M&S invests £1m to tackle by dairy cow methane emissions

Stuart Stone
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Retailer to switch cows to feed designed to reduce burps and avoid 11,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has announced a fresh £1m of funding to change the diet of pasture-grazed dairy cattle in its supply chain, as part efforts to reduce methane emissions by up to 11,000 tons of greenhouse...

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