Agriculture

BBC article on "a new version of a database that records global land acquisitions by governments and private investors." The database itself can be accessed here off ...

Forum - Blog - Iain Watt - 17/06/2013 - 8:15am - 0 comments

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Green Futures - Article - Anonymous - 07/06/2013 - 10:51am - 0 comments

Image from Forbes How do you know where the products you buy come from? Now a new app has been set up to alert people to whether their food contains products linked to Koch Industries. It's designed to make this complex set ...

Forum - Blog - Hugh Knowles - 04/06/2013 - 2:50pm - 0 comments

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Green Futures - Article - Olivia James - 04/06/2013 - 9:15am - 0 comments

In the US, 40% of corn must be used to make biofuel , yet last year the country had its worst drought for 50 years, inflicting huge damage on the maize crop. India’s poultry sector is growing at up to 12% each year - with practically all of its ...

Forum - Blog - Sarah Tulej - 30/05/2013 - 9:56am - 0 comments

The Global Grain Initiative will explore what a sustainable grain value chain could look like in the future. The project will create global scenarios and take a systemic approach to ensuring long term food ...

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Green Futures - Article - Anonymous - 24/04/2013 - 9:15am - 2 comments

Gazing across the landscape of a city like Singapore, you might be tempted to think that you’ve taken the time machine into the city of the future. The buildings are incredibly futuristic, the landscape is dotted with Sky Trees – man-made skywalks ...

Forum - Blog - Ivana Gazibara - 03/05/2013 - 8:40am - 0 comments

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Green Futures - Article - Anonymous - 22/04/2013 - 6:01pm - 1 comment

200 years ago, tea cost £100 per pound (about half a kilo). It was so expensive that only the upper class could drink it and they kept it under lock and key, so the likes of you and me couldn’t get their grubby mits on it. Not only that but it helped ...

Forum - Blog - Ann-Marie Brouder - 23/04/2013 - 6:09pm - 0 comments

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Green Futures - Article - Martin Wright - 10/04/2013 - 9:18am - 0 comments

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Green Futures - Article - Anonymous - 22/04/2013 - 5:40pm - 4 comments

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Green Futures - Article - Anonymous - 02/04/2013 - 9:40am - 1 comment

That’s a question we’ve been mulling over for a while at Forum – not least as it sits at the critical junction between food and energy. Pic courtesy of debs-eye via Flickr (CC) But before it can be answered, lots of other ...

Forum - Blog - Iain Watt - 08/04/2013 - 9:41pm - 4 comments

The Farm as Power Station project will draw together a diverse coalition to explore the potential role farms and rural communities could and should play in a sustainable energy system, while working to create ...

Forum - Project - Kat Campbell - 26/03/2013 - 11:47am - 2 comments

Drones, or UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) may become commonplace in farming, and have already been used in California and Virginia to evaulate water stress and collect microbes and spores just above field level. At the moment the use of UAVs is still ...

Forum - Blog - Sarah Tulej - 03/04/2013 - 3:28pm - 0 comments

My colleagues Sally, Madeleine and I were musing this morning about how it’s nearly a year since Dairy 2020 has been launched. As some of you may remember, Dairy 2020 was an industry-wide sustainability collaboration facilitated by Forum for the ...

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Green Futures - Article - Anonymous - 21/03/2013 - 6:49pm - 0 comments

In amongst all the shock, horror and word-play surrounding the horse meat debacle, in the last couple of weeks I’ve heard three things that have significantly contributed to my personal sense of dismay about the whole horsey palaver. Firstly, a ...

Forum - Blog - Geraldine Gilbert - 12/03/2013 - 9:11am - 0 comments