Using Pigs to Grow Tomatoes with Biogas
An innovative eco-friendly pig farm of the future is the dream of a Danish pig farmer, Soren Hansen and the concept of a PhD architecture student, Nee Rentz Petersen, writes TheMeatSite senior editor, Chris Harris.

Key to Low Carbon Emission Pig Meat Production
A healthy diet and reduced consumption would reduce carbon emissions, writes TheMeatSite senior editor, Chris Harris.

Roadmap to Cutting Livestock Emissions
UK agriculture will have to find savings equivalent to 3 million tonnes of CO₂ a year between now and 2020 to achieve the government's emissions reduction targets, writes TheCattleSite senior editor, Chris Harris.

CHP Opportunities Right for Food and Beverage Processors
An emerging confluence of legislation, funding, and technical progress regarding alternative energy conversion and energy efficiency is resulting in new opportunities for industrial energy systems implementations, writes Comas Haynes in PoultryTech at...

Safety of Animal By Products from Biogas Production
A study by the BIOHAZ panel of the European Food Safety Authority analysing the pathogens that remain in the digest after animal by products have been processed for biogas production has concluded that it is irrelevant whether Clostridium perfringens...

Environmental Benefits for Meat and Fish Sector
The amount of meat and fish and its associated packaging ending up as waste in the UK retail supply chain is to be identified for the first time – and the team behind the research will also identify how to reduce it in order to realise cost savings and...

Environmental Issues Control Slaughter Production
When the Danish Crown slaughterhouse in Horsens opened its doors in May 2005, it was not only one of the largest and most modern meat processing plants in the world, but also one of the most environmentally friendly, writes TheMeatSite, senior editor...

Environmental Visions of the Meat Industry
Norwegian food production is the origin of nine per cent of Norway's emissions of greenhouse gases, and the worst offender in food production is the meat industry. This challenge for the industry was addressed during Meat Day 2009, which focused on the...