June 11, 2020
It’s difficult to understate the impact Covid-19 has had on the meat industry. At the time of writing, in the US alone, over 24,000 workers across 271 plants have already contracted coronavirus, with supply chain failures predicted to cost over $13bn to the cattle industry, according to the Food & Environment Reporting Network.Image: Channels: Communications &
...June 10, 2020
Paying farmers a living wage is essential to ensuring sustainable coffee production Dean Cycon Wed, 06/10/2020 - 01:00 When you sit back with a good cup of coffee, you will be engulfed in the warmth, aroma, taste, acidity and body of the brew. Yet, swirling beneath the surface all of the major issues of the 21st century — climate change, globalization, immigration, women’s
...June 8, 2020
How on-demand food delivery apps could encourage low-carbon food Anna Zhang Mon, 06/08/2020 - 02:00 The COVID-19 crisis has affected most aspects of daily life, including how we get our food. Because the COVID-19 response has restricted restaurants to pick-up and delivery orders in many areas, business for on-demand food delivery apps such as DoorDash, Grubhub, Seamless and Uber Eats has
...June 4, 2020
How Ocean Spray cranberries became America’s '100 percent sustainable' crop Jesse Klein Thu, 06/04/2020 - 01:45 Cranberries are more than just an American Thanksgiving Day tradition; they also are a tradition of the American land. The crop is one of only three native cultivated fruits in North America. Because the plant is actually meant to grow in the natural
...June 3, 2020
Veolia Water Technologies will assist in the creation of a soluble fertiliser in the Western Australian outback. Perth-based Salt Lake Potash is developing the Lake Way potash mining project, aiming to produce 245,000 tons per year of sulfate of potash (K2SO4) from dry salt lake deposits in the Northern Goldfields region. In order to recover low-cost, high-grade SOP, the production uses solar
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May 20, 2020
The Digital Transformation of the Food Value Chain webinar (May 28 - 12.00pm EDT // 9.00am PDT) will deep-dive into how companies across the food industry are using technology to improve productivity and drive efficiencies in food production and supply.
May 12, 2020
The robotic, hybrid-electric future of agriculture Shane Downing Tue, 05/12/2020 - 00:15 While many around the world, ordered indoors amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, are coming up with innovative ways to plant small victory gardens in, around and on top of their homes, plenty of change is afoot in big ag — much of it driven by new technologies. A recent IDTechEx
...May 8, 2020
How online ordering could cut food waste Jim Giles Fri, 05/08/2020 - 02:50 This article was adapted from the GreenBiz Food Weekly newsletter. Sign up here to receive your own free subscription. "It feels like we’re peeling an onion." That’s what sustainability veteran Dave Stangis said when I asked him about the long-term changes being wrought
...May 1, 2020
Many shoppers will find the process quicker and easier post-pandemic, which begs the need for more serious attention to the transportation footprint associated with getting groceries to consumers' front doors.
April 30, 2020
Agtech startup Pivot Bio snags $100 million amid busy April for climate tech Heather Clancy Thu, 04/30/2020 - 04:31 Even in the old normal, the healthy $100 million investment disclosed this morning by agtech startup Pivot Bio — which hopes to disrupt the $65 billion global market for synthetic nitrogen fertilizer — would be impressive. Given the current economic climate,
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