All Content Tagged: Food & Agriculture
Agricultural practices, such as tilling soil and managing animal wastes, determine the amount of greenhouse gases that are released into the atmosphere or are sequestered in the biosphere. Likewise, the transport of food products around the world also has an impact on climate change.
Rather than rely on petroleum for creating plastics, Hong Kong researchers extracted succinic acid from cookies and croissants.
The family argument over GMO labeling has big consequences for food shoppers.
Californians are voting on a statewide initiative this November, which would require labels on all foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs).If passed, the measure could also change...
Manufacturers worldwide are looking at ways to reduce their water footprint and strengthen their supply chains while maintaining quality.
The owner of Red Lobster, Olive Garden and other restaurant chains is working on creating sustainable sources to meet its massive demand for seafood.
With the call in the EU for more scientific evidence on health effects and U.S. critics taking labeling to the ballot, the GMO debate has hit a turning point. How should biotech companies proceed...
Organics most often cost more – sometimes significantly more. Is that fair?
Coca-Cola believes it has found the real thing in its new technology that reuses cleaned and treated water for non-product applications.
How can hot water-intensive industries cut back on their consumption and curb their carbon emissions? Learn how the first dairy in the U.S. adopted solar cogeneration technology as a key strategy...
Even as believers in sustainability reporting cheered the U.K.'s announcement last week that the biggest corporations would be required to report carbon emissions, skeptics sounded the alarm.
Arlin Wasserman, the founder of Changing Tastes and former CSO at Sodexo, explains why food sits at the intersection of culture, health and the environment, and what the "pink slime"...
Meet sustainable coffee trader Sue Garnett.
A new EPA online map will help companies that produce organic waste link up with firms that can convert the waste into sustainable energy.
Plants -- the green, leafy things, not factories -- are key to feeding the hungry and fueling vehicles sustainably. Here's a look at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, which is tackling...
The company talks more about why it's setting a zero emissions goal for its offices and factories by 2040, and how its sustainable sourcing goals could have a big impact on the way cocoa is...
When big food companies market highly processed products to kids as healthy choices, they're part of the childhood obesity problem.
Our food system is depleting the earth’s resources and making us sick, even as a billion people around the world go hungry. It’s got to change, and it can change.
Could charging Starbucks customers for their paper cup prompt them to bring in a mug instead?
Join Waste Management and GreenBiz Group on this live webcast as they discuss opportunities to learn from innovative waste-diversion programs already under way, reducing waste, saving money, and...
Done right, aquaculture is a sustainable way to produce healthy protein. But done wrong fish farming can create major environmental problems.
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