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My family have farmed this land for 100 years and fed generations of Britons - but now we could be forced to sell it because of Labour's new tax rules
2 months, 1 week ago

My family have farmed this land for 100 years and fed generations of Britons - but now we could be forced to sell it because of Labour's new tax rules

Daily Mail  

A devastated farmer whose land has been passed down through generations has told of how his family could face an inheritance tax bill of almost £2million. Kim Gower, who owns Blandred Farm in Folkestone, Kent, is equally aghast and fears the new inheritance tax could force the family to sell off a fifth of their land. Mr Twyman inherited the …

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About one in 10 farmed salmon in Macquarie Harbour died over a seven-month period, documents show
2 months, 2 weeks ago

About one in 10 farmed salmon in Macquarie Harbour died over a seven-month period, documents show

ABC  

Environmentalists have raised concerns after new data showed about 10 per cent of salmon farmed in Tasmania's Macquarie Harbour died during the process. How salmon farming has pushed Macquarie Harbour to the limit, starting in 1987 Photo shows Macquarie Harbour salmon pens in 2006 Despite assurances of "world's best practice", salmon farming has turned Macquarie Harbour into a battleground over …

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Farmed oysters are mysteriously dying off in the millions and scientists are struggling to figure out why
3 months ago

Farmed oysters are mysteriously dying off in the millions and scientists are struggling to figure out why

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. For more than a decade along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico, millions of …

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Dozens of viruses detected in Chinese fur farm animals
4 months ago

Dozens of viruses detected in Chinese fur farm animals

The Hindu  

Dozens of viruses have been detected mixing in animals at fur farms in China, some of which are new and have the potential to spill over into humans, researchers said on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. Virologist Edward Holmes, who has led research into Covid-19, told AFP he felt that the global fur farming industry “is one most likely ways by …

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Switching from beef to chicken isn’t the sustainability flex you think it is
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Switching from beef to chicken isn’t the sustainability flex you think it is

Salon  

For climate conscious eaters, beef has become the food to avoid. For many people in the U.S., it’s factory farmed chicken, which has about one tenth the climate impact per serving. At a glance, the carbon footprint of factory farmed chicken is dramatically lower than that of industrially raised beef: These chickens produce about 10 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalents …

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Why your salmon sandwich is disastrous for the environment – but saving the economy
7 months ago

Why your salmon sandwich is disastrous for the environment – but saving the economy

The Telegraph  

Certification is a persistent problem. The RSPCA Assured label, under whose banner almost 100 per cent of Scottish salmon is farmed, has come in for particular criticism. In an interview with The Times in March, he said “it is time farmed salmon was taken out of our seas and off our tables for good: for the health of fish, people …

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More aquatic animals were farmed than fished in 2022, for the first time ever
7 months ago

More aquatic animals were farmed than fished in 2022, for the first time ever

The Hindu  

The total global volume of fish, shrimp, clams and other aquatic animals that are harvested by farming has topped the amount fished in the wild from the world's waters for the first time ever, the United Nations reported on June 8. The U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organisation, in its latest report on fisheries and aquaculture, says the global catch and …

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Saurabh Dwivedi’s ‘The Lalantop’ farmed traffic with cheap stories
7 months, 1 week ago

Saurabh Dwivedi’s ‘The Lalantop’ farmed traffic with cheap stories

Op India  

India Today’s left-leaning digital portal, ‘The Lallantop’, and its founder Saurabh Dwivedi have earned notoriety for spreading misinformation against the BJP. Saurabh Dwivedi spread falsehoods about reaching out to Nupur Sharma On the 25th of May 2024, Saurabh Dwivedi of Lallantop spun a sinister web of lies to defend himself against allegations that he was too scared to fact-check what …

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How to buy sustainable salmon: An expert guide to navigating the nuance of eco-labels
10 months, 4 weeks ago

How to buy sustainable salmon: An expert guide to navigating the nuance of eco-labels

Salon  

We've all been there. The fish meal used to feed farmed salmon presents further problems, as it often originates from wild-caught fish that aren't always taken at sustainable levels. One of us has researched eco-labels for five years, finding that these two certification schemes are currently the most scientifically sound, evidenced-based standards for seafood sustainability – including salmon. Schemes for …

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Centre plans to make north shrimp-output hub
1 year ago

Centre plans to make north shrimp-output hub

Hindustan Times  

The Union government is working on an aquaculture plan worth ₹576 crore in four northern states to create a hub of farming shrimp for export and domestic consumption by utilizing land unsuitable for crops, two officials with the knowledge of the matter said. Over the past year, officials and scientists from the department of fisheries and the Central Institute of …

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Federal environment minister urged to destock salmon farms in Macquarie Harbour to save Maugean skate
1 year, 4 months ago

Federal environment minister urged to destock salmon farms in Macquarie Harbour to save Maugean skate

ABC  

In short: There are warnings a species of skate found only in one Tasmanian harbour that is also used for farming salmon will go extinct unless fish pens are rapidly destocked There are warnings a species of skate found only in one Tasmanian harbour that is also used for farming salmon will go extinct unless fish pens are rapidly destocked …

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Opinion: Think humans’ treatment of animals has improved in 50 years? Think again
1 year, 7 months ago

Opinion: Think humans’ treatment of animals has improved in 50 years? Think again

LA Times  

Fifty years ago, my first article arguing that it is wrong to treat animals as we do appeared in the New York Review of Books. That number is dwarfed by the approximately 200 billion vertebrate animals raised for food in appalling conditions in factory farms. In any objective assessment of the lives, and deaths, of animals under human control, the …

