Sustainability
PALM DESERT, Calif. — There is no telling the future, but a group of industry panelists at The Packer’s West Coast Produce Expo considered ways of managing risk in the fresh produce business.
PALM DESERT, Calif. — Five companies won in the second annual Best of SPS Marketing Awards, presented at the Sustainability Produce Summit June 2, a day before the West Coast Produce Expo.
Sustainable Produce Summit 2022 featured a panel titled, “Waste Not, Want Not: Advancements Toward Zero Food Waste.”
Growers say they didn’t undertake sustainability efforts for the money, and it’s a good thing.
The only produce company to make the list of “suppliers who rise to the top in overall excellence,” Campos Borquez was also honored in the Regenerative Agriculture Commitment category.
Concern about climate change is real for consumers surveyed by The Packer. Close to 70% of consumers polled rated addressing climate change as very important to their overall sustainability priorities.
Consumers believe that either the government or consumers should lead and promote sustainability efforts.
According to The Packer’s 2022 Sustainability Insights Survey, 50% of retailers reported that sustainability was a primary priority and 21% said it was a secondary priority.
In support of National Pollinator Week 2022, the retailer introduced four new regionally specific guides to help its agricultural suppliers to protect and promote pollinators.
Ariz.- based Duncan Family Farms LLC., focus on sustainability is deeply rooted in transparency and a drive to be better.
At The Packer’s recent Sustainable Produce Summit, panelists explored the key challenges facing the industry in its quest for packaging solutions that reduce waste.
The first easy peelers from Peru and Uruguay have already arrived and volume will be picking up slowly in the coming weeks as Chile and South Africa enter the summer citrus season, according to a news release.
Driscoll’s and industry partners have announced the winners of the Agricultural Plastics Innovation Challenge.
Fresh Express has recently adopted the use of reduced gauge corrugate to circumvent shortages and also contribute to increased sustainability, says company vice president Fabian Pereria.
Save Foods, Inc. has announced a new partnership with Korair, according to a news release.
The produce industry is embracing sustainable packaging as a way to help protect the environment while meeting consumer demand for Earth-friendly products.
Fyffes and its subsidiary Sol Group, a melon producer in Honduras, have launched a gender equality program.
Del Monte Zero is slated to hit stores in early 2023 and will be the first certified carbon neutral and sustainably grown pineapple from Fresh Del Monte.
The Union City, Calif.-based plastic produce packaging company is transitioning both of its manufacturing facilities to solar energy in 2023, with the first going live in the first half of 2023.
After diverting 430,000 pounds of food and saving shoppers thousands of dollars, the Cleveland-based grocer will expand the Flashfood program to 140 more stores.
The new AeroFarms indoor vertical farm will distribute mostly to the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast markets with the ability to reach about 50 million people within a day’s drive.
Carlisle, Pa.-based The Giant Co. donated $1.1 million to the Rodale Institute by raising money in the Healing Our Planet campaign.
The Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Food and Drug Administration are working together to reduce food waste.
New research from Farm Journal’s Trust In Food initiative looks at the growing importance of sustainability and conservation-focused products and services for the ag retail business.
As growers wade through the ever-deepening amount of carbon information available in the marketplace, they are asking for answers to these common questions.
An average family of four loses nearly $1,500 to uneaten food each year, according to USDA research. Wasted food is wasted money.
“This is the perfect time to launch a truly renewable, electric powered tractor, which is repowered with solar energy,” says Mani Iyer.
Ocado Retail is the first grocery retailer to have signed a carbon dioxide removal agreement with Climeworks.
The first appointees have experience at Raley’s, Smitty’s, Meijer, Ahold Delhaize, Schnucks, Bashas’, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Marks & Spencer, Associated Wholesale Grocers and International Fresh Produce Association.
Tarrytown, N.Y.-based Jac. Vandenberg Inc. is introducing to the market its Sunrays-branded bio bags for table grapes, which are certified home-compostable.