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Organizational GovernanceOrganizational Governance
Trending: Fetzer Vineyards, U.S. Department of Labor Celebrate B Corp Certification
Trending: Fetzer Vineyards, U.S. Department of Labor Celebrate B Corp Certification
Published on October 26, 2015
About a 5 minute read

One of the highest standards for social and environmental responsibility in business, B Corp certification, was awarded to Fetzer Vineyards and praised by the U.S. Department of Labor last week. The certification developed by the non-profit B Lab now... View More

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Supply Chain
Clif Bar Raising Awareness, Calling for Congress to Address Shortage of New Farmers in US
Clif Bar Raising Awareness, Calling for Congress to Address Shortage of New Farmers in US
Published on October 26, 2015
About a 3 minute read

The average age of the American farmer is 58.3 years – it has been climbing for more than 30 years. Over the next 25 years, more than 700,000 new farmers will be needed to replace retirees. In part due to rising costs of education and land, the num... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
EDF Climate Corps Helps Businesses and Governments Uncover $90M in Energy Savings
EDF Climate Corps Helps Businesses and Governments Uncover $90M in Energy Savings
Published on October 25, 2015
About a 3 minute read

Fellows from the Environmental Defense Fund’s (EDF) Climate Corps program this summer helped more than 90 organizations in the United States and China identify energy efficiency and clean energy opportunities that could decrease energy usage by 134... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Target Launches Collaboration with MIT Media Lab, IDEO to Explore the Future of Food
Target Launches Collaboration with MIT Media Lab, IDEO to Explore the Future of Food
Published on October 19, 2015
About a 3 minute read

Today, Target announced a new collaboration with MIT’s Media Lab and global design firm IDEO that will explore the future of food. The work will focus on areas such as urban farming, food transparency and authenticity, supply chain and health. Targ... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Climate-Smart Tech Improving Livelihoods of Kenyan Women Farmers
Climate-Smart Tech Improving Livelihoods of Kenyan Women Farmers
Published on October 14, 2015
About a 2 minute read

Equator Kenya, a food-processing company that produces African Bird’s Eye Chilies for export, has joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA) with a commitment to provide climate-smart technologies, training and market linkages to 8,000 smallholder f... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Farm-to-Air Fresh: JetBlue, TERRA Launch Blue Potato Farm at JFK Terminal 5
Farm-to-Air Fresh: JetBlue, TERRA Launch Blue Potato Farm at JFK Terminal 5
Published on October 8, 2015
About a 4 minute read

JetBlue Airways and TERRA® Real Vegetable Chips today revealed the T5 Farm – a blue potato farm and produce garden at Terminal 5 (T5) at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. An experiment in ‘farm-to-air’ innovation, the farm wi... View More

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Innovation & Technology
Cropdots Cultivating Local Food Movement by Connecting Growers to Eaters
Cropdots Cultivating Local Food Movement by Connecting Growers to Eaters
Published on October 6, 2015
About a 4 minute read

On a blazing hot Saturday in Los Angeles last month, the Venice High School Garden, also known as The Learning Garden, hosted the latest in a years-long string of community events – this time, a “Tomato Late Harvest Summer Tasting,” hosted by l... View More

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Supply Chain
Greenpeace Launching Multi-Pronged Attack Against Thai Union for Abusive, Unsustainable Practices
Greenpeace Launching Multi-Pronged Attack Against Thai Union for Abusive, Unsustainable Practices
Published on October 6, 2015
About a 4 minute read

The world’s largest canned tuna company, Thai Union Group (TU), has been connected to forced labor, human rights abuses, and environmental devastation. Yesterday, Greenpeace launched a global campaign demanding that TU take urgent and far-reaching ... View More

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Supply Chain
Kuli Kuli's Moringa Green Energy Shots Create Jobs, Fight Deforestation in Haiti
Kuli Kuli's Moringa Green Energy Shots Create Jobs, Fight Deforestation in Haiti
Published on October 5, 2015
About a 3 minute read

Energy shots such as 5 Hour Energy have proliferated in recent years as they have taken up an increasingly large portion of the multibillion-dollar energy drink market. The smaller, sugar-free energy shots often position themselves as a healthier alt... View More

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Collaboration & Co-CreationCollaboration & Co-Creation
Hershey Joins Partnership to Help African Companies Improve Food Nutrition and Affordability
Hershey Joins Partnership to Help African Companies Improve Food Nutrition and Affordability
Published on October 5, 2015
About a 2 minute read

