Sustainability
A portion of Braga Fresh’s regenerative farming acreage has been certified by nonprofit A Greener World.
The regenerative nonprofit says it welcomes the pair and their extensive experience in seeds, community outreach and research.
The Bentonville, Ark.-based retailer, in partnership with Emerald Packaging, Idaho Package and Wada Farms, has introduced the first 30% food contact Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) bag for the potato category.
The Montreal-based Fairtrade International-certified banana company has been named one of Canada’s top growing companies by The Globe and Mail for a fourth consecutive year.
This week’s Fresh Produce Fridays features Kendall Rae Johnson, a young Georgia farmer who shares how her passion for growing food earned her a full-ride scholarship to South Carolina State University.
The report highlights many of the company’s sustainability and social responsibility initiatives, including education and empowerment of its workforce.
“What I’ve found here at Climate Week, is that people want to be part of the change. They want to be part of the solution,” says Sara Roversi of Future Food Institute.
A new Columbia Business School study, “From People to Produce: How Appearance Bias Fuels Food Waste,” reveals how consumer preference for cosmetically perfect fruits and vegetables contributes to billions of pounds of food waste — meanwhile, companies like Misfits Market are working to change perceptions and reduce waste.
Helping to stabilize production during the rainy season in Guatemala, the company says this new technology offers better products with fewer inputs.
The partnership was made possible by a grant from the International Fresh Produce Association, USDA and the Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research.
CEO Matt Schwartz shares an advance look at the tech behind Fresh Store Suite, which offers grocery teams a unified system for managing fresh tasks.
The Water Withdrawal Assessment Tool lets the state’s water users, including irrigators, see if their water withdrawal project will negatively impact their local watersheds.
Kendall Rae Johnson, a 10-year-old Georgia farmer, is the youngest to receive a full-ride scholarship in agriculture to South Carolina State University. She says she’s only just begun.
The companies have formed a joint venture to collaborate in specialty fruit, beginning with the development of a pitless cherry.
In his new role, Ricardo De Genova will oversee the company’s innovation, development, design and product teams.
The biennial report offers a snapshot of where the tropical fruit importer stands on its sustainability goals.
The labeling solutions company says the educational resource is designed to support fresh produce stakeholders in navigating and understanding new packaging regulations.
Iroquois Valley is investing in turning conventional cropland into organic ground, like it did with its partnership with Wholesome Meadows Farm.
The Packer’s Sustainability Insights 2025 reveals that growers cite much lower numbers for how much consumers are willing to pay for sustainable packaging than the consumers themselves.
The organization seeks to empower young men, ages 14 to 17, through hands-on agricultural training, creating future leaders in the industry.
Through the partnership, retailers can integrate Flashfood’s digital platform into IGA stores to sell fresh items including meat, produce, dairy, bakery and center-store goods at significant discounts to shoppers via the Flashfood app.
The group has proposed an Environmental Charter to potentially address the “audit fatigue” that follows the proliferation of sustainability assurance efforts in Canada.
According to the results of the 2025 Sustainability Insights survey of growers, water is among the top priorities when it comes to sustainable and regenerative agriculture.
The Packer’s Sustainability Insights 2025 survey of growers underscores that U.S. growers still consider on-farm sustainability efforts fundamental to their operation’s long-term business strategy and economic success.
Denali is transforming grocery retail food waste by making recycling simple, repurposing unsold produce into animal feed, fertilizer and fuel, and creating circular solutions that return value back to stores and communities.
The Packer’s 2025 Sustainability Insights report explores how growers, retailers and consumers are thinking about sustainability, prioritizing it in their businesses and lives, and defining what it means to them and the future of the planet’s health and food supply.
The Salinas, Calif.-based sustainability consulting firm’s new program helps growers, shippers and processors respond to reporting deadlines.
The Ontario-based greenhouse grower says it’s investing in the future of fresh produce with a 25-acre expansion of its Southern Flavor Farms greenhouse in Georgia, expected to be in production next summer.
Windset Farms’ decade-long EFI certification has delivered $5.5 million in worker bonuses, strengthened farm safety, improved operational efficiency and created lasting cultural change.
Centrally located along major transportation corridors, the reusable packaging supplier says this new service center will service more than 40 million reusable crates a year.