Livestock Climate News
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Wired : For Insect Farming to Work, Scientists Need to Build a Better Bug
For Insect Farming to Work, Scientists Need to Build a Better BugFaster-growing, fatter critters could provide the protein needed to raise more climate-friendly livestock and pets. Christine Picard’s search for a better bug to feed the world starts with dead bodies. Well, not the corpses themselves, but the blow flies, flesh flies, and other squirmy, wriggly things that wing their way to ...
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Magdoor - The World’s Only Loss Free Damper System
Introducing our new innovation! The MagDoor from DACS is a fast operating roller door. Built from aluminium and high grade polymer plastics, the MagDoor with its insulated segments seals tightly even against high static pressures and provides years of trouble free operation. On a wall fan, the MagDoor substitutes conventional shutter or damper systems and ensures completely unrestricted airflow ...
By DACS A/S
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MagDoor - the world’s only loss free Damper System
Introducing our new innovation! The MagDoor from DACS is a fast operating roller door. Built from aluminium and high grade polymer plastics, the MagDoor with its insulated segments seals tightly even against high static pressures and provides years of trouble free operation. On a wall fan, the MagDoor substitutes conventional shutter or damper systems and ensures completely unrestricted ...
By DACS A/S
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Follow up from Joanna Ory’s presentation at the 2016 SAEA Conference
During the 2016 Sustainable Agriculture Education Association Conference, I presented preliminary findings from the Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) report, 2016 National Organic Research Agenda (available on our website at ofrf.org). As a researcher at OFRF and an educator at the University of California, Santa Cruz, I was thrilled to share our findings about the research organic ...
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COP19: new public-private forest protection initiative receives $280m pledge from Norway, UK, and US
The new "BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes" aims to advance forest protection efforts up until 2020. The multi-million dollar initiative, designed to protect some of the world’s most valuable forest habitats, was announced at the United Nations Summit in Warsaw today. Ministers from the UK, Norway, and the US have jointly announced that they will be providing a ...
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Peak Meat
By Janet Larsen U.S. meat consumption has peaked. Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture show that meat eating across the country fell from the 2004 high point of 184 pounds (83 kilograms) per person to 171 pounds in 2011. Early estimates for 2012 project a further reduction in American meat eating to 166 pounds, making for a 10 percent drop over the eight-year period. For a society ...
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BioLargo’s Odor-No-More wins coveted Editor’s Choice Award after independent evaluation by the Horse Journal
BioLargo, Inc. (OTCBB: BLGO) today announced that its Odor-No-More Deodorizing Super-Absorbent Animal Bedding Additive received the top “Editor’s Choice” award from the prestigious “Horse Journal” publication, which is the industry’s leading independent and unbiased product, care and service guide for people who love horses. “This award validates the ...
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Mixed crop-livestock farming could help adaptation in Africa
According to new research, African farms with both crops and livestock could be more resilient to climate change than farms that only grow crops. The research suggests that policy makers should support farmers in making the switch to integrated farming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has indicated that agriculture in tropical under-developed countries is the most vulnerable ...
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