56% of shoppers concerned about environmental impact of food packaging
Last week’s Organic Fresh Produce Forum, run by Soil Association Certification, has highlighted increasing consumer concern about the eco credentials of organic product packaging. Online research carried out on over…
Can organic agriculture improve yields and incomes for smallholder farmers in Africa?
Organic agriculture has the potential to improve both crop yields and incomes of smallholder farms in sub-Saharan Africa substantially – this is shown in a unique collaborative study from the…
Dutch Government Plans To Slash Livestock Numbers By 30% To Cut Emissions
The Netherlands is now considering a proposal to slash the number of livestock in the country by nearly a third, in a bid to tackle emissions and ammonia pollution. The…
Organic Trade Association council urges global community to think organic
Sustainable Food Trade Action Council offers organic strategies at UN Food Systems Summit The Organic Trade Association’s Sustainable Food Trade Action (SFTA) Council has laid out four key strategies to…
Nearly 90% of Global Farm Subsidies Harm Environment and Health: UN Report
Almost 90% of all subsidies going to the global agricultural industry cause harm to nature and human health, warns a new UN report. Green Queen - Read More The post…
Whales and dolphins: ‘allies in the fight against climate change’
A new study by environmental charity Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) reveals that between 1997 and 2021, the number of whale and dolphin species known to be affected by marine…
Farmers on the front line of climate change
As the world prepares for COP26, due to be hosted in Glasgow, 1-12 November, farmers have been sharing their experiences ‘on the front line of climate change’ at a recent…
India launches Asia’s first Plastics Pact
India has become the latest country to join WRAP’s Plastics Pact – the first nation in Asia – in a bid to reduce the 9.46 million tonnes of plastic waste…
Holland & Barrett bans sale of single-use beauty sheet masks
In an announcement coinciding with the launch of the British Beauty Council’s British Beauty Week, Holland & Barrett (H&B) has stated it will no longer sell single-use beauty sheet masks.…
Reverse vending machines proposed for EU plastic bottles
A new European Citizen’s Initiative is calling for supermarket chains to install ‘reverse vending machines’ to facilitate an EU-wide plastic bottle deposit return scheme. The Return the Plastics scheme intends…