Researchers develop tool to reduce slavery in seafood supply chains
A new screening tool developed at the University of British Columbia is giving seafood companies the ability to pinpoint the highest risks of forced labour in their supply chain.
A new screening tool developed at the University of British Columbia is giving seafood companies the ability to pinpoint the highest risks of forced labour in their supply chain.
Ecology
Jul 26, 2018
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In the spring of 2001, the UK countryside turned into a crematorium. A foul-smelling haze settled over parts of the country as 6m cows, sheep, pigs and goats were slaughtered and their carcasses burned in the fields. This ...
Other
Apr 25, 2018
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There has been a lot of noise on cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin of late. While some suggest cryptocurrencies are a fraud, others believe them to be the next biggest economic revolution the world has seen since the internet. ...
Internet
Dec 20, 2017
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Scientists at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, in St. Louis, MO and their collaborators at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Hyderabad, India, United States Department ...
Biotechnology
Nov 1, 2017
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A new research group will focus on how seafood can be safely and sustainably produced for the world's growing population.
Ecology
Oct 26, 2017
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French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe weighed in on a row between his environment and agriculture ministers on Monday to rule that a pesticide found harmful to bees would be banned in 2018 as scheduled.
Ecology
Jun 26, 2017
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The food industry is turning to the same technology used by virtual currencies to strengthen food safety and inventory management by tracking meats and crops from farm to table.
Internet
Jun 4, 2017
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Food poisoning: Many of us have had it, and we won't soon forget it. Colorado State University chemists are trying to make it so we can.
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 8, 2017
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The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed more than doubling the number of states allowed to use a new version of a popular weed killer on genetically modified crops despite its earlier concerns.
Biotechnology
Nov 3, 2016
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To help change the world, have a look inside your fridge—this is one of the messages contained in an article published in the most recent issue of the authoritative academic journal Science. Food waste has attained monumental ...
Environment
Apr 22, 2016
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