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Smithfield Foods Wins Trio of Awards for Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing

Smithfield’s Crete facility was applauded for its efforts in reducing solid waste by nearly 4.5 million kg.

U.S. Organic Sales Increase to Nearly $10 Billion

Sales rose by 31% to $9.93 billion from 2016 to 2019, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service 2019 Organic Survey report.

Leather Industry Calls for Suspension of Unfair Sustainability Score for Leather

The global leather industry is calling to suspend the leather score in the Higg Materials Sustainability Index because it is based on “inappropriate methodologies” and “out-of-date, unrepresentative, inaccurate and incomplete data."

Insight & Opinion: Europe Has Forgotten the Farm in Farm to Fork

The EU’s Farm to Fork strategy will stifle the very innovation needed to feed a growing world population sustainably, says U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue.

We Shouldn’t Fear Our Food, It’s Safer than It Has Ever Been

Sustainability and productivity can only come together when you embrace technology and understand how agricultural innovation has brought advances for the world.

Reducing Food Waste Requires Food System Change, Finds New Report

Consumer food waste is a major environmental concern, driven not just by an individual’s food choices but by a system that encourages consumers to make decisions that lead to wasted food.

Real Leather: Stay Different Student Design Competition Goes Annual

The competition, which aims to find tomorrow’s design talent while promoting the versatility, beauty and sustainability of authentic leather, attracted more than 800 entries.

Rendering and Leather Reduce Environmental Impact

The rendering and leather industries come into their own in ways that reduce environmental impact, benefit the economy and are, most probably, the ultimate in sustainability.

Covid-19: A Silver Lining for U.S. Peanuts

U.S. peanut farmers are enjoying a boon amidst the global pandemic as peanut butter sales have skyrocketed. The hope is that this trend is here to stay as people are […]

Pandemic Drives Demand for Dry Beans

U.S. Dry Bean Council data highlights growth opportunities for dry beans now and in the future. Consumers taking part in online research, which gathered views from Europe, China and Mexico, […]

Guest Insight: Why We Fear the Food We Eat

Formerly a senior advisor on global food policy and agricultural trade at the U.S. Department of State for 13 years, Jack Bobo is CEO of Futurity, a food foresight company […]

Retailers Fail to Disclose Full Extent of Food Loss and Waste-Based Emissions

Food retailers are failing to fully disclose their indirect (or Scope 3) food loss and waste (FLW)-based emissions, finds a report by non-profit financial think tank Planet Tracker. This prevents […]