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Smithfield Foods, United Wind announce 3MW WindLease agreement

The partnership will provide Smithfield with long-term renewable energy for its agricultural operations and contribute to its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 25% by 2025.
March 20, 2019
Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., signed an agreement with United Wind, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based distributed wind energy developer, to power dozens of Smithfield hog farms in Colorado with on-site wind energy.
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The Agricultural Utilization Research Institute details renewable energy efforts

The report highlights AURI’s endeavors, identifying key projects and business initiatives that furthered value-added agricultural opportunities and contributed to the state of Minnesota’s economy.
March 19, 2019
The Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI), Saint Paul, Minn., released its annual report detailing the organization’s progress and impact in fiscal year 2018.
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Nestlé, Veolia join forces to tackle plastics leakage into the environment

The partnership will also explore technologies to establish viable models of recycling in different countries.
March 18, 2019
Nestlé S.A., Switzerland, and Veolia, a France-based resource management company, announced a collaboration to work on waste collection, sorting and recycling of plastic material, with a particular emphasis on flexible plastic packaging.
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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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Arla Foods aims for carbon net zero dairy

The main target is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% per kilo of milk over the next decade and work toward carbon net zero by 2050.
March 14, 2019
Arla Foods, Basking Ridge, N.J., and its 10,300 farmer owners launched ambitious targets to accelerate the transition to sustainable dairy production with an intensified focus on the farms.
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