How sustainable is packaging ? Making sense of sustainability labelling in the food retail industrySummary, Executive
Placing our food production into greenhouses has many advantages, temperature and lighting control, low pest pressure, lower water usage especially with hydroponics, aquaponics, and spray misting of root balls. Controlled growing also increases yields 2 to 3 times, along with increased growing seasons...
Given that 30% to 40% of American food production is wasted, providing consumers real-time information on the contents of their fridge could also be a boon for sustainability, especially when it comes to produce and other perishables, where, as Muretagoiena put it, “it’s like we’re in...
How are deserts formed? A A desert refers to a barren section of land, mainly in arid and semi-arid areas, where there is almost no precipitation, and the environment is hostile for any creature to …
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(Family Features) Although good nutrition is essential for human life, food production has a significant impact on the environment. Taking a more sustainable approach to sustaining your body can help protect the Earth and its climate. Food production accounts for more than one-fourth of all greenh...
The colonisation of Moon or Mars is no more science fiction, but it can be real. However, sending all the needed to outposts is not economically sustainable, thus it is crucial the in-situ resource utilisation (ISRU) (Menezes et al., 2015), which means to use the native regoliths (Kar...
Feed Your Pet with Foods Using Sustainable Proteins Consider the type of animal protein in your pet’s food and the environmental impact of how that animal was raised in the animal production industry. Alternative proteins like insect or plant-based proteins for dogs are great for the environment...
Once again, innovation and advanced technologies could make a powerful contribution to secure and sustainable food production. For example, digital and biotechnologies could improve the health of ruminant livestock, requiring fewer methane-producing animals to meet the world’s protein needs. Genetic ...
But at larger scales, sustainable manure management is untenable. Massive factory farms focused on beef production can have hundreds or even thousands of heads of cattle. They produce an unreasonable amount of manure, not to mention the methane they’re blasting into the air. To make room for ...