by Phil-Admin | Apr 11, 2024 | AnimalAgri, GoodNews
The World Bank’s private sector is facing calls from climate and animal rights campaigners to phase out its financial support to industrial livestock farming. Friends of the Earth, Compassion in World Farming and other climate and animal advocacy groups are urging the...
by Phil-Admin | Apr 2, 2024 | Blogs, ClimateChange, GoodNews
Reducing cattle ranching and restoring native ecoystems is a simple, cost-effective and scientifically sound way to turn back the clock on global warming. The world’s 1.7 billion cows are the dominant animal species on Earth, vastly outnumbering humans and all...
by Phil-Admin | Mar 31, 2024 | ClimateChange, GoodNews
Experts say the global shortage of cocoa is explained by interconnected factors, including climate-related weather. Every Easter, UK consumers collectively spend more than £1bn on food, drink, gifts, entertainment and about 80m chocolate eggs, racking up an average...
by Phil-Admin | Mar 22, 2024 | ClimateChange, GoodNews
This winter has seen significant activity in the stratospheric polar vortex – the powerful cyclonic winds circling the North Pole high in the atmosphere. The winds have completely reversed direction twice so far. Such disruptions are often linked to extreme...
by Phil-Admin | Mar 14, 2024 | AnimalAgri, GoodNews
The global agrifood tech financial landscape remains grim, with funding in the sector down by 49.2% from 2022-23 – the lowest it has been in six years. A lot has been written about the VC fallout with food tech in 2023, with investment seeing shape declines as the...