Articles Tagged with ''food security''

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Study: Vertical farming market to hit $13B by 2024

The growing need of food security owing to reduction in arable land across the world will boost the entire industry demand by 2024.
March 14, 2019
The vertical farming market is expected to reach $13 billion by 2024, according to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc., Selbyville, Del.
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Study: Global hunger continues to rise

The annual report found that climate variability affecting rainfall patterns, agricultural seasons and climate extremes such as droughts and floods are among the key drivers behind the rise in hunger.
September 12, 2018
New evidence continues to signal that the number of hungry people in the world is growing, reaching 821 million in 2017 or one in every nine people, according to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018.
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Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security announces new partner funding

Funding these forward-thinking initiatives, which range from addressing on-campus student hunger to creating a multi-stakeholder food security community of practice, will yield important insights and outcomes.
October 12, 2017
The Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security, Canada, announced investments in four new projects that focus on advancing food security in Canada.
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Cargill report outlines progress on building deforestation-free supply chains

Cargill worked with numerous global partners to engage more than 148,000 farmers, and established a baseline for measuring tree cover loss by mapping the sourcing areas of nearly 2,000 locations across 14 countries.
January 17, 2017
Cargill, Minneapolis, released a report outlining progress on its efforts to eliminate deforestation from its supply chains.
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Where Food Comes From acquires Sureharvest

The transaction expands and diversifies WFCF’s commodity reach with high-value specialty crops.
January 3, 2017
Where Food Comes From Inc. (dba IMI Global, Inc.), a Castle Rock, Colo.-based verifier of food production practices, announced plans to acquire SureHarvest Inc., Soquel, Calif.
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Maple Leaf Foods launches Centre for Action on Food Security

The goal of the center is to work collaboratively to reduce food insecurity in Canada by 50% by 2030.
December 14, 2016
Canada-based Maple Leaf Foods announced a long-term commitment to advance sustainable food security through the launch of the Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security, a not-for-profit organization.
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U.S. food insecurity declined in 2015

Some American households experience food insecurity at times during the year.
September 22, 2016
This report, “Household Food Security in the United States in 2015,” presents statistics from the survey covering households’ food security, food expenditures and use of federal food and nutrition assistance programs in 2015.
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Report outlines how increase of frozen foods helps reduce waste

The Frozen Food Report II gathers independent evidence supporting the role of frozen food, and highlights the growth of the industry in recent years.
September 21, 2016
George Eustice, minister of state for farming, food and fisheries, says the uptick in frozen food innovation in the UK plays a role in reducing waste, aiding food security, providing affordable nutrition and supporting the foodservice industry.
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