Reading Time: 5 minutes Can farmers also be conservationists? One Nuffield scholar travelled the world to find out.
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Conservation on the farm: Empowering farmers to lead environmental change
Can farmers also be conservationists? This Nuffield scholar says yes
Sustainability disclosure ‘ticket to play’ in emerging global market
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Panellists at CSSB event Sustainability Disclosure in Canada: Overcoming the Headwinds discussed the future of ESG standards, which have the potential to change Canadian agriculture’s business environment.
Carney’s new green agenda
Experts suspect the new PM’s approach to the environment will be informed by his corporate roots
Reading Time: 5 minutes While some say Justin Trudeau’s government had a much more hands-on approach to environmental issues, appearing to favour deterrents over incentives, the Carney government’s strategy may be more restrained and integrated with its economic agenda.
Pulse sector fights anti-green trend
U.S. president Trump has attacked the sustainability movement, but a major pulse player urges investors to stick with the industry
Reading Time: 2 minutes Pushing pulses as an environmental solution can be risky
Brazilian meatpacker JBS says net-zero emissions pledge was ‘never a promise’
Reading Time: 3 minutes The world's largest meatpacker, JBS, became in 2021 the first of its peers to commit to cutting or offsetting all its emissions by 2040, and to ending illegal deforestation across its long supply chain that starts in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon.
Soy traders push to weaken ban on buying from deforested Amazon
Reading Time: 2 minutes Multinational grains traders operating in Brazil are seeking to weaken an agreement that forbids buying soybeans from farms on deforested land in the Amazon rainforest, environmental advocates involved in the discussions said on Wednesday
Green group sues Tyson Foods for allegedly false climate claims
Reading Time: < 1 minute An environmental group is suing U.S.-based meat processor Tyson Foods for allegedly misleading consumers by saying it will reach net-zero emissions by 2050 and marketing climate-friendly beef without meaningful plans to achieve those goals.
Nova Scotia ranchers snag environmental award at Canadian Beef Industry Conference
Reading Time: 2 minutes Holdanca Farms from Nova Scotia is this year’s recipient of The Environmental Stewardship Award (TESA), it was announced on at the banquet of the Canadian Beef Industry Conference this week.
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