Food policymakers urged to consider land sparing in biodiversity efforts
‘Green’ farming policies may accelerate global biodiversity loss, two leading academics have warned.
Archives for June 27, 2023
‘We return value to our members’: How cooperatives help to run Ireland’s dairy sector
Founded in 1961 as the Irish Dairy Board, a government body tasked with exporting Ireland’s dairy produce, Ornua (meaning ‘new gold’ in Irish Gaelic) now exports to 110 markets around the globe each year, and is responsible for world-famous brands such...
Alt dairy bottleneck: start-up calls for collaboration to speed non-animal casein production
Dutch fermentation specialist Fooditive claims it has successfully demonstrated the feasibility of non-animal casein production at an industrial scale and is now hoping to collaborate with a ‘like-minded partners’ to navigate Novel Food approval in the EU.
FrieslandCampina and Mondelēz team up on project to boost dairy farm sustainability
Dutch dairy cooperative, FrieslandCampina, and snack giant, Mondelēz International, have signed a four-year agreement aimed at reducing the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of milk supplied by dairy farmers by around 14% in 2025 compared to 2019.
Raisin polyphenols improve cognitive scores in elderly, study suggests
A new RCT observes that daily supplementation with 50g of polyphenol-rich raisins for 6-months improves scores for cognition in an elderly population.