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EcoDairy Harnessing the Hidden Power of Cow Manure
EcoDairy Harnessing the Hidden Power of Cow Manure

CIRCULAR ECONOMY - It takes two days to train a cow to milk itself. This may sound like a farmer’s utopia, but at Bakerview EcoDairy, a robotic milker is just one of many dairy farm innovations being put to use.Bill Vanderkooi, president and CEO of the farm, seeks out all of the latest technologies to help him run his operation, which hosts an onsite market and agricultural education center. Armed with a Master’s degree in animal science, Vanderkooi opened the 80-acre farm near Abbotsford, British Columbia, in June of 2010. He has since established himself as a pioneer among small-scale, sustainable farm owners.

Consumer Activists Urging Kellogg's to Take Stand Against Deforestation
Consumer Activists Urging Kellogg's to Take Stand Against Deforestation

SUPPLY CHAIN - Environmental activists (and former Girl Scouts) Rhiannon Tomtishen and Madison Vorva, along with over 100,000 people in the U.S. and around the world, are calling on Kellogg Company CEO John Bryant to end the food company’s partnership with Wilmar International, the world’s largest palm oil trader, unless it agrees to stop relying on deforestation.

Shell, BP Break With Trade Group Calling for Repeal of Renewable Fuel Standard
Shell, BP Break With Trade Group Calling for Repeal of Renewable Fuel Standard

Shell and BP have diverged from the oil and gas industry’s main trade groups, which are calling for Congress to remove the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), a federal mandate that compels gasoline makers to blend in ethanol and other renewable fuels.Taking a more moderate approach, the companies are instead looking for the eight-year RFS to be modified.

Tom's of Maine Experimenting with Potato Starch Packaging
Tom's of Maine Experimenting with Potato Starch Packaging

MATERIALS & PACKAGING - This post first appeared on Earth911.com on July 10, 2013.Already topping lists of the nation’s most sustainable companies, Tom’s of Maine is looking to reduce end-of-life waste from its products even more by experimenting with biodegradable packaging made from potato starch.

Mondelez International Helping 1,500 Vietnamese Coffee Farmers Become Sustainable Entrepreneurs
Mondelez International Helping 1,500 Vietnamese Coffee Farmers Become Sustainable Entrepreneurs

SUPPLY CHAIN - Global food and beverage giant Mondelez International has unveiled a new training facility for coffee farmers to promote sustainability and entrepreneurship in Vietnam. The company says this is a major step toward implementing its "Coffee Made Happy" sustainability program, which commits to investing at least $200 million to help one million coffee farming entrepreneurs by 2020.

Investment in Women is the Key to Global Food Security
Investment in Women is the Key to Global Food Security

FINANCE & INVESTMENT - Women, particularly in developing countries, face numerous challenges, including sexual violence, limited access to health resources, barriers to education and economic opportunities.

Solar Conduction Dryer Wins Grand Prize in 2013 Dell Social Innovation Challenge
Solar Conduction Dryer Wins Grand Prize in 2013 Dell Social Innovation Challenge

PRESS RELEASE - •Student team from India addresses the 20 to 30 percent food spoilage rate for poor rural farmers, via cost-effective dehydrators powered by solar conduction •Finalist projects range from new cancer diagnostic tool and nonprofit fundraising platform to solar power crowdsourcing and recycled shoes •Entrepreneurial students and their innovative ventures celebrated at finals event

Heineken Hosts Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable in Amsterdam
Heineken Hosts Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable in Amsterdam

COLLABORATION & CO-CREATION - Beverage industry leaders from across the globe have convened in Amsterdam for the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) semi-annual meeting to discuss environmental sustainability within the beverage sector.

Bridgestone Americas and Yulex Develop Renewable Alternative to Rubber
Bridgestone Americas and Yulex Develop Renewable Alternative to Rubber

MATERIALS & PACKAGING - A little-known perennial shrub called guayule (pronounced why-u-lee), native to the Southwestern United States, has been tapped as a potential alternative natural source for rubber by Bridgestone Americas and agricultural-based biomaterials company, Yulex.

