by Gil Bretler | Mar 19, 2025 | Pollution from manure, Uncategorized, Water pollution
An article by By Nina Elkadi, Sentient. A new report maps manure spills in Iowa, where factory farms produce 109 billion pounds of manure per year. Manure spills in the state of Iowa have contributed to what environmental advocacy groups call a water quality crisis....
by Gil Bretler | Mar 28, 2024 | CO2 reductions, Dairy Companies
An article by Thijs Geijer. An increasing number of large dairy companies have plans to become net zero in the future. There is a gap, though, between those plans and the existing technologies that would allow such ambitions to be carried out successfully....
by Gil Bretler | Nov 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
An article by Paul Tullis. Agriculture in Holland is responsible for 80% of emissions of one form of nitrogen pollution, and the largest share is coming from dairy farming. As the stikstofcrisis shows, if policymakers cannot devise effective political solutions to...
by Gil Bretler | Jul 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
An excellent article by Alain Buis, of the NASA. It describes in a condensed way, all we need to know about GHG (Greenhouse gases), and its relation with atmospheric water. Water vapor is Earth’s most abundant greenhouse gas. It’s responsible for about half of...
by Gil Bretler | Jul 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
I agree completely with the authors of this paper. The only question is how the law will be implemented. By Facundo Etchebehere, SVP Sustainability Strategy & Partnerships, Danone, and Bart Vandewaetere, VP ESG Engagement for Europe, Nestlé Farmers and food and...
