• February 9, 2022

Sustainable Agriculture: Reducing Emissions in Livestock Farming

Insight Focus Last time, we introduced you to GLEAM, the FAO’s Globa...

  • February 2, 2022

Seizing Opportunities in Dairy

Insight Focus Last time, we covered some of the main consumer drivers ...

  • January 26, 2022

Sustainable Agriculture: Building a More Sustainable Livestock Sector

So far, we’ve considered a wide range of arable crops. It’s now ti...

Food and Ingredients
  • January 19, 2022

Changing Consumer Trends in Dairy

Last time, we explained how milk has grown into a multi-use product, t...

  • January 13, 2022

Sustainable Agriculture: How Farmers Can Optimize Soil Productivity

We recently discussed how soil management is crucial in Sustainable In...

Food and Ingredients
  • December 28, 2021

Innovations Within the Dairy Industry

Consumer growth in dairy products will likely be different in the deve...

  • December 17, 2021

Sustainable Agriculture: Maximising Yields Whilst Dryland Farming

We’ve recently discussed how to manage water within the context of S...

Food and Ingredients
  • December 9, 2021

Retail Trends Within the Dairy Industry

Last time, we looked at what drives demand for dairy products, particu...

  • December 3, 2021

Sustainable Agriculture: Satisfying Future Food Demand

The last article discussed how water is required to support Sustainabl...

  • November 26, 2021

Sustainable Agriculture: Efficient Water Use

We’ve now looked at a range of arable crops from a Sustainable (Inte...

Food and Ingredients
  • November 26, 2021

NEW! The Dairy Industry, Now and in the Future

This biweekly series will focus on the dairy industry. It’ll discuss...

Sugar
  • November 5, 2021

Sustainable Agriculture: Is Sugar Beet a Prime Candidate?

We recently discussed Sustainable Intensive Agriculture (SIA) in the c...

Sugar
  • October 13, 2021

Sustainable Agriculture: Further Cases for Fresh Cane Harvesting

Last time, we explained the trend towards the green harvesting of suga...

  • October 5, 2021

Inspection and Certification: Variety Selection

Last time, we explained the strict standards that are applied to seeds...

Sugar
  • September 29, 2021

Sustainable Agriculture: Responsible Cane Harvesting

Last time, we started to explore issued related to sugarcane. We exami...

  • September 22, 2021

Inspection and Certification: Arable Seeds

So far in this series, we’ve considered the grains and oilseeds supp...

Sugar
  • September 17, 2021

Sustainable Agriculture: Sugarcane Production

So far, our exploration of Sustainable (Intensive) Agriculture has foc...

Grains
  • September 8, 2021

Inspection and Certification: The International Shipper

So far in this series, we’ve considered the grains and oilseeds supp...

  • September 2, 2021

Sustainable Agriculture: Invasive Species

So far, we’ve demonstrated how we can minimise greenhouse gas emissi...

  • August 24, 2021

Inspection and Certification: Avoiding Trouble When Taking Samples

Last time, we spoke about what happens when sampling goes wrong. Sampl...

  • August 17, 2021

Sustainable Agriculture: Weed Management

Last time, we talked about Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Today, we...

Food and Ingredients Grains
  • August 5, 2021

Inspection and Certification: When Sampling Goes Wrong

Last week, we covered the basic principles of Testing, Inspection and ...

Food and Ingredients Grains
  • August 5, 2021

Inspection and Certification: When Sampling Goes Wrong

Last week, we covered the basic principles of Testing, Inspection and ...

  • July 28, 2021

Sustainable Agriculture: Innovative Pest Control

Last time, we demonstrated that there are plausible alternatives to mo...

  • July 21, 2021

Inspection and Certification: The Basics

This is a new series on Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC). T...

Grains Sugar
  • July 8, 2021

Sustainable Agriculture: Alternatives to Pesticides

Last time, we spoke about Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and its var...

PET
  • July 1, 2021

Plastics: Single-Use Varieties

In this piece, I explore some of the widespread issues related to sing...

  • June 24, 2021

Sustainable Agriculture: Pest Control

So far, we’ve focused on issues related to global warming and arable...

PET
  • June 16, 2021

Plastics: Managing Our Waste

As it stands, there’s a handful of ways we deal with plastic waste. ...

PET
  • May 19, 2021

Plastics: Confusion Around Recycling

In this article, we turn our attention onto product labelling. To this...

  • May 13, 2021

Sustainable Agriculture: Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)

Here, we discuss how plant breeding in rice has successfully increased...

