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Agriculture is one of the first sectors that will be seriously affected by climate change, yet the sector is far behind in quantifying and reducing its carbon footprint.
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Bob Langert, the company's VP for sustainability digs in to the many ways the company is pushing for greener fast food, and how it's got a long row to hoe to convert its many skeptics and opponents.
by Marc Gunther
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The California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance (CSWA) has introduced a set of new performance metrics to help wineries and grape growers measure and communicate their environmental impacts.
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Growing the raw materials that go into Kraft's portfolio of products, including Chips Ahoy, Boca, Triscuits and, of course, Macaroni and Cheese, is responsible for the bulk of the company's environmental footprint.
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The resort company earned a WasteWise Acheivement Award in part for its recycling of 8,722 tons of food in 2010 alone.
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Jed Davis, the sustainability director at the cooperative of 1,200 dairy farms, talks about quality control, energy efficiency, the vision of employee engagement, and what sustainability means on the farm.
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Americans waste a shocking 40 percent of the food they buy, and as much of half of that can be attributed to the "best before" labels on food.
by Dana Gunders
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It will take a global network of retailers, farmers, NGOs and shoppers to make global cotton production better for the planet. Fortunately, the Better Cotton Initiative brings all these groups to the table. Here's how.
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Portland, Oregon's Bamboo Sushi is powered by wind energy, Marine Stewardship Council-certified, and is singlehandedly proving that sustainable sushi doesn't have to be an oxymoron.
by Marc Gunther
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Krogers, Target and Sodexo offer new goals or updates of their sustainable seafood programs.
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The industry behind the nation's favorite sweetener relies on government trade barriers and subsidized water costs to grow sugar cane in Florida -- and the Everglades are paying the price. And there's a Monica Lewinsky angle, to boot.
by Marc Gunther
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If history is any indication, we can expect more food industry crises that threaten public safety; but there are greener alternatives that work better with less risk and provide solid options for an industry that faces some daunting challenges.
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The Slow Money Conference held last week aims to bring socially responsible investing to innovative companies that are creating jobs, improving the soil and growing healthy food at a sustainable scale.
by Kathy Brozek
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The boom in demand for organically grown foods has led to a sharp rise in the relatively small number of organic farms. And for conventional farmers, there's a whole toolbox of approved chemicals waiting to help them transition to organic.
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A new report from BSR and CTIA, the wireless industry lobbying group, touts the benefits of wireless technologies for saving billions of dollars on costs and emissions in the coming years, particularly in logistics, farming and smart grids.
by Derek Top
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The British retailer yesterday unveiled 20 green targets to be achieved by the end of the decade; the company has set an absolute emissions reductions goal of 30 percent by 2020, or 65 percent relative to revenues.
by Will Nichols
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The U.K. company is launching next week a new barcode tracker to allow customers to trace the fish they're buying back to the boat that made the catch.
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From building stronger families to building healthy bodies to stimulating the local economy, if more Americans cooked their food, the country would be in better shape.
by Marc Gunther
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The company has set an ambitious goal to make its 27-year-old Frito-Lay manufacturing facility in Arizona a "near net zero" consumer of energy and water. Here's how it's progressing.
by John Davies
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The first prize from a challenged issued by the Environmental Defense Fund and InnoCentive proposes a simple solution to the problem of pollution from nitrogen-rich farm runoff. It's just one of many little challenges that could add up to big solutions.
by Marc Gunther
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Walt Freese, the appropriately named former head of the do-gooder ice-cream company, dishes on the importance of a values-driven work life, the significance of being authentic and how employee engagement got Ben & Jerry's back on track.
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A new report from and organic farming group finds that organic agriculture is growing eight times faster than conventional farming, and creates more than twice as many jobs -- but more governmental support is needed to sustain its growth.
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Despite increasing clutter among green labels and products, and an ever-more-worrisome economy, sales of Fair Trade-certified products nearly doubled over last year. What does that say about green consumers?
by Marc Gunther
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The food-service giant has released its first annual sustainbaility report, taking stock of its performance on 14 sustainability goals over the last two years, and setting a benchmark for future improvements.
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Steve Savage, a Stanford-trained plant scientist, says that organic agriculture won't save the planet and in face won't be able to <i>feed</i> the planet.
by Marc Gunther