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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.

Growers have many ways they approach sustainability, and the top two are soil testing and crop rotation.

Growers and consumers disagree markedly on who is most responsible for leading and promoting sustainability practices and policies.

Equitable Food Initiative is working to expand from primarily business-to-business marketing to business-to-consumer outreach as it aims to provide support and added value to retail partners and EFI-certified growers.

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.

A new report shows over one-third of the food produced in the U.S. is never eaten. Not only does this waste resources used to produce food, but it also creates a myriad of environmental impacts, EPA said.

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. announced today its participation at this year’s World Biodiversity Summit, occurring alongside the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

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.