Sustainability
The company’s Contentious Company Report highlights its progress on environmental and social impacts.
Agriculture is complex, and the AgLaunch farmer network helps early-stage startups get traction
The Flashfood app offers shoppers discounts on fresh, nutritious food, keeping high-value food out of landfills.
Abhay Thosar, chief horticultural specialist at Sollum Technologies, shares the tremendous improvements the controlled environment agriculture industry has made with its lighting in the past decade or so.
Murat Kacira, director of the University of Arizona’s Controlled Environment Agriculture Center, explains the Mars Lunar Greenhouse Prototype project and how space ag and Earth’s CEA isn’t too different.
The company expects a strong California table grape season, with a new eco-friendly packaging offering for retailers.
The EPA is soliciting public comment on Clean Water Act Section 401 challenges through Aug. 6, and a listening session is scheduled for July 30.
Mark Mills says the efforts of the Soil & Climate Initiative have helped codify and home in on his regenerative practices, particularly with soil health.
With actionable benchmarks, the Soil & Climate Initiative’s new standards offer growers an on-ramp to regenerative agricultural practices.
Author Kelsey Timmerman discusses his latest book, “Regenerative Earth,” and what he learned from farmers using nature-based practices to reshape the future of food.
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed raising residue tolerance levels on several produce pesticides, with public comments open through July 21.
With an aim to bring new tools to advance regenerative agriculture, these companies see microbiome soil tests as complements to traditional soil testing.
In a new report, the grower, marketer and developer of tree fruit highlights progress and showcases goals across pollinator health, packaging, food loss and waste, and climate and energy,
Latin American climatech company Kilimo partners with Microsoft and Netafim in a private-private partnership to shift Central Valley irrigators from flood to drip.
International Fresh Produce Association CEO Cathy Burns says receiving the accreditation status is a ”significant advocacy milestone.”
Are crop biologicals poised for a parabolic growth spurt? Pam Marrone, co-founder of Invasive Species Corp., dove deeper into the topic with certified crop advisers during a recent webinar hosted by the Science Societies.
June 2025 marked the fifth year Continental Fresh has operated its Water for All mangoes program that helps fund water infrastructure projects in rural Latin America.
With a network of over 200 gardens and food forests across seven counties, Denver Urban Gardens is cultivating more than food — it’s growing community leadership, health equity and environmental resilience.
With the United Nations’ designation of 2025 as the International Year of Cooperatives, ag leaders reflect on the economics of cooperatives.
To learn how the Toronto-based company is moving the needle on food waste and fresh produce consumption, The Packer recently connected with Flashfood CEO Jordan Schenck.
The Soil Center, a joint venture between CMI Orchards and Royal Family Farming, plans to begin operations by the end of the year.
As part of the ROC process, Washington Fruit Growers and Gilbert Orchards have expanded their efforts to enhance biodiversity through beneficial gardens, integrated pest management, protecting local waterways and their associated riparian zones, and continued refinement of how they support their workforce.
Upgrading to Fairtrade-certified bananas cost less than a single sock, according to the company.
A new report from the Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts ranked all 50 U.S. states by access to locally produced food, revealing that smaller states like Vermont, Oregon and Maine lead the nation in connecting residents with nearby farms, while major agricultural producers often lag.
Human urine is gaining recognition as a sustainable, nutrient-rich fertilizer with the potential to benefit small urban farms, home gardens and large-scale farms, offering a low-cost solution to rising fertilizer prices and environmental concerns.
Recognized as a 2025 Top Agri-Food Pioneer by the World Food Prize Foundation, Linda Kinkel, founder of Jord BioScience, with decades of research into microbiomes and disease-suppressive soils, shapes the future of sustainable produce production through targeted microbial innovation.
Despite mostly full reservoirs, water districts serving agriculture in the state’s most productive region aren’t getting enough water, highlighting outdated water infrastructure.
Company says RNA technology can directly target pests and potentially slash application frequency.
Pam Marrone says today’s industry supports products coming to market with a win rate no less than 80% and at least a 7% yield increase — anything else is just noise.
The recipient of Dole’s first “Spirit of Ohana” award, Evan Ehlers, the CEO and founder of Sharing Excess, discusses the ever-growing need for organizations like his.