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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.

Lipman Family Farms, North America’s largest field tomato grower based in Immokalee, FL, held their annual 5K Run for Backpacks as a hybrid event this past weekend.

For those of us fortunate to be working in the agriculture industry, our everyday is Earth Day. We have a connection to the earth unlike any other.

Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) introduced the Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA) in Congress, which outlines a farmer-focused, research-driven path to net zero agriculture.

The Packer is seeking input from produce operators solution providers on the topic of sustainability and the environment.

Creepy crawly bugs come in all shapes and sizes in this great wide world of ours, and we know that every insect plays a part in keeping our environment in balance.