Sustainability
Jamie Barsimantov, says the combination of SISC metrics with SupplyShift’s technology platform will directly empower farmers and their industry partners to better assess and improve sustainability performance.
Edward says that SISC has attempted to create a standard way to measure metrics related to sustainability but acknowledged there is more work to be done.
Growers and retailers must adapt and adopt to purpose-driven shoppers
The 2020 Global Cleantech 100 list is recognizing two indoor leafy greens growers, a produce shelf life extension technology and a company that’s placing “farms” in stores and restaurants.
A robotic strawberry harvester known as the T-6 from Advanced Farm Technologies, Davis, Calif., has received a $7.5 million boost from investors in a Series A funding round.
Sustainability is nothing new for Limoneira Co., the Santa Paula, Calif.-based citrus and avocado grower-shipper.
Several factors came together to launch Ephrata, Pa.-based Four Seasons Produce Inc. into the sustainability arena.
The France-based Bonduelle Group said in a news release that its mission is to “inspire the transition” toward a plant-based diet.
Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services are accepting nominations for the Agricultural-Environmental Leadership Award.
Industry opinion is split on whether third-party certification of a company’s social responsibility commitment is necessary to achieve meaningful results.
Nogales, Ariz.-based Divine Flavor has said their new Jalisco grape operation at Grupo Alta- Don Mario has become the latest ranch within the company to become Fair Trade Certified.
Vowing to reduce plastic use dramatically by 2025, Oxnard, Calif.-based Mission Produce, Inc. has published its inaugural Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report, titled “Finest for the Future.”
Eden Prairie, Minn.-based C.H. Robinson is offering technology and data to help any company in the supply chain reduce its carbon footprint.
Hansport, Nova Scotia-based CKF, Inc. has added to its roster of independently assigned environmental labels.
Worthington, Minn.-based Bedford Industries is celebrating its first Earth Month being powered by a 100% net-zero carbon power supply.
Chiquita is launching “30BY30,” a program to reduce carbon emissions in its operations by 30% by the end of 2030.
Episode 42 of Tip of the Iceberg Podcast features a conversation with Sandor Nagy, group vice president of supply chain for Driscoll’s.
In a New Zealand first, All Good and T&G Fresh have partnered to deliver the first Fairtrade and Zero Carbon certified bananas.
Companies are touting sustainability efforts every which way — berry-focused companies included.
Wenatchee, Wash.-based Oneonta Starr Ranch Growers will be fully transitioned to the company’s HiC2 recyclable pouch bag in the coming season, said Dan Davis, director of business development.
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.
Doing the work of sustainability is one thing, and telling the story is another.
Environmentally focused sustainability efforts continue to evolve for produce operators, as reduction in plastics and recyclability in packaging have grown in importance over the past five years.
Ryan Stockwell, senior manager of partner & grower advocacy at Indigo Ag, gives us an update on carbon sequestration technology.
There are more and more solution providers that can help produce operators measure their carbon footprint and offer other value-added services relating to climate change.
Kwik Lok has helped launch The U.S. Plastics Pact’s (“U.S. Pact”) “Roadmap to 2025.”