BIO

As part of the Spanish project Algaterra, research is being carried out to develop new resources for agriculture based on seaweed. There are positive fungicidal and biostimulating effects, an increase...

Potato stores require large amounts of energy, so is solar PV an attractive investment? Stephen Robb investigated for Irish Farmers Journal. He says potato farmers are coming under increased pressure from rising costs,...

“As a conservation farmer, the practices we use on our farm are allowing us to ‘kidnap carbon’ from the atmosphere and store it in our soil. This makes me a...

Soil and plant additives are considered bearers of hope when mineral fertilizer prices are unaffordable and chemical agents are no longer available. These new bioproducts will be on the market for...

Simone Caronni, Pietro Gaeli and Paolo Stefano Gentile who are students at ​​NABA (Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti), created the design as part of a course on ”sustainable design / materials and...

Hormel Foods Corporation, a global branded food company, recently announced its venturing company, 199 Ventures, has entered into an exclusive partnership with The Better Meat Co. to bring new mycoprotein...

wik Lok Corp, the global leader in package closures, today announced the availability of Eco-Lok, the first sustainable closure in Japan. Made of more than ten percent biomass materials and...

Frito-Lay, a division of PepsiCo, and leader in the snacking category, recently introduced an industrially compostable bag for its Off The Eaten Path brand; the breakthrough food packaging technology will...

University of Canterbury environmental science professor Brett Robinson in New Zealand is working on a research project that transforms biowaste into high-value products. Waste products from New Zealand’s food processing...

Simon Fox, MD of Emerald Research Ltd, learned this week that Defra was delaying the release of its consultation “Creating an Enabling Regulatory Environment for Enhanced Efficiency Fertilisers” that is...