SoilMate’s Weekly News Digest #9
Climate change has cut global farming productivity by 21% since the 1960s.
Cornell University study found that global agricultural productivity is 21 percent lower than it would have been without climate change. It is equivalent to the loss of about seven years of farm productivity growth since the 1960s.
A new study concludes that anthropogenic climate change has slowed agricultural productivity worldwide, published in Nature Climate Change, was led by economist Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, associate professor at Cornell.
«We find that climate change has wiped out about seven years of improvements in agricultural productivity over the past 60 years,» Ortiz-Bobea said.
Beyond Meat opens its first factory outside the United States.
Beyond Meat announced the opening of a new manufacturing facility near Shanghai, China. Company signaling its intentions for a fast-growing in a very profitable alternative protein market.
The new factory will also work as an R&D center, which will develop and produce «unique products» for Chinese consumers in tandem with the company’s partners and suppliers in China.
«We believe the new manufacturing facility will be instrumental in advancing our pricing and sustainability metrics. We seek to provide Chinese consumers with delicious plant-based proteins good for people and the planet,» said co-founder and CEO Ethan Brown.
Scientists have found «forever chemicals» near Iowa Airport.
A group of scientists from the University of Iowa discovered toxic «forever chemicals» in private wells near Cedar Rapids Airport and hopes to find them throughout the state.
«They are used extensively in industry and commerce. We know they don’t get removed in wastewater treatment and are discharged into the environment. The chemicals don’t go away. They are very persistent. We are going to find them,» said David Cwiertny, director of the Center for the Health Effects of Environmental Contamination (CHEEC) at the University of Iowa.
The impacts of climate changes on coffee production in Columbia.
Climate change poses new challenges for coffee production in Colombia. A study by the University of Illinois shows that the impact varies greatly depending on where coffee grains grow.
«Low-altitude municipalities will be negatively affected by climate change. Therefore, thousands of growers and their families in these areas will see their livelihood endangered because productivity is likely to fall below their break-even point by mid-century,» says Sandy Dall’Erba, professor in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics.
Nutrien is going to cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 30% by 2030.
The Canadian company Nutrien Ltd — the largest fertilizer manufacturer, has stated that it plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 30% by 2030.
Nutrien plans to spend between $500 and $700 million on achieving the carbon target, including reducing emissions from nitrogen production by 1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent annually by the end of 2023. «We are in a unique spot to address two big societal challenges — food security, and in a way that reduces our environmental footprint,» said Mark Thompson, chief corporate development and strategy officer in Nutrien.
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