… Palm oil is everywhere. Not only is it in the news, it is also an ingredient in roughly half of the … that consumers can easily spot or screen for. When, in June 2015, France’s Ecology minister, Segolene Royal, called on her country to stop eating Nutella to avoid palm oil, … oil, it is in our cookies, our shampoos, and is used as a biofuel. As a versatile plant with efficient, high yields, oil palm, and the oil derived from it has become a …
… While the use of palm oil has been documented since ancient times, it is only in the past few decades … campaign took off in 2010, when the organization targeted a GAR customer, Nestlé, with a report and a provocative video that went viral on social media sites. Nestlé quickly … organization, the ISPO, which many argued had even lower standards than the RSPO. Local communitieswithin Indonesia had a mixed relationship with large palm oil companies. On one …
… Agrivoltaics is a solar market subsegment that co-locatessolar energy production and agricultural … to choose between fuel or farming, climate or conservation, energy or rural economies. But with thoughtful planning, communities can simultaneously expand and strengthen solar infrastructure while conserving farmland, generating ecological benefits, and supporting …
… Low productivity in agriculture is a significant development challenge, yet many processes used to increase land productivity … methods of information diffusion. In the first phase, a baseline survey was conducted with 3800 farming households. The survey focused on the socioeconomic characteristics of the … and the type of farmer (lead, peer, or none) that the extension agent wassupposed to work with. A midline survey was conducted with all participants and focused on farmer …
… The Yale Farm was founded in 2003 by a group of students who wished to see the dining hallsserve more organic food. Withsupport from the university, they started a pilot project to introduce local, seasonal … the menu of one of Yale's undergraduate residential colleges. The experiment was a successwith both students and dining hall staff, and helped inspire the Yale Dining Hall to move …
… In 2014, the four largest palm oil trading companiessigned an agreement to end deforestation, development of peat lands and exploitation of locals not only with their own operations, but also from all of their suppliers. For environmental NGOs, the … many environmentalists believed that the agreement represented a breakthrough. The events of 2015 suggested otherwise, forcing businesses, NGOs and sympathetic government …
… Standing at water’s edge, Marina Bay Sands (MBS) annually attracted 45 million visitors who … center also became the first facility in Southeast Asia to obtain ISO 20121 Sustainable Events Management System certification. Beyond the physical plant, MBS looked to create … meetings annually by the year 2030. Teng had a particular interest in seafood, and worked with WWF to address procurement issues in the fishing sector, starting with removing red …
… Andrea Illy is CEO of the global premium coffee company that bears his family’s name. As one might … times, growers have little incentive to improve their operation – they have minor contact with the roasters or customers and no knowledge of how their crops get translated into the … circle” that draws the grower, the roaster, the barista and customer together. Growerswith better knowledge of the market will work to improve their crops or experiment with new …
… Rates of mental health concerns for children and adolescents are high across the United States … a unique opportunity to help reverse these trends. Time spent in nature has been associated with improved psychological functioning, overall mental health, and connection to place for … can provide a supportive, welcoming, and safe space for children and adolescents to engage with nature and experience the mental health benefits it provides. Such engagement also …
… Soil health provides critical ecosystem services related to water quality, drought resilience, erosion prevention, crop yields, and carbon sequestration. These benefits - and the practices used to … develop a soil health policy or program, and funding opportunities. The approach presented within the guidebook is drawn from interviewswith over 30 experts, including farmers, …