News from the Earth
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FAO declared 2021 the International Year of Fruit and Vegetables.
The aim is to raise public awareness of the health benefits of fruit and vegetable consumption, promote healthy diet and lifestyle, reduce food waste and food losses, improving food production by making it more sustainable through innovation and technology in line with UN development objectives.
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1/3 of our food is directly dependent on insect pollination
In Europe alone, more than 4000 types of vegetables we eat depend on bees. If these precious insects disappear, the consequences for food production and the environment would be devastating. Who would pollinate crops?- agriculture
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Hazardous chemicals found in single use plastic food containers
It is urgent to reduce the use of disposable options and rely on circular and safe materials. Given the ability of many of these chemicals (many of which are hazardous) to migrate from packaging and other materials to food, their continued use should be understood as a risk to human health.- awareness
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European Biodiversity Strategy supports organic farming
“To provide space for wild animals, plants, pollinators and natural pest regulators, there is an urgent need to bring back at least 10% of agricultural area under high-diversity landscape features. These include, inter alia, buffer strips, rotational or non-rotational fallow land, hedges, non-productive trees, terrace walls and ponds,” the European Biodiversity Strategy reads.- agriculture
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Sustainability Day 28 October 2020
Sustainability Day was created to remind the community of the importance of caring for the environment and the steps to do so. Currently, on the la...- awareness
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Only 9% of the plastic ever produced has been recycled. So what happened to all that plastic you've put in the recycling bin over the years?
It turns out that for decades the recyclability of plastics was grossly oversold by the plastics industry. Unfortunately, just placing your plastic into the recycling bin doesn't mean it will get recycled. The recycling system is complicated and often dictated by market demand. Not all plastic is recyclable. We cannot recycle plastic bags or straws for example.- awareness
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Flowers are changing color due to climate change
The flowers have started to produce more pigments to protect themselves from UV rays. A phenomenon that is not visible to human eyes but affects pollination.- agriculture
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16 facts about bees and beeswax
Today is National Honey Bees Day, let's celebrate and learn why bees are so important. Bees today are an endangered species. You can help our plan... -
35% of the organisms collected in the Central Tyrrhenian Sea and ending up on the tables have microplastics in the stomach and intestines.
The results of Greenpeace Italy's research on the presence of microplastics in fish and invertebrates, such as mussels and scampi, show that 35% of...- agriculture
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Organic food consumption increased even during coronavirus emergency.
Organic food has definitely come out of the niche: organic purchases have grown even in the period of the coronavirus emergency. A reflection of th...- agriculture
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International Year of Plant Health 2020
Plants are the source of the air we breathe and most of the food we eat, yet how to keep them healthy is often ignored. This can have devastating r...- agriculture
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Fake Chinese honey (made without bees) invades Italy. It's cheap, but it doesn't meet the standards.
It is not made by bees and for this reason it costs much less, almost 3€ less than Italian honey: so the fake honey made in China invades Italy and...- agriculture
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