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Europeans are turning to frozen food to combat food waste, with the UK leading the charge in sustainability. The Move to -15C Coalition aims to reduce energy usage and emissions by resetting frozen food temperature standards.#climatechange #climatesolutions

Europeans are buying frozen food to reduce waste, survey shows
As well as saving time and money, frozen food can contribute to a more sustainable food system.

We have raspberries growing. When we lived in Seattle we grew kale and picked wild blackberries. All were so much better than anything you get in a grocery store.
I don't eat a lot of fruit these days because its so disappointing to take a bite out of a bland or bitter berry from a plastic carton..
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The Carbon Footprint Wizard: A Knowledge-Augmented AI Interface for Streamlining Food Carbon Footprint Analysis
Mustafa Kaan Aslan, Reinout Heijungs, Filip Ilievski
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07733

The Carbon Footprint Wizard: A Knowledge-Augmented AI Interface for Streamlining Food Carbon Footprint Analysis
Environmental sustainability, particularly in relation to climate change, is a key concern for consumers, producers, and policymakers. The carbon footprint, based on greenhouse gas emissions, is a standard metric for quantifying the contribution to climate change of activities and is often assessed using life cycle assessment (LCA). However, conducting LCA is complex due to opaque and global supply chains, as well as fragmented data. This paper presents a methodology that combines advances in L…

Bridging Farm Economics and Landscape Ecology for Global Sustainability through Hierarchical and Bayesian Optimization
Kevin Bradley Dsouza, Graham Alexander Watt, Yuri Leonenko, Juan Moreno-Cruz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.06386

Bridging Farm Economics and Landscape Ecology for Global Sustainability through Hierarchical and Bayesian Optimization
Agricultural landscapes face the dual challenge of sustaining food production while reversing biodiversity loss. Agri-environmental policies often fall short of delivering ecological functions such as landscape connectivity, in part due to a persistent disconnect between farm-level economic decisions and landscape-scale spatial planning. We introduce a novel hierarchical optimization framework that bridges this gap. First, an Ecological Intensification (EI) model determines the economically opt…

Deep ultraviolet resonant Raman (DUVRR) spectroscopy for spectroscopic evaluation and disinfection of food and agricultural samples
Joseph T. Harrington, Vsevolod Cheburkanov, Mykyta Kizilov, Ilya Kulagin, Georgi Petrov, Vladislav V. Yakovlev
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.04199

Deep ultraviolet resonant Raman (DUVRR) spectroscopy for spectroscopic evaluation and disinfection of food and agricultural samples
The increasing demands on modern plant and food production due to climate change, regulatory pressures, and the Sustainable Development Goals necessitate advanced photonic technologies for improved sustainability. Deep ultraviolet resonant Raman (DUVRR) spectroscopy offers precise spectral fingerprinting and potential disinfection capabilities, making it a promising tool for agricultural and food sciences. We developed a cost-effective, portable DUVRR spectroscopy system using a mercury (Hg) la…

Käytiin huomisen hääpäivän johdosta fine-dining-ravintolassa. Nolla, Fredrikinkadulla. Ihanaa ruokaa. Viiden ruokalajin maiskuttelu- eikun maistelumenu. Tähän mahtuu vain neljä kuvaa joten ensimmäinen jätetty pois.
https://restaurantnolla.com

Restaurant Nolla - Great food in hand with sustainability
We want to show that tasty and imaginative food can be produced based on sustainable development values, without producing waste.

Predict, Reposition, and Allocate: A Greedy and Flow-Based Architecture for Sustainable Urban Food Delivery
Aqsa Ashraf Makhdomi, Iqra Altaf Gillani
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15282

Predict, Reposition, and Allocate: A Greedy and Flow-Based Architecture for Sustainable Urban Food Delivery
The rapid proliferation of food delivery platforms has reshaped urban mobility but has also contributed significantly to environmental degradation through increased greenhouse gas emissions. Existing optimization mechanisms produce sub-optimal outcomes as they do not consider environmental sustainability their optimization objective. This study proposes a novel eco-friendly food delivery optimization framework that integrates demand prediction, delivery person routing, and order allocation to m…

Patagonia Provisions introduces Kernza: the future of sustainable food. #climatechange #climatesolutions #climate

Patagonia Changed the Apparel Business. Can It Change Food, Too?
The outdoor apparel maker from California wants to fix farming. The first challenge is convincing consumers to think of it for sardines and beer.

Good Morning #Canada
Day #8 of The Dirt on Canadian Farming takes us back east to New Brunswick, which is not that "new" BTW. If it seems like we're jumping around the country in this series, with no logic, well, congratulations, you're paying attention.
New Brunswick's agricultural and agri-food sector reached a record of $1.23 billion in farm cash receipts in 2023, with potatoes, blueberries, maple syrup, and dairy all key products. Within that number lies good and bad news. The province had one of the largest decreases in farm operators in the country, but profits per farm have increased. Blueberry farms increased, and the province is 2nd in Canada in production. In 2024, New Brunswick announced the Agricultural Sustainability Program to assist farmers with reducing tillage, maintaining ponds and wetlands, and protecting pollinator habitat, critical and marginal landscapes, trees, riparian areas and crop management.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Farming
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/95-640-x/2016001/article/14803-eng.htm

Data-Driven Greenhouse Climate Regulation in Lettuce Cultivation Using BiLSTM and GRU Predictive Control
Soumo Emmanuel Arnaud, Marcello Calisti, Athanasios Polydoros
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21669

Data-Driven Greenhouse Climate Regulation in Lettuce Cultivation Using BiLSTM and GRU Predictive Control
Efficient greenhouse management is essential for sustainable food production in response to a growing global population. However, maintaining optimal indoor climates requires significant energy and resources, making advanced control systems critical for economic viability and environmental sustainability. Traditional greenhouse models are often complex and imprecise, limiting the effectiveness of conventional control strategies. To address these challenges, this study investigates data-driven p…

UK Co-op shops / Israel
Nice one Co-op. I do sometimes shop there, and this'll encourage me to do so. Good to see principle being upheld over profit.
"British food retailer the Co-op Group will cease sourcing products and ingredients from 17 countries, including Israel, where there are "internationally recognised" human rights abuses and violations of international law, it said on Tuesday.
"The Co-op, which is owned by its members and trades from over 2,300 food stores across the UK, said it would stop selling carrots from Israel from this month as part of a commitment to no longer stock Israeli goods."
Commiserations to any Israeli food-growers who _don't_ support the atrocities in Gaza and are caught up in this.
#CoOp #food #shopping #Israel #UKPol