Our team developed an integrated pest management (IPM) program for Sysco’s processed fruit and vegetable products, which was implemented worldwide with 68 fruit and vegetable supply chains and more than…
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Field to Market has released a report co-authored by the IPM Institute (Sustainable Food Group’s parent organization) that analyzes barriers and opportunities around the implementation of responsible and sustainable pest…
Sustainable Food Group provides apple orchards and other specialty crop growers throughout the upper Midwest with technical assistance to implement Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices, achieve sustainability goals and improve…
Corteva Inc., the manufacturer of the controversial insecticide chlorpyrifos will stop producing the chemical this year. Chlorpyrifos has been linked to neurological damage in children and has frequently been the…
At the end of 2019, Kellogg made a commitment on it’s Open for Breakfast website to phase out glyphosate as a pre-harvest desiccant on wheat and oats by 2025. Caitlin…
Sustainable Food Group has been working with international spice and essential oil brand Frontier Co-op on their Well Earth sustainable sourcing program since 2017. Background: Frontier Co-op created the Well…
Frontier Co-op, Sustainable Food Group and Pacific Basin Partnership have partnered on a three-year project to transition 75 black pepper growers in Central Vietnam to more sustainable farming methods. The…
Since 2014, Apple Talk, a weekly phone call subscription service, has been helping apple producers tackle tough pest management and production issues throughout the growing season. The Challenge: Pests prove…
Our team collaborated with Red Tomato over 15 years ago to develop an eco-label which promotes sustainable farm practices among Northeast apple and stone fruit growers. Today, we still partner…
Last week, Gustavus Adolphus student Shauna Capron published a column in Minnpost presenting the risks of neonicotinoid pesticide use, as well as farmer perspectives, and potential IPM alternatives. “When using…