What Gro Intelligence’s food security models can tell us about climate risk

Gro Intelligence is obviously a useful platform for food and beverage companies that need to better understand the sustainability of the global food supply. But it also is being used by organizations trying to better understand broader climate risks.

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What investors should know about B Corps, PBCs and BS

There are a lot of acronyms in ESG-land. This one is brought to you by the letter B.

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This element, essential to all life, is rapidly disappearing from the planet

Of the many things threatening the world’s food supply, the element with the ability to wreak the most havoc hasn’t made many headlines. Researchers are now warning that waning phosphorous levels could devastate food production around the globe. A nonrenewable resource with no synthetic substitute, phosphorous is an essential nutrient and it’s disappearing faster than anyone realized. Read the rest of This element, essential to all life, is rapidly disappearing from the planet

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We’ve lost a third of the world’s farmlands in the last 40 years

A new study found that the world has lost a third of its food-producing land in the last four decades. Erosion and pollution are two of the biggest reasons that we’re losing fertile soil , and it’s happening at a rate far faster than the natural processes that replace diminished soil. Researchers are taking this message to world leaders this week in Paris , in an effort to command environmental policies that call for agricultural practices that would slow the land loss. Read the rest of We’ve lost a third of the world’s farmlands in the last 40 years

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Contemporary timber homes rise above Lithuania’s historic ammunition vaults

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Climate change poses a serious threat to global wheat crops

New studies reveal that increasing global temperatures are likely to put a damper on wheat crop yields. A six percent reduction in yields is expected for each 1.8 degree F (1 degree C) increase in temperature. Considering that current emissions levels could eventually lead to a global temperature increase of 9 degrees F (5 degrees C), this is very bad news. Read the rest of Climate change poses a serious threat to global wheat crops Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Climate Change , Environment , food , food crops , food supply , global temperatures , global warming , greenhouse gas emissions , hunger , population , wheat , wheat crops

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INFOGRAPHIC: How We Can Make the Food Supply Chain More Eco-Friendly

Greening up the food supply chain is an essential part of living sustainably. From improving food transportation to converting farm waste to energy , there are so many different ways that we can lessen the environmental impact from the foods we eat. Marlyhurst University  created this handy guide for a sustainable and environmentally-friendly food supply chain – tackling the entire system from farm to table – so that we can improve the way we dine. Read the rest of INFOGRAPHIC: How We Can Make the Food Supply Chain More Eco-Friendly Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: eating green , environmentally friendly eating , food environmental impact , food supply , Food supply chain , green food supply chain , infographic , living green , Marylhurst infographic , reader submitted content , sustainable food , sustainable food supply chain , sustainable living

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Climate Change Blamed for Alarming Increases in Ocean Acidity

The effects of climate change seems to know no bounds: new research shows carbon emissions have dramatically increased the acidity of our oceans to the point where our entire food web is at risk of collapsing. In a recent report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), scientists said the ocean’s acidity level has gone up 26 percent in the past 200 years, since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution . According to Phys.org , that increase in acidity directly mirrors the proportion of carbon dioxide oceans have been absorbing ever since humans started burning massive amounts of fossil fuels for energy. Read the rest of Climate Change Blamed for Alarming Increases in Ocean Acidity Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: acidity levels , biodiveristy , carbon , cbd , Climate Change , convention , emissions , food supply , Life , marine , ocean , United Nations

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Matthew Carden’s Fantastical Food Photographs Pay Tribute to the Bounty We Eat

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Pilus Energy Uses Bacterial Robots to Turn Sewage into Electricity, Water, and Biogas

Image of woman sitting on a toilet via Shutterstock Across the globe, access to clean water and renewable sources of energy are in constant demand and we have curated a slew of interesting solutions. But Ohio-based Pilus Energy has engineered a new, multi pronged approach to these problems with a group of bacterial robots, or “BactoBots” that remediate human and animal waste by turning the sewage into electricity, biogas, and water. Read the rest of Pilus Energy Uses Bacterial Robots to Turn Sewage into Electricity, Water, and Biogas Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: bactobots , Bactobots turn sewage into water and energy , biogas , Bioremediation , cincinnati , crowd funding waste to energy and water projects , Electricity , epa testing and evaluation facility , fuel cell , generating renewable energy for the developing world , genetically modified bacteria , germ key , kickstarter , OHIO , pilus energy , Pilus Energy Bactobots , renewable energy , wastewater treatment , water issues        

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