Sustainability News

  1. With Critical Minerals In Focus At APEC, Australia And South Korea Should Explore New Opportunities In Sustainable Food And Agriculture 10/30/2025

    While critical minerals are set to dominate discussions at the APEC Summit, there's another opportunity for Australia and South Korea to deepen ties – drawing on Australia's strengths in sustainable agriculture and South Korea's expertise in technology and innovation to advance the next wave of food and agricultural research.

  2. Tricky Treats: Why Pumpkins Accumulate Pollutants 10/30/2025

    Pumpkins, squash, zucchini and their relatives accumulate soil pollutants in their edible parts.

  3. Agroz Set To Debut AI-Driven 'Agroz Robotics' To Revolutionize Sustainable Food Production At Fortune Innovation Forum 2025 10/30/2025

    Agroz Inc. (NASDAQ: AGRZ) ("Agroz," the "Company," "we," "us," or "our"), an innovative, fully vertically integrated agricultural technology company designing, building, managing, and operating indoor Controlled Environment Agriculture vertical farms, today announced it will participate in Fortune Innovation Forum 2025, taking place on November 17-18, 2025 in Kuala Lumpur.

  4. Using Metabarcoding To Detect Rot-Causing Fungi In Apples 10/30/2025

    Many types of fungi can cause rot in apples, both before and after harvest. In packing facilities, apples are often sorted in water, but researchers do not yet know whether fungal spores from rotten apples can spread through the water and infect healthy ones.

  5. A Protein Can Help Make Some Citrus More Tolerant To The Deadly Citrus Greening Disease — And It's Safe 10/29/2025

    Greening disease has devastated the citrus crop in Florida, but University of Florida scientists are using genes from another plant and putting them into Hamlin oranges to develop citrus plants that fight the disease.

  6. Improving Future Crop Varieties: New BYU Research In Nature Decodes Oat Genetics 10/29/2025

    Oats are a highly nutritious cereal crop with well-documented health benefits. They contain compounds that help lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of metabolic diseases, and they are less likely to trigger allergies — making oat-based foods increasingly popular as alternatives to dairy and wheat products.

  7. 3D DNA Looping Discovery In Rice Paves The Way For Higher Yields With Less Fertilizer 10/29/2025

    A team of Chinese scientists has uncovered a hidden 3D structure in rice DNA that allows the crop to grow more grain while using less nitrogen fertilizer.

  8. Techminds Group And Aptean Bring Precision ERP To Power The Future Of Fresh Produce 10/28/2025

    Techminds Group, a leading technology solutions provider and a strategic Aptean partner, today announced its participation in the New York Produce Show 2025 at Javits Center, NY on Dec 04th, 2025, where it will showcase the next-generation ERP solutions purpose-built for the fresh produce and farming industries.

  9. Byte By Byte: How AI Is Reshaping Agriculture 10/28/2025

    The Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine once stood 30 metres high and stretched 3.2 kilometres across the Dnieper River, creating one of the country’s largest reservoirs.

  10. Plastomics Announces Initial Close Of Series B Financing To Advance Groundbreaking Corn Chloroplast Transformation Technology 10/27/2025

    Plastomics, a cutting-edge leader in agricultural biotechnology, recently announced the successful initial close of its Series B funding round.