20100706 agchat on conventional ag news

Eliminating conventional cages from EU egg production in favour of more welfare-friendly methods will increase the sector's carbon footprint. Addressing the recent International Egg Commission conference in Paris, Dutch researcher Impke de Boer explained how the role of livestock production in global warming had only become an issue since the FAO had published its report Livestock's Long Shadow in 2006.

Eliminating conventional cages from EU egg production in favour of more welfare-friendly methods will increase the sector's carbon footprint.

Addressing the recent International Egg Commission conference in Paris,

Dutch researcher Impke de Boer explained how the role of livestock production in global warming had only become an issue since the FAO had published its report Livestock's Long Shadow in 2006.

When it comes to food consumption, choices that consumers think are the most environmentally friendly often aren't, a group of researchers contend. For instance, if everyone bought their meat, eggs and milk from local farmers' markets and grass-fed beef operations, the practice could actually result in more greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere.

When it comes to food consumption, choices that consumers think are the most environmentally friendly often aren't, a group of researchers contend.

For instance, if everyone bought their meat, eggs and milk from local farmers' markets and grass-fed beef operations, the practice could actually result in more greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere.

A taste of cow's milk during the first two weeks of life may protect a child from later developing an allergy to the milk's protein, a new study suggests. Cow's milk protein allergy is the most common and most dangerous among the family of dairy allergies and intolerances, with reactions including rash, respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms, even shock or death.

A taste of cow's milk during the first two weeks of life may protect a child from later developing an allergy to the milk's protein, a new study suggests.

Cow's milk protein allergy is the most common and most dangerous among the family of dairy allergies and intolerances, with reactions including rash, respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms, even shock or death.

If you want to grow a bigger potato, organic farming may be the way. The balanced mix of insects and fungi in organic fields does a superior job of keeping pests in check, leading to larger plants, according to researchers at Washington State University in Pullman.

If you want to grow a bigger potato, organic farming may be the way. The balanced mix of insects and fungi in organic fields does a superior job of keeping pests in check, leading to larger plants, according to researchers at Washington State University in Pullman.