PET
  • May 6, 2021

Plastics: All of Their Advantages

So far, we’ve concentrated on the different types of plastics and th...

Grains
  • April 29, 2021

Sustainable Agriculture: Maximising Rice Yields

In our last article on Sustainable (Intensive) Agriculture, we discuss...

PET
  • April 22, 2021

Plastics: Uses in the Food and Beverage Industry

This week, we look at the five main plastics used across the food and ...

Grains
  • April 14, 2021

Sustainable Agriculture: Learning from Rice

In previous articles, when discussing arable crops, we’ve always mad...

PET
  • April 6, 2021

Plastics and Resins: The Key Producers

This week, we look at the key producers of plastics and resins.  ...

  • March 21, 2021

Sustainable Agriculture (UK): Not So Sweet Soils

Health Warning: Don’t read this whilst eating your sustainably produ...

PET
  • March 11, 2021

Plastics: Price Volatility in the Supply Chain

It’s time to look at somewhat surprising volatility in the plastics ...

  • March 8, 2021

Sustainable Agriculture: Manure and Slurry

So far, our discussion on fertilizer has centred around the use of syn...

PET
  • February 24, 2021

Plastics: How They Are Made

Substituting One Problem with Another In food and beverage production,...

  • February 17, 2021

Sustainable Agriculture: Advanced Technology to Improve Yields

In the last four Opinions, we’ve explored the process of choosing th...

PET
  • February 10, 2021

NEW! Plastics: Making the Indispensable Environmental

A Controversial, But Indispensable Part of Modern Life Plastic has bec...

  • February 3, 2021

Sustainable Agriculture: How to Use Fertilizer

In the last three reports, we’ve discussed the importance of choosin...

PET
  • January 27, 2021

Aluminium: Will Recycling Rates Improve in 2021?

Recycling Rates Total percentage recycling in the circular economy is ...

  • January 20, 2021

Why Farm Timing is Critical to Sustainability

In the previous two reports, we discussed the importance of choosing t...

PET
  • January 13, 2021

Aluminium: Uses Related to Thermoforming

A Quick Recap In previous reports, we’ve followed the production cyc...

  • December 16, 2020

Sustainable Agriculture: Tackling Fertilizer Waste Head-On

In the previous report, we discussed the importance of choosing the ri...

PET
  • December 8, 2020

Aluminium: The Pros and Cons of Flexible Packaging

A Quick Recap In previous reports, we’ve looked at the market for al...

  • December 2, 2020

Sustainable Agriculture: Controlling Nitrogen

In the previous two reports, we discussed how different farming system...

PET
  • November 25, 2020

Aluminium: Food Packaging

A Quick Recap In our previous reports, we have explained the use and t...

  • November 18, 2020

Sustainable Agriculture: Arable Nitrogen Use

In the first four reports in this series, we examined Sustainable Agri...

Food and Ingredients
  • November 11, 2020

Aluminium: Foil Through the Years

A Quick Recap In our previous reports, we described the production pro...

Grains Sugar
  • November 4, 2020

Sustainable Agriculture: Arable Farming

So far in this series, we have laid out the definitions of Sustainable...

PET
  • October 28, 2020

Aluminium: Consumer Beverage Trends

A Quick Recap In previous reports, we explained how aluminium is produ...

  • October 21, 2020

Sustainable Agriculture: Taking Part

In the first three reports of this series, we set out a framework for ...

  • October 14, 2020

Aluminium: New Can Manufacturing Technologies

A Quick Recap In previous reports, we’ve explained the aluminium pro...

  • October 7, 2020

Sustainable Intensive Agriculture: A New Approach

In the first two reports of this series, we placed Sustainable Agricul...

PET
  • September 30, 2020

Aluminium: From Beverage Factory to Consumer

A Quick Recap In our previous report, we described the history of the ...

  • September 23, 2020

Sustainable Agriculture: Frameworks for Success

In the first report in this series, we concentrated on placing Sustain...

PET
  • September 16, 2020

Aluminium: The Anatomy of the Can

A Quick Recap In the first two Opinions in this series, we examined ho...

  • September 9, 2020

NEW! Sustainable Agriculture: Origins and Evolutions

The Origins of Sustainable Agriculture  SA isn’t new. The earli...

PET
  • September 2, 2020

Aluminium: A Closer Look at its Carbon Footprint

A Quick Recap In the first report, we noted that two end products that...

  • August 19, 2020

NEW! Aluminium: The Basics You Need To Know

     Aluminium Production    The in...

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