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MIT Team Receives $53 Million to Advance Sustainable Agricultural Weed Control

MIT researchers will lead an up to $53 million effort, awarded by the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) as part of its STREAM (Systems for Tracking and Resilience in Efficient Agricultural-input Management) program, to develop next-generation weed killers that help farmers and protect human health.

11 Nov 2026

Human Metabolism Produces Two Billion Tons of CO₂ a Year, Global Study Finds

A University of Bath-led study has estimated that the carbon dioxide produced by humans as our bodies turn food into energy rose by 74% between 1985 and 2015, reaching 2.05 billion tons a year.

27 Oct 2026

Healthy Soils Could be Britain's Greatest Natural Defense Against Drought and Flooding, Say Regenerative Farmers

As the Government calls Water company bosses together to address the threat to farming in 2027. The Environment Agency's warning that agricultural reservoirs may not refill this winter makes this about future food production and water security, not simply this year's drought.

24 Oct 2026

Danish Technological Institute Leads New Method to Secure Clean Drinking Water in Ukraine and Strengthen Danish Emergency Preparedness

With DKK 5.5 million from the Grundfos Foundation, the Danish Technological Institute is heading an initiative to develop and deploy mobile water purification units in war-torn areas of Ukraine in collaboration with the International Red Cross and several partners.

12 Oct 2026

World Off-Track on Nearly Every Food System Goal – Latest Assessment Reveals

The latest study from the Food Systems Countdown Initiative (FSCI) reveals the stark reality of where global food systems transformation stands – for most indicators on health, environment, livelihoods, governance and resilience, a vast majority of countries will not meet the internationally agreed 2030 goals.

23 Sep 2026