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Salinas, Calif.-based Naturipe Farms removed 92 metric tons of plastic waste from their packaging in 2020, almost quadrupling the amount they reduced in 2019.

Equitable Food Initiative announced that it has been recognized as a third-party-verified certification program for Walmart U.S.’s new pollinator health commitments.

California Giant Berry Farms is celebrating this Earth Day, although for the growers and staff, every day is Earth Day.

In a New Zealand first, All Good and T&G Fresh have partnered to deliver the first Fairtrade and Zero Carbon certified bananas.

Longo’s Brothers Fruit Market (“Longo’s”) has become the first grocery retailer in North America to commit to offering only Fairtrade bananas in their 36 stores and through delivery on Grocery Gateway.

Led by their own-self-interest as well as encouragement from retailers, consumers, produce companies are increasingly engaged on the issue of sustainability.

Part two of The Packer’s interview with Louis Demaso. Tom Karst visited recently with Louis DeMaso, sustainability and operations analyst for Lipman Family Farms, Immokalee, Fla., about Lipman’s work in sustainability.

Water conservation is the top way that produce companies surveyed by The Packer address environmental sustainability, but the list doesn’t end there.

MyLand Company LLC announced the appointment of Dr. Pradeep Monga, former Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) to the Board of Directors.

Ryan Stockwell, senior manager of partner & grower advocacy at Indigo Ag, gives us an update on carbon sequestration technology.