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Starbucks to add more plant-based food in latest green push

By Hilary Russ, Richa Naidu January 21, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Starbucks Corp. aims to add more plant-based food and drinks to its menu as part of the company’s latest plan to become more environmentally friendly, CEO Kevin Johnson said on Tuesday, prompting a surge in shares of Beyond Meat Inc. Over the past year, with the rise of companies including Beyond […] Read more

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There’s now a (good) way to deal with grain bags and twine

By Alexis Kienlen July 3, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutes Many landfills don’t want it and you’re not supposed to burn it — so what do you do with old grain bags and twine? That vexing question led to the creation of the Agricultural Plastics Recycling Group and, now, a $1-million, three-year pilot project that will see about 20 ag plastic recycling depots set up […] Read more

Piles of Trash left on the walkway in New York

Opinion

Feeding the planet is challenging, dealing with its waste is even harder

Earth is becoming an urban planet and that raises a host of issues  we’ve never had to deal with before

By Brenda Schoepp May 23, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutes The migration of rural persons to cities hit a historical milestone in 2008 when urban residents outnumbered those in rural areas. The result has been congestion in cities that were ill prepared for this growth and an intense pressure on rural areas to produce more food with less people. The United Nations claims six out […] Read more

Mosaic’s potash facility at Esterhazy, Sask. (Greg Berg photo)

Crops, Reuters

Water meeting safety standards after sinkhole leak, Mosaic says

By Rod Nickel September 29, 2016

Reuters — Testing of nine wells near a sinkhole at a Mosaic Co. fertilizer facility in Florida, site of a massive leak of contaminated water, shows that water meets safe drinking standards for radioactivity and damage has not spread beyond the site, the company said. A sinkhole 45 feet in diameter and 240 feet deep […] Read more

Crops, General, Livestock

Experts call for less waste and less meat

Kale or steak? Change in diet key to UN plan to end hunger by 2030

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 11, 2015

Rome — In trendy, hipster London or New York, it’s all about juicing, vegan diets and snacking on kale crisps. Thousands of miles away, in Nairobi or Bogota, the middle classes are more likely to reach for roasted goat or a juicy steak. Later this month, world leaders are set to endorse a U.N. goal […] Read more

Hemp industry looking forward despite hurdles

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures gain

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans lower on the week

GFM Network News

Hemp industry looking forward despite hurdles

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures gain

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans lower on the week

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Starbucks to add more plant-based food in latest green push

There’s now a (good) way to deal with grain bags and twine

Feeding the planet is challenging, dealing with its waste is even harder

Water meeting safety standards after sinkhole leak, Mosaic says

Experts call for less waste and less meat

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