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A king salmon that has returned to Ship Creek to spawn attempts to leap over a waterfall near the William Jack Hernandez Sport Fish Hatchery on July 17, 2013, in Anchorage. (Photo/File/Anchorage Daily News)
Are toxins from road runoff a threat to salmon in Anchorage’s most popular fishing streams? A Go Fund Me campaign has been launched so Alaskans can chip in to find out.
The push stems from an organic compound in tires called quinone that was newly identified by researchers at the University of Washington, said Birgit Hagedorn, a geochemist and longtime board member of the Anchorage Waterways Council.
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Organizers’ hope is to partner with the municipality and the University of Alaska to advance studies and encourage tire makers to stop using the toxic compound.
The mountainous Thai province has emerged as a hub of sustainable agriculture, with forward-thinking chefs in its namesake city taking full advantage of the bounty of local produce.
Photographs by Marisa Marchitelli
Left to right: A footbridge leads to growing tunnels at Ori9in Farm, a half-hour drive from downtown Chiang Mai; Duck schnitzel with sesame bok choy at the farm’s Waiting for May restaurant.
Though dinner is still a few hours away, Phanuphon Bulsuwan is already guiding me on a remarkable culinary expedition. Not just backstage through his kitchen, but into storage rooms packed with large glass beakers, colorful cultures swirling inside. Better known as Chef Black, Bulsuwan is co-owner of Blackitch Artisan Kitchen, a compact restaurant whose dedication to hyperlocal ingredients and fermentation techniques has put the city of Chiang Mai on the global foodie map.
Australian super seaweed supplement to reduce cattle gas emissions wins $1m international prize
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The CSIRO worked for a decade to find and refine the perfect emission-busting seaweed.
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A company commercialising a CSIRO-developed, seaweed feed product, which slashes the amount of greenhouse gases cattle burp and fart into the atmosphere, has won a $1 million international prize for its work reshaping the food system.
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Methane emissions from livestock make up about 15 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions
A CSIRO-developed seaweed product that reduces greenhouse gases produced by cattle has won a $1 million international prize