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Lipman Family Farms will showcase new compostable clamshell packaging at the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure conference.

After a pandemic-driven spike in e-commerce and the spread of unrecyclable problem plastics, DS Smith Packaging marked the anniversary of the opening of its Reading, Pa., recycling plant.

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.

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.

President Biden’s climate change policies are causing some wariness among growers, and many growers say they want any climate change and carbon credit system programs for agriculture to be voluntary and market-driven.

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