Sustainability
The company received the 2025 award from the FPC Fresh Awards gala ceremony held in London.
Rural Grocery Initiative’s new research highlights how collaborative, locally driven models — from rural grocery stores and co-ops to innovative sourcing systems — are helping small town grocers and producers build more resilient local food networks.
With unanimous support from lawmakers, the update to the California Water Plan may help bring actionable water goals and information to the state and stem the flow of farm loss.
In a study by the University of California, Davis, glass infused with “quantum dot” technology shifted light to be more useable, growing bigger, more nutrient-rich lettuce.
With food insecurity affecting an estimated 48 million Americans, green tech like Careit helps nonprofits nationwide in the fight against food insecurity.
As part of a series on food waste, The Packer sat down with Jeff Yorzyk, senior director of sustainability for HelloFresh North America, to discuss the company’s strategies to reduce food waste and its milestone achievement of donating 10 million meals through the Meals with Meaning program.
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.