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Paying farmers a living wage is essential to ensuring sustainable coffee production

GreenBiz

When production is reduced, farmers may use more chemicals in the growing process, which harms the soil and water sources, further degrading the planet and human health. As a result, coffee production will be greatly limited in medium and lower elevations by 2030 to 2050. Coffee, poverty and migration are also connected.

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HSBC invests in world’s first ‘reef credit’ system

GreenBiz

Selling the reef credits funds investments in more efficient fertilizer practices such as matching the application to the needs of specific crops and removing compact soil to decrease excess runoff, according to GreenCollar. But the high degree of rainfall in the area produces intense agricultural runoff into the ocean near the reef.

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Greater action required to prevent irreversible outcomes for farming

Envirotec Magazine

Nearly all (97%) of farmers think consumers need to be better educated about the value of natural assets on farms, including how successful management of natural capital is a public benefit. The research also reveals over eight in ten people (86%) want to support farmers who are creating wildlife habitats and restoring soil health.

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'Climate Heroes': New educational handbook encourages children to engage with nature

Business Green

The Wildlife Trusts today launched Nature's Climate Heroes, a new educational pack that aims to help primary school children learn about climate change in an effort and enhance environmental education across the country. This can be extremely daunting, especially for children with their whole lives ahead of them.

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'Make soil sexy': Supermodel Arizona Muse debuts biodynamic farming initiative

Business Green

Soil is suddenly in fashion. Dubbed Dirt, the new group aims to promote biodynamic farming by funding scientific research, education programmes, demonstration and conversion projects, as well as new and existing industry networks and associations. Dirt will help make soil sexy," she added.

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Pros and Cons of Drip Irrigation

Green Business Bureau

Drip line refers to rigid, structural piping while drip tape is thin-walled plastic tubing most commonly used in drip irrigation applications due to its adaptability to various topography and soil conditions. Further, drip irrigation minimizes evaporation from the soil which aids soil health and the important soil microbes that dwell there.

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Chemicals used in plastic food packaging linked to 10% of preterm births in 2018

Grist

A class of chemicals commonly used in plastic food containers and cosmetic products may have caused about 10 percent of the United States’ preterm births in 2018, according to a study from environmental health experts at New York University. Salads packed in plastic clamshells.

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