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Consumers now rank the health of the planet as their number one concern, overtaking personal health which has been the top priority in recent years.

Kwik Lok Corp, the global leader in package closures, today announced the availability of Eco-Lok, the first sustainable closure in Japan.

Governor Gavin Newsom highlighted the California Comeback Plan’s over $15 billion climate package – the largest such investment in state history – tackling a wide array of climate impacts facing the state.

ILIP will be taking part in the 2021 edition of Fruit Attraction and will be presenting various innovations involving the “closed loop” of packaging materials.

The Produce Marketing Association is offering sustainability tools for members of PMA and the United Fresh Produce Association.

Copefrut signed a contract to commit to 100% clean energy supplies and renewable sources with Enel Generación.

WP Produce, and their Desbry Tropical Avocado brand, has completed a major milestone towards their initiatives to increase sustainability in the Dominican Republic.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today an investment of more than $146 million in sustainable agricultural research projects aimed at improving a robust, resilient, climate-smart food and agricultural system.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released its climate adaptation and resilience plan describing how USDA will prepare for current and future impacts of climate change.

Researchers from the University of California, Davis, have been awarded a $10 million grant by the USDA to find ways to sustain irrigated agriculture while improving groundwater quantity and quality.