Sales of organic food in the U.S. rose by more than $3 billion in 2016 to $47 billion. The Organic Trade Association (OTA) reported at its annual meeting this week…
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The UK experienced a 207 percent increase in U.S. rice imports during the first quarter of 2017 (over 10,000 MT valued at $5.4 million). This was been driven by a…
The path to a sustainable food future “will require unleashing the best power of our best scientists,” said former United States President Barack Obama. Speaking at the Global Food Innovation…
By Eve Turow Paul, Author and Consultant “Sustainability” is not just the latest buzzword — it’s a new cultural value. While debates about climate change fill political airwaves, there’s a young generation…
A new system of electronic certification to monitor imports of organic products into the European Union comes into force on April 19. The EU believes this will increase traceability and…
The European Parliament has adopted a Resolution on palm oil and deforestation which calls on the European Commission to take measures to ensure the phasing out of palm oil in…
Safeguarding biodiversity and sustainable management practices are not reflected in prices paid to farmers, says a European Commission report. The report from the Commission’s Agriculture Directorate General is an overview…
European young farmers association, CEJA, has launched a sustainability survey to understand how the EU’s young farmers see their future and how best to implement a more sustainable agriculture sector….
Continued innovation in plant breeding is essential to provide greater quantities of nutritious, sustainable crops that will feed a growing world and benefit ecosystems. The Council for Agricultural Science and…
Up to $15 million will be invested in conservation programs to protect, restore and enhance American wetlands on agricultural lands. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide the funding…
America’s egg and tomato farmers could soon help produce sustainable rubber tires for motor vehicles, according to researchers at Ohio State University who have discovered that food waste can partially…
Food and beverage sectors will have an opportunity to streamline their sustainability data collection assessment efforts through a collaboration between Washington-based Field to Market and Brussels’ Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI)…
Voluntary conservation programs [in the United States] work largely because of the commitment of farmers, ranchers, and foresters to implementing conservation practices on their operations. These were among the opening comments of…
The annual value of EU agri-food exports in 2016 reached €130.7 billion, a new record level representing an increase of €1.7 billion from 2015. The biggest increases in annual exports…
The Irish food board, Bord Bia, has published its 2016 national sustainability program report. It is the only sustainability program in the world which operates on a national scale, uniting…