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Wild or farmed? Pacific or Atlantic? Here’s what to know about bluefin tuna
1 year, 8 months ago

Wild or farmed? Pacific or Atlantic? Here’s what to know about bluefin tuna

LA Times  

Although bluefin tuna is commonly found at sushi restaurants throughout Los Angeles, many diners might not be aware of what it means to eat a particular species or how it’s sourced. Served nearly everywhere to sushi lovers, whether or not we should be eating bluefin tuna still is still hotly debated among consumers and conservation experts alike. Farmed: There is …

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SC grants bail to 'small-time peddler' Sabir who was caught with 8 kg of illegally farmed opium
1 year, 11 months ago

SC grants bail to 'small-time peddler' Sabir who was caught with 8 kg of illegally farmed opium

Op India  

On Friday, the Supreme Court of India granted bail to one Sabir, who was accused of illegally cultivating 8 kg of opium in Madhya Pradesh. The Background of the Case The case dates back to March 1996 when Sabir and his father Hamid were caught cultivating poppy opium in excess of the area, which was originally licenced to them. “It …

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Op-Ed: Why does California have an egg shortage?
1 year, 11 months ago

Op-Ed: Why does California have an egg shortage?

LA Times  

The egg selection at Grocery Outlet in Redondo Beach on Jan. 5. The average retail price for a dozen large eggs jumped to $7.37 in California last week, up from just $2.35 at this time last year. But if we can weather the bird flu outbreak and increase production of cage-free eggs, then we can return to a status quo …

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What is the lowest-carbon protein?
2 years ago

What is the lowest-carbon protein?

BBC  

What is the lowest-carbon protein? Chicken, for example, has a GHG footprint almost nine times lower than beef's – generating 5.7kg of CO2e per 100g of protein. Alamy Harder cheeses, such as parmesan, are more carbon-intensive than soft cheeses because they are made with more milk Yoghurt, meanwhile, is surprisingly low-carbon, 2.7kg of CO2e per 100g of protein, as not …

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Hyderabad-based IIL announces its foray into aquaculture health market
2 years, 3 months ago

Hyderabad-based IIL announces its foray into aquaculture health market

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Indian Immunologicals Ltd, market leader in animal and human vaccines, has on Tuesday announced its entry into the Aquaculture Health Segment with the launch of its products to serve the growing need in farmed shrimp and fish in the country. IIL as a one health company, through its foray into aquaculture health segment intends to play a role in …

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How floriculture is helping Kerala’s economy
2 years, 4 months ago

How floriculture is helping Kerala’s economy

The Hindu  

Subin Cherian, a cut foliage exporter from Pala, has nothing to cheer about this festival season when the demand for his products should have ideally gone up. There is a steady demand for jasmine, oleander, orange and white marigold, and cut flowers, namely rose and orchid, throughout the year, says Mr. Sureshkumar. Cut foliage plants are mostly farmed in Wayanad, …

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Can eating fish ever be sustainable?
2 years, 5 months ago

Can eating fish ever be sustainable?

BBC  

Can eating fish ever be sustainable? You've got wild, farmed, a dozen different species caught in hundreds of different places with different ways of catching them and farming them – Jack Clarke Armed with this information, the most useful thing I found to help me understand it was the UK-based Marine Conservation Society 's Good Fish Guide. Getty Images Around …

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A ‘lifeline’, animal farmed
2 years, 11 months ago

A ‘lifeline’, animal farmed

The Hindu  

A few days ago, from the midst of the daily gloom of COVID-19, came uplifting news of a pathbreaking surgical procedure in a New York hospital. It also overcomes another hurdle in human to human transplant; one does not have to seek consent from an animal which can be sacrificed for the organ. In the early 1960s, a surgeon called …

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Macquarie Harbour recovers from rapid salmon expansion as EPA considers future sustainability
3 years, 1 month ago

Macquarie Harbour recovers from rapid salmon expansion as EPA considers future sustainability

ABC  

As the environmental condition of Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania's isolated West Coast deteriorated in 2016, a fight amongst salmon giants and industry regulators boiled over into the public eye. Key points: Farmed salmon levels in Macquarie Harbor were slashed after environmental concerns were raised in 2016 Oxygen levels in the harbour have improved but warming water temperatures are concerning marine …

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European Commission to ban all cages for farmed animals
3 years, 6 months ago

European Commission to ban all cages for farmed animals

The Independent  

The European Commission has unveiled plans to ban all cages for farmed animals within six years, in decision hailed as historic. Nearly 1.4 million EU citizens – including many from the UK before Brexit – signed a European Citizens’ Initiative petition calling for a ban on cages, which prevent animals moving around freely and being outdoors. Olga Kikou, head of …

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Endangered ferrets get experimental COVID-19 in Colorado
4 years ago

Endangered ferrets get experimental COVID-19 in Colorado

Associated Press  

In late summer, as researchers accelerated the first clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines for humans, a group of scientists in Colorado worked to inoculate a far more fragile species. About 120 black-footed ferrets, among the most endangered mammals in North America, were injected with an experimental COVID vaccine aimed at protecting the small, weasel-like creatures rescued from the brink of …

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Denmark wants to cull all farmed minks over COVID fears
4 years, 2 months ago

Denmark wants to cull all farmed minks over COVID fears

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Denmark's prime minister said Wednesday …

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