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The long-term sustainability of agriculture is essential to the well-being of Australia's economy, society and environment. This is an edited version of the Socialist Alliance's agriculture policy adopted in May. The full version can be read at ...

Food and beverage companies dont have it easy. Climate change, rapid population growth and competition for dwindling natural resources all pose huge threats. Yet the industry is making the least progress in tackling these issues and reducing its ...

Coffee production worldwide accounts for over 30 million acres of land use -- roughly the size of England -- giving the coffee industry a lot of space to either harm or benefit the environment. And for too long, coffee producers unknowingly chose ...

In a significant development indicating a sub-regional strategic alliance, Nepal, India and Bangladesh (NIB) have decided to join hands to cooperate and exploit the hydropower sector and use water resources management for mutual advantage, including ...

In an Earth Day ceremony at National Geographic Headquarters, in Washington D.C., the U.S. Water Alliance presented its U.S. Water Prize to three winners: MillerCoors, The Freshwater Trust, and Onondaga County (NY). The Honorable William K. Reilly ...

For related articles and more information, please visit OCA's Agriculture and Climate page, CAFO's vs. Free Range page and our Millions Against Monsanto page. If ever there was a time for activist networks and the body politic to cooperate and unite ...

In this effort to measure and manage the use of water and energy throughout its supply chain, the chief sustainability officer reports to the senior vice president of supply chain. Apr. 30, 2013 Edited by Tom Andel | MHLnews Comments 0 General Mills ...

India: The Chief Minister of Gujarat Stop Vilifying Mr. Harsh Mandir With great pride, we would like to put on record that the work of our colleague and friend Mr. Harsh Mander, for the last several years, both inside the Government as a civil ...

These G8 initiatives lack democratic legitimacy and ignore States human rights obligations. They promote an agro-industrial model of production that results in the separation of peoples from their culturally-traditional eating patterns through land ...