Sustainable Harvest Launches Disaster Relief Effort For Organic Coffee Farmers in Latin America
Sustainable Harvest Launches Disaster Relief Effort For Organic Coffee Farmers in Latin America

SUPPLY CHAIN - Sustainable Harvest Coffee Importers (SHCI) has embarked on a relief effort to help Latin American coffee farmers facing an outbreak of Coffee Leaf Rust Disease, known as Roya in Spanish — a parasitic fungus that is expected to destroy between 30 and 70 percent of the region’s organic coffee harvest.

Sainsbury's Begins Selling Sustainably Farmed Fish
Sainsbury's Begins Selling Sustainably Farmed Fish

SUPPLY CHAIN - UK grocery chain Sainsbury’s is now selling farmed fish certified by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) in what is apparently an industry first, according to The Grocer.

BASF hosts its first Symposium on Sustainability Assessment in Agriculture
BASF hosts its first Symposium on Sustainability Assessment in Agriculture

PRESS RELEASE - BASF hosts its first Symposium on Sustainability Assessment in Agriculture  International experts call for common approach to sustainability assessment in food supply chain  BASF invites opinion leaders to a joint discussion platform to develop general principles

Rainforest Foundation Promotes Sustainable Palm Oil with UK Easter Chocolate Rankings
Rainforest Foundation Promotes Sustainable Palm Oil with UK Easter Chocolate Rankings

SUPPLY CHAIN - With Easter just around the corner, The Rainforest Foundation has teamed up with Ethical Consumer magazine to release a ranking of more than 70 UK chocolate brands to encourage companies to use more sustainably sourced palm oil.

Dunkin’ Donuts To Source Sustainable Palm Oil
Dunkin’ Donuts To Source Sustainable Palm Oil

SUPPLY CHAIN - Dunkin’ Donuts will set a target date to source all of its palm oil from sustainable sources or purchase offset certificated covering its sourced palm oil, according to a recent announcement by New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

Starbucks Shifting to 100% Sustainable Palm Oil Sources by 2015
Starbucks Shifting to 100% Sustainable Palm Oil Sources by 2015

SUPPLY CHAIN - Starbucks will begin sourcing 100 percent of its palm oil from certified sustainable suppliers by 2015, according to a recent announcement.The coffee company made the change in response to a shareholder resolution filed by the Green Century Balanced Fund, a mutual fund concerned with environmental responsibility.

Häagen-Dazs, General Mills Promote Sustainable Vanilla Farming in Madagascar
Häagen-Dazs, General Mills Promote Sustainable Vanilla Farming in Madagascar

SUPPLY CHAIN - Häagen-Dazs has partnered with General Mills to invest $125,000 dollars over two years in Madagascar’s Sava region to encourage sustainable agriculture in one of the world’s most important vanilla production centers.

Biochar Pilot Program Aims for Carbon-Negative Coffee
Biochar Pilot Program Aims for Carbon-Negative Coffee

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY - With more than 2 billion cups consumed each day, coffee is one of the world’s most popular beverages. Most consumers of the black liquid hail from industrialized countries — over 90 percent of coffee production occurs in developing countries and out of the bulk of climate change regulations’ reach.

Proliferation of Food Industry Ecolabels Expected To Continue in 2013
Proliferation of Food Industry Ecolabels Expected To Continue in 2013

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS - Growing consumer awareness of food production methods and sustainability issues has led to the rise in recent years of ecolabels in the food industry; over 200 seals and logos currently represent some ecological, ethical, ingredient or sustainability attributes in the global food industry.

Solar Energy Used to Power Production of Becker Underwood’s Environmentally Friendly Biopesticides and Biofertilizers
Solar Energy Used to Power Production of Becker Underwood’s Environmentally Friendly Biopesticides and Biofertilizers

PRESS RELEASE - Installation of 120 solar panels at Becker Underwood’s Littlehampton, United Kingdom facility

Magnum Aiming to Enhance Financial Opportunities for 5K Female Cocoa Farmers by 2025
Magnum Aiming to Enhance Financial Opportunities for 5K Female Cocoa Farmers by 2025

FINANCE & INVESTMENT - The ice cream brand aims to help 5,000 female cocoa farmers in Côte D'Ivoire achieve financial stability and diversify their incomes, for greater prosperity in the cocoa-farming offseason, by 2025.