A Growing Movement’: Q&A with the Co-Founder of the World’s First...

6 Mins Read Ahead of what’s billed as the first-ever Veganic Summit (November 10-12), which will focus on organic plant-based farming that eschews the...

Five Years of #IGrowYourFood: Nourishing the World Sustainably Together

This year marked five years of #IGrowYourFood, the annual global action day celebrating farmers growing our food in a sustainable way. On 14 September...

The Net-Zero Challenge: Carbon Offsets Need to Stop

5 Mins Read Stop pretending planting trees can justify fossil fuel emissions. By Mark Schapiro, Capital & Main Fossil fuel companies are no longer denying the realities of...

Notpla: Earthshot Prize Winner’s Seaweed Packaging Named ‘First and Only’ Plastic-Free...

4 Mins Read Earthshot Prize-winning British startup Notpla’s seaweed-based packaging has become the ‘first and only’ material recognised as plastic-free by a European Union...

Sanmy to attend Nordic Organic Food Fair 2023

Sanmy, the oldest soft drink company in Spain, will attend at the upcoming edition of the Nordic Organic Food Fair, taking place at MalmöMässan,...

Natexpo 2023 show report: A sector mobilised, an edition looking to...

On 24 October, the curtain came down on the 2023 edition of Natexpo, the essential event entirely dedicated to the market players of the...

Climate-Resilient Coffee: Meet Amatera, The French Startup That Raised €1.5M to...

4 Mins Read French biotech startup Amatera, which develops non-GMO, climate-friendly perennial plants using crop genetics technology, has closed a €1.5M pre-seed funding round...

Americans are Buying & Paying More for Sustainably Marketed Products: Report

5 Mins Read Despite many politicians opposing climate funding – and some denying climate change altogether – a survey of 2,700 Americans shows that...

BBC criticized for ‘pro-organic bias’

The BBC has been criticized by a sustainable farming think-tank for ‘misleading’ assertions about organic farming in revision guides.

Beauty Edit Mayfair opens its doors for clean beauty lovers

Today sees the launch of Beauty Edit Mayfair, the first concept store from leading beauty pioneer, Sherrille Riley.

No fertilizer reduction, no net zero, says SA

There’s no net zero without fixing fertilizer: this is the message of a new petition launched by the SA urging immediate Government action.

Spotlight series

Violife has been announced as the new sponsor of 131-year-old Cheddar AFC in a bid to show the nation just how easy it is to go plant-based.

Deeply good gut health

Gut health food brand Deeply has launched with a duo of plant-fibre prebiotics, formulated to ‘Feed Your Good’.

NOPEX 2024 – who’s booked in already?

Plans for Natural & Organic Products Europe (NOPEX) 2024 are now well underway! Returning to ExCeL London on 14-15 April, here are just a...

Politicians ‘lagging behind’ public opinion on meat reduction

Nearly three-fifths of Brits have reduced their meat intake while 57% believe the nation should cut its consumption of animal products.

Uganda’s answer to period poverty

A major new initiative has its sights set on combating period poverty in Uganda and improving the lives of 50,000 girls and women a year.

PFAS present in 90% of paper straws

There are new concerns over the presence of PFAS in paper straws after researchers find it present in 90% of samples tested.

Celebrations as Green People’s Horsham store reopens

Following its enforced closure in May due to severe water damage, Green People’s Horsham store held its grand reopening in August.

The Bath Project launches bathceuticals collection

The Bath Project, created by Dr Barbara Kubicka, has launched with a five-strong range of all-natural ‘bath-in-a-box’ products.