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Kroger shares sustainability achievements from zero waste initiative

Kroger's food waste generated by retail stores decreased 9%, reducing both food waste and the greenhouse gases resulting from it.

August 13, 2019

The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, announced the company's Zero Hunger | Zero Waste efforts reduced its supermarket food waste footprint (the overall food waste it produced) by 9% in 2018, as outlined in its 2019 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report.

Ralphs completes solar power installation at Paramount, CA distribution center

This is the largest solar energy project to date for Kroger, featuring more than 7,000 solar panels to harness energy from the sun.

August 13, 2019

Ralphs, a subsidiary of The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, installed a photovoltaic solar power array at its automated distribution center in Paramount, Calif.

Stonyfield Organic announces goal of 30% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030

Stonyfield Organic's carbon reduction efforts will also focus on energy, waste, packaging and logistics.

August 8, 2019

Stonyfield Organic, Londonderry, N.H., announced its science-based target to reduce carbon output by a target of 30% by 2030.

Maple Leaf Foods releases 2018 sustainability report

Maple Leaf Foods is making progress toward its goal of 50% environmental footprint reduction by 2025.

August 8, 2019

Maple Leaf Foods, Canada, released its 2018 sustainability report, which emphasizes its guiding pillars of better food, better care, better communities and better planet.

Study reveals consumers have high expectations, but low levels of appreciation for farmers

Cargill found half the people surveyed in the United States, China, Mexico and Spain saw a farmer primarily as a “person who feeds the world.”

August 7, 2019

A new study released by Cargill, Minneapolis, found consumers had a hard-to-satisfy wish list for those who put food on our tables—with most claiming to feel knowledgeable about how food is raised.

Food waste reduction demands new supply chain solutions

Consumer demand for ethical products certainly makes waste reduction a loyalty concern for grocers, but the financial repercussions can be staggering.

Greg Wilson

August 6, 2019

All grocers with waste reduction goals should take a serious look at the benefits of an integrated supply chain.

Smithfield Foods’ “manure-to-energy” project to inject renewable natural gas to Milan, Mo., distribution system

Smithfield installed infrastructure to capture methane emissions from its Northern Missouri hog farms and convert them into pipeline-quality natural gas.

August 5, 2019

Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., completed construction of a low-pressure natural gas transmission line connecting a Smithfield hog farm located in Milan, Mo., with the city of Milan’s natural gas pipeline.

Danone to invest NZ$40M toward achieving 100% carbon neutrality of its South Island Nutricia spray drying plant

The plant processes raw milk sourced from 18 local farms into powder.

August 5, 2019

Danone, France, announced a NZ$40 million investment in its Nutricia spray drying plant in order to achieve carbon neutrality by 2021.

Global Collaborative launches open source technology ecosystem to address soil health, mitigate climate change

OpenTEAM is a farmer-driven, interoperable platform to provide farmers around the world with the best possible knowledge to improve soil health.

August 5, 2019

Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment, Freeport, Maine, together with founding collaborators Stonyfield Organic, Londonderry, N.H., and the USDA's LandPKS project and Foundation for the Food and Agriculture (FFAR), Washington, D.C., launched OpenTEAM, what is said to be the first open source technology ecosystem to address soil health and mitigate climate change.

Organic Valley becomes 100% renewably powered

These solar projects are part of the 32 MWdc Butter Solar Portfolio, which is owned and operated by BluEarth Renewables US, Canada.

August 5, 2019

Organic Valley, La Farge, Wis., announced that the construction of three community solar projects totaling 12.67 MWdc is complete, making the cooperative what is said to be the largest food company in the world to be 100% renewably powered.

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Kroger shares sustainability achievements from zero waste initiative

Ralphs completes solar power installation at Paramount, CA distribution center

Stonyfield Organic announces goal of 30% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030

Maple Leaf Foods releases 2018 sustainability report

Study reveals consumers have high expectations, but low levels of appreciation for farmers

Food waste reduction demands new supply chain solutions

Smithfield Foods’ “manure-to-energy” project to inject renewable natural gas to Milan, Mo., distribution system

Danone to invest NZ$40M toward achieving 100% carbon neutrality of its South Island Nutricia spray drying plant

Global Collaborative launches open source technology ecosystem to address soil health, mitigate climate change

Organic Valley becomes 100% renewably powered

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