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Urban agriculture - vancouver case study

A major section of downtown Vancouver is being transformed into what could be one of the world’s first purpose-built sustainable communities, where growing food is at the top of the list. The South East False Creek (SEFC) site comprises 32 hectares (80 acres) that will eventually be the home to 12,000 to 16,000 people. The first phase of SEFC will be temporarily used as Vancouver’s ...

Jul. 21, 2008

By GLOBE SERIES

Agriculture: the unlikely earth day hero

Rising temperatures, erratic weather, population growth, and scarce water resources - along with growing civil unrest and skyrocketing food prices - are putting unprecedented stress on people and the planet. For over 40 years, Earth Day has served as a call to action, mobilizing individuals and organizations around the world to address these challenges. This year, Worldwatch Institute's ...

Apr. 17, 2011

By GLOBE SERIES

Report highlights conflict in agricultural research

Efforts to increase food production are clashing with efforts to reduce agriculture's greenhouse gas emissions says a group of international scientists. Agricultural research to improve food security often depends on technology to increase yields and crop intensification -- resulting in greenhouse gas ...

Nov. 16, 2011

By SciDev.Net

‘Agricultural revolution’ needed to fight food shortages

There needs to be a worldwide agricultural revolution, with farmers growing more food at less cost to the environment, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman and International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell said today. Responding to Foresight’s report on global food and farming futures, Mrs Spelman and Mr Mitchell said that there was a role for governments, the private sector and ...

Jan. 23, 2011

By Defra (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

New partnership to promote sustainable mechanization of agriculture

FAO and the European Agricultural Machinery Industry Association CEMA , an international non-profit organisation, today forged a new partnership that aims to promote wider use of sustainable agricultural mechanization in developing countries. The two organizations will work together to manage and disseminate knowledge on sustainable approaches to agricultural mechanization. They will ...

Oct. 1, 2015

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

New equipment for processing of carbon-containing feedstock.

The Technokomplex company announces of beginning offering for sale two new types of the equipment - KVARK-500 Drum Furnace for Gas-vapour Activation of Carbon-Containing Feedstock and UGLAS-800 Gas Generator. The furnace allows activationof pyrolysis product (carbon-containing residue) and carbonize products like brown ...

Dec. 22, 2013

By Technokomplex

EWA Fermenter Rapid composting of waste

From one side it looks like an ordinary shipping container. From the other side it appears to be a perpetual motion machine which spins, hisses and makes a variety of other noises. From the inside, the Solbien EWA Fermenter from the Czech company Agro Eko is a highly mechanised system for the rapid composting of waste. “You put the waste ...

Oct. 20, 2010

By Elmia AB

CFS to endorse principles for responsible investments in agriculture and food systems

The Committee on World Food Security, the world's foremost inclusive intergovernmental and multi-stakeholder platform for food security and nutrition, today opened its 41st session (CFS 41). The Committee is expected to adopt a set of principles for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems that have been in development for the past two ...

Oct. 12, 2014

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Use of residues from agriculture and forestry as energy source improves food security

The sustainability of growing crops for use as energy sources has been disputed for many years. A potentially attractive alternative is to use waste and residues from agricultural and forestry. However, using waste and other residues may have an impact on land use, biodiversity and food security. The additional sources of income from the sale of waste and other residues could prompt an increase ...

Dec. 17, 2015

By Wageningen University and Research Centre

Kiverco unveils its Backbone in Waste Composting

Two waste and recycling experts have joined forces to protect the environment and create resources for future generations following the installation of a Kiverco waste screening plant at EnVar’s organic waste treatment site in Cambridgeshire. EnVar is the UK's largest waste in-vessel and windrow composting facility and ...

Nov. 8, 2015

By Kiverco Recycling Systems Ltd.

FAO Statistical Yearbook paints a big, and detailed, picture of food and agriculture

The 2013 edition of FAO's Statistical Yearbook released today sheds new light on agriculture's contribution to global warming, trends in hunger and malnutrition and the state of the natural resource base upon which world food production depends. Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture grew 1.6 percent per year ...

Jun. 18, 2013

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

US biofuels industry could use municipal wastes

The US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has released a new report outlining how the Pacific Northwest can have a sizeable biofuels industry based primarily on local resources -- if non-traditional feedstocks, such as municipal waste, and new conversion technologies are used. The report notes that it will be difficult for the Northwest to create a significant ...

Mar. 19, 2008

By GLOBE SERIES

US biomass industry should use municipal waste - new study

The northwestern US can have a sizeable biofuels industry based primarily on local resources... if non-traditional feedstocks, such as municipal waste, and new conversion technologies are used, according to a report issued by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. It will be difficult for the Northwest to create a significant biofuels industry based on today's land use ...

Mar. 18, 2008

By Battelle - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

Worldwatch institute`s state of the world 2011 shows agricultural innovation is key to reducing poverty, stabilizing climate

Worldwatch Institute today released its report State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet, which spotlights successful agricultural innovations and unearths major successes in preventing food waste, building resilience to climate change, and strengthening farming in cities. The report provides a roadmap for increased agricultural investment and more-efficient ways to alleviate ...

Jan. 11, 2011

By Worldwatch Institute

Key to using local resources for biomass may include waste - US study

The US Northwest can have a sizeable biofuels industry based primarily on local resources - if non-traditional feedstocks, such as municipal waste, and new conversion technologies are used, according to a report issued by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. It will be difficult for the Northwest to create a significant biofuels industry based on today's land use ...

Apr. 1, 2008

By Battelle - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

Waste-based microbial oil set to become a raw material for renewable diesel

Neste Oil Corporation Press release21 September 2010 at 1 pm (EET)Waste-based microbial oil set to become a raw material for renewable dieselNeste Oil has applied for patents to cover technology developed to produce microbial oil from waste and residues with the help of various yeasts and ...

Sep. 20, 2010

By Thomson Reuters

Keynote Address by Achim Steiner UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA)

Agriculture is the single most important sector in providing the basic necessities for human existence and livelihoods today. In addition to producing bioenergy and foodstuffs, it accounts for roughly 40 per cent of the world's labour force, or about 1.3 billion people. Honourable Ministers, Distinguished guests, Colleagues, Ladies and ...

Jan. 16, 2014

By United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

New Compact Separators From Bauer Group Designed for Small Farms and Waste Processors

The Bauer Group announces the release of two new high quality press screw separators designed for small farms and waste processing operations with limited energy resources: the Bauer COMPACT and Fan Separator SOLIDRY. With a maximum throughput of 15 cubic yards per hour, and our legendary quality, COMPACT and SOLIDRY are ideal for a wide range of agricultural applications, ...

Sep. 25, 2011

By Bauer Röhren- und Pumpenwerk GmbH

Farms must begin reporting air releases of hazardous substances from animal wastes

Beginning November 15, 2017, many livestock, poultry and equine farms must comply with reporting requirements under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) section 103. The law requires entities to report releases of hazardous substances above a certain threshold that occur within a 24-hour period. Farms have historically been exempt from most reporting ...

Nov. 6, 2017

By The National Agricultural Law Center (NALC)

Neste Oil to build a pilot plant to produce waste-based microbial oil at Porvoo

Neste Oil CorporationPress release15 December 2011 at 9 am (EET) Neste Oil to build a pilot plant to produce waste-based microbial oil at Porvoo Neste Oil is to build a pilot plant to produce waste-based microbial oil at its Porvoo refinery. It will be the first pilot plant in Europe ...

Dec. 14, 2011

By Neste

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