Sustainability
Many sustainable changes and choices save businesses money.
Here’s what’s happening today at the Sustainable Produce Summit.
Here’s Thursday’s schedule for the Sustainable Produce Summit.
A successful package-recycling program is a numbers game, according to Jeff Brandenburg, president and primary consultant for the Greenfield, Mass.-based JSB Group LLC and QFresh Lab in Salinas, Calif.
The trend in packaging for the produce industry early this year was toward eliminating single-use plastic or even doing away with packaging altogether, merchandising fruits and vegetables loose in bulk displays.
Mushrooms and the concept of sustainability seem to go hand in hand.
Smurfit Kappa announced new targets to further reduce its fossil CO2 emissions, including its ambition to reach at least net zero emissions by 2050.
Village Farms International Inc. announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Village Farms Clean Energy Inc. (“VFCE”), has renewed and extended its existing contract with the City of Vancouver.
Registration is open for the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association’s 42nd annual conference.
Fresh Del Monte Produce has joined the Science Based Targets initiative and plans to work with SBTi to establish an emissions reduction goal for 2030.
Deerfield Beach, Fla.-based Classic Fruit Co.’s Guatemalan farm, Classic Guatemala, has earned the Rainforest Alliance certification.
Monitoring and controlling the use of water through the use of sensors and software will become increasingly important for producers, according to David Berrios, commercial manager for Chile-based LemSystem.
Naturipe Farms, Salinas, Calif., which has undertaken a commitment to sustainable packaging, plans to remove 48 metric tons of plastic from its packaging in 2020.
Mother Nature is going to extremes, and the challenges that reality brings to fresh produce growers were explored in the Produce Marketing Association’s Virtual Town Hall meeting.
Join this free, virtual event to learn how you can contribute to and benefit from the fresh produce industry.
A “less is more” philosophy has permeated produce packaging in recent years, as companies work to reduce waste. Packages have been designed to contain fewer plastics, thinner films and biodegradable materials.
Biodegradable fresh produce packaging requires considerable planning, before and after use, marketers say.
Substantial investments in recycling and industrial compost facilities will be necessary to bring greater sustainability to produce packaging.
Nearly all growers say sustainability is important, but many say buyers are not rewarding them for their efforts.
Producing fruits and vegetables without applying toxic chemicals and by following other prudent growing practices can help preserve the soil and make farming possible for generations to come.
Curious about California water regulations and how they will affect produce crop sustainability?
Effort will establish continuous improvement criteria and metrics focused on feed yards.
Florida’s Ranch aims to keep the family operation going for generations.
This mantra has been pounded into the agriculture industry for the past decade: “Food production must double by 2050 to feed the world’s growing population.” Just Google that statement and watch scores of results appear. There’s just one problem – this assertion isn’t supported by the latest data, according to research just published in the journal Bioscience.
After rapid gains from vertical tillage, pH and fertility, the improvement pace slows down.
Helping sub-Saharan African farmers modernize the way they raise crops, and doing the same for the continent’s agricultural system as a whole, stands to benefit everyone.
An Oregon ranch hopes to save 1 billion gallons of water annually.
Farmers wanting to apply for funding through the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Conservation Stewardship Program still have a couple of weeks left to do so – the next application deadline is Feb. 3, 2017.
About 40 years ago Maria “Pilu” Giraudo’s father bagan to notice his soil eroding. He and neighboring farmers tried tirelessly to reverse the damage. After some years and many, many trials and advice he reduced and then stopped tilling, rejuvenating the tired soil. Yesterday, Giraudo received the Kleckner Award, an annual recognition given by Global Farmer Network to a farmer who shows leadership and vision, for her work in promotion of no-till agriculture in Argentina.
On Wednesday, the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology recognized a scientist who builds awareness of biotechnology’s benefits by finding common ground with consumers.