Sustainability
The winning hackathon team created a mycelium-based packaging project and will receive a monetary prize award, along with participation in an incubator program hosted by Lineage Logistics and The Waste Transformers.
Equifruit has won the Fairtrade Innovation Award at the inaugural Fairtrade Global Awards 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya.
Chiquita has introduced the Yelloway initiative, with the goal of producing bananas that are resistant to both pathogenic diseases and environmental threats.
“COP28 is the place for global decision-makers to discuss issues that impact sustainability and climate change,” said Max Teplitski, IFPA chief science officer, of the conference in the United Arab Emirates.
President of the organization will participate in a panel on sustainable food packaging at the United Nation’s climate conference.
The new proposal calls for creating more policies and procedures to encourage a reduction of food waste and funds to assist in developing new technologies.
The document provides an extensive overview of the company’s activities and achievements in three core areas — Thriving Business, Thriving Planet and Thriving Society — against the baseline year of 2020.
Nearly 3 out of 4 of those voting in a recent industry poll predicted the use of reusable plastic containers will rise in the next five years.
Atlanta-based Brambles has advanced one position to be ranked the second most sustainable company in the world by Corporate Knights in its 2024 Global 100 list.
The provider of reusable packaging containers for fresh products, also awarded customers with sustainability certificates to highlight specific environmental savings achieved with IFCO.
The company’s new biofungicide, Mevalone, is now available to treat bunch rot and powdery mildew in California.
The company is highlighting its environmental, social and governance work, emphasizing sustainability, inclusivity and community support.
Sustainable packaging, produce programs and visiting with customers were among the highlights of Viva Fresh 2024.
Ali Cox, CEO and founder of Noble West, an agriculture marketing consultancy, shares how specialty crop growers are currently using regenerative ag, its benefits and its potential for the future.
Salinas, Calif.-based Taylor Farms is celebrating its fifth facility to receive TRUE certification, which is used by facilities to define, pursue and achieve their zero-waste goals.
A letter from more than 25 environmental organizations said many Mexican growers have created legal, longstanding avocado farms that could continue to supply the U.S. if avocados from deforested lands are banned.
Apples, pears, stone fruit, cucumbers, melons and squash scored at the top of the chart for sustainability in a recent study by The Sustainability Consortium.
The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research awarded a $540,000 Seeding Solutions Grant to Cornell University to develop a way to convert nutritious agricultural waste into snack foods.
POET, one of the nation’s leading ethanol producers, continues to develop new technology even as criticism mounts for an end to the federal ethanol mandate.
The New York native works as an extension agent educating people about consumer and commercial horticulture.
Agricultural and food companies are converting what were formerly thought of as waste products into profit centers, according to a new report, “Don’t Waste a Drop,”
Yield losses due to compaction in tracked areas can range between 10% and 20%.
Center-pivot irrigation systems, once thought to be suitable only for Kansas, Nebraska or California’s San Joaquin Valley, are going up in the eastern Corn Belt.
Novozymes has signed an agreement with Natural Industries Inc., which is researching how soil microorganisms can help combat weeds, insects and other pests.
The subsurface irrigation method, first adopted in the U.S. for vegetables, fruits and nuts, is supplementing and even replacing center-pivot systems for field crops.
The Farm Journal Foundation announced today that its nonprofit initiative Farmers Feeding the World is making its largest single commitment to date, giving $1 million to Heifer International.
The need for increased food production and the role farmers will play in the issue was a hot topic at the Ag Issues Forum in Nashville, Tenn.
See how President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney answered the American Farm Bureau Federation’s farming questionnaire.
Organic growing practices, genetically modified organisms and other subjects are highlighted in this week’s segment.