Congratulations to the newly inaugurated President, Joe Biden! Part of Biden’s proposed climate action plan includes using a carbon market to support regenerative farming. According to the article below, here…
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After 2020 brought challenges across the agriculture supply chain, various trend reports show four main opportunities to explore in 2021. Online grocery shopping has increased, primarily because consumers are trying…
Some grocery stores have doubled sales during the COVID-19 pandemic, partially due to an increase in home cooking. In addition, a new report by Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA)…
Companies are increasingly looking for ways to reduce and divert food loss and waste as the 40% food waste statistic continues to spread among consumers. 12.3, a coalition of executives…
In 2018, Nestlé promised to make all packaging recyclable or reusable and reduce virgin plastic by a third by 2025. After struggling to progress towards these goals, Nestlé has taken…
Eating organic food for just six days can reduce the amount of glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup) in the human body by 70%. Glyphosate use has grown exponentially, despite…
The Sustainability Standard, a third-party certification for field, greenhouse and facility operations, is set to launch! Sustainability Standard audits will enable companies to acknowledge current sustainability practices while also defining…
According to a recent article from The Hill, democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill that would ban toxic pesticides such as organophosphates, neonicotinoids and paraquat. Organophosphates attack the nervous system…
Three quarters of the world’s food crops depend on pollinators. Wild pollinators are considered more effective than managed pollinators, such as honeybees, and are responsible for large portions of crop…
Richardson International, a major Canadian grain processor will no longer accept glyphosate-desiccated oat crops starting next year. Another Canadian processor, Grain Millers, stopped accepting glyphosate treated crops in 2015. Glyphosate…