The Hershey Company has announced it is joining Partners in Food Solutions (PFS), an international public-private partnership that connects volunteer experts from the world’s leading food companies with their counterparts in Africa to help them imp... View More

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Innovation & Technology
8 Finalists Join First-Ever Biomimicry Accelerator on Mission to Feed 9 Billion
8 Finalists Join First-Ever Biomimicry Accelerator on Mission to Feed 9 Billion
Published on October 1, 2015
About a 4 minute read

The 2015 Biomimicry Global Design Challenge (BGDC) attracted hundreds of ideas inspired by nature from nearly 2000 designers, architects, biologists, engineers, students, nature-lovers, and food enthusiasts from over 70 countries to rethink our food ... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Monsanto Wants to Be the World’s Greengrocer
Monsanto Wants to Be the World’s Greengrocer
Published on September 18, 2015
About a 5 minute read

Monsanto has set its sights on global vegetable dominance and its lead contender is Beneforté broccoli, which is described as “even more of a good thing.” The agribusiness giant is hedging its enormous bets placed on a corn-and-soy-driven busine... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
27 African Startups Prove Worthy Grassroots Solutions for Sustainable Development
27 African Startups Prove Worthy Grassroots Solutions for Sustainable Development
Published on September 14, 2015
About a 4 minute read

27 African social and environmental startups were recognized with awards last week at the 2015 SEED Africa Symposium. The recipients’ business models benefit local communities and help meet sustainable development challenges. Two of the awards were... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Cheap, Possibly Sustainable? Ethics of Fish Farming Questioned as Cargill Invests
Cheap, Possibly Sustainable? Ethics of Fish Farming Questioned as Cargill Invests
Published on September 8, 2015
About a 2 minute read

Cargill is casting its line into the aquaculture industry. The U.S. food giant recently announced its $1.5 billion acquisition of Norwegian salmon-feed supplier EWOS and a $30 million joint venture with Ecuadorian shrimp producer Naturisa to build a... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
This Algae Could Help Cut Wastewater Sewage Farms’ Costs By 60%
This Algae Could Help Cut Wastewater Sewage Farms’ Costs By 60%
Published on September 8, 2015
About a 2 minute read

Arizona State University Professor Peter Lammers and researchers at New Mexico State University are developing an energy-positive wastewater treatment method using a special kind of algae, The Guardian reports.The researchers believe that algal syste... View More

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Supply Chain
35K Californians Boycotting Produce Grown With Oil Wastewater
35K Californians Boycotting Produce Grown With Oil Wastewater
Published on September 1, 2015
About a 4 minute read

Over 35,600 people have signed a Courage Campaign pledge to boycott several popular California produce companies after news that they may be using contaminated oil industry wastewater to grow their crops. ... View More

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Collaboration & Co-CreationCollaboration & Co-Creation
Study: Could Fish Help End Undernourishment in Bangladeshi Women and Children?
Study: Could Fish Help End Undernourishment in Bangladeshi Women and Children?
Published on August 27, 2015
About a 2 minute read

New research from international non-profit organization WorldFish makes a strong case for how to improve nutrition in Bangladesh. The study finds that there are significant health benefits associated with the use of small fish in chutney and flour, e... View More

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Social & Environmental ImpactInnovation & Technology
Clinton Foundation, Kuli Kuli Looking to Moringa to Tackle Poverty in Haiti
Clinton Foundation, Kuli Kuli Looking to Moringa to Tackle Poverty in Haiti
Published on August 18, 2015
About a 4 minute read

Superfood social enterprise Kuli Kuli has announced a partnership with the Clinton Foundation and a Haitian nonprofit, the Smallholder Farmers Alliance (SFA), to develop a new moringa supply chain in Haiti. Earlier this month, Chelsea Clinton met wit... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Domtar Leads Pulp and Paper Industry in Self-Generated Energy
Domtar Leads Pulp and Paper Industry in Self-Generated Energy
Published on August 14, 2015
About a 2 minute read

This week, Domtar Corporation released its 2015 Sustainability Report, highlighting its environmental leadership in fiber-based product production and its support of sustainable harvesting.Among its most notable accomplishments, the company self-gene... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Asia Pulp & Paper Retiring Commercial Plantations to Protect Tropical Peatlands
Asia Pulp & Paper Retiring Commercial Plantations to Protect Tropical Peatlands
Published on August 13, 2015
About a 4 minute read

Today, Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) announced it is committing to retire roughly 7,000 hectares (~17,300 acres) of commercial plantation areas to protect threatened carbon-rich peatlands — the first time that plantations on tropical peatland h... View More

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