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Biotech company aims to fight food spoilage

Ethanol is seen as key to the global switch to cleaner energy. But in one of the world's top producers, Brazil, concerns over slavery in the supply chain are rising - along with the heat that workers must contend with

If UNL's "methane barn" can help reduce the beef industry’s global environmental hoofprint, it could one day help save the planet. It could also help preserve Nebraska’s biggest agricultural sector.

Tweet CNN published an interesting story today about European environmentalism and the law of unintended consequences. It’s a lengthy story but the core of it is that back in 2009 the European Union embraced a plan (the Renewable Energy Directive) to reduced its reliance on fossil fuels and instead depend on renewable energy sources. In most people’s minds that would refer to solar panels, windmills and maybe hydroelectric power. But one of the sources specifically cited in the document was biomass, i.e. wood pellets. The European Union reasoned that the burning of wood pellets was bett...

COVID-19 and the resulting economic crisis have highlighted and exacerbated the plight of American farmers, while also threatening already