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Fonterra develops reuse water program at milk powder manufacturing plant

Now, rather than irrigate the excess water, the new reclaimed water system treats the excess water via reverse osmosis and chlorination before combining it with the site’s main water supply for general use.
June 20, 2018
Fonterra, New Zealand, developed an innovative way to reuse water from condensation that’s produced during the milk powder manufacturing process at its Pahiatua plant.
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Sysco announces multi-site solar garden project

The solar garden sites total 25 megawatts of renewable energy generation and will support the majority of the company’s electricity load in Texas.
June 6, 2018
Sysco Corp., Houston, Texas, signed a 10-year renewable energy agreement with a subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc., Houston, Texas, to construct three solar garden sites in the Houston and Dallas areas.
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Study: Renewable energy accounts for 70% of power-generating capacity in 2017

More than two-thirds of investments in power generation were in renewables in 2017.
June 4, 2018
Renewable power accounted for 70% of net additions to global power-generating capacity in 2017, what is said to be the largest increase in renewable power capacity in modern history, according to the Renewables 2018 Global Status Report (GSR) from REN21 (the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century), France.
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Smart Yields Sensohive

Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, Smart Yields launch real-time crop monitoring program

Using an IoT framework, hundreds of Sensohive remote sensors and low-power, long-range Sigfox wireless networks are being deployed to provide real-time crop monitoring, weather alerts, trends, forecasts and recommendations via an intuitive mobile app.
May 31, 2018
The Rocky Mountain Farmers Union (RMFU), Denver, Colo., and Smart Yields, Hawaii, launched a state-of-the-art pilot program to monitor crops and livestock using wireless sensors, hardware and data analytics.
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Second Harvest, Value Chain Management propose food loss, waste project

The project encompasses Canada's food and beverage industry (including fruit, vegetables, dairy, meat, grains and oilseeds, sugars and syrups, beverages and seafood).
May 31, 2018
Second Harvest, Canada, is working with Value Chain Management International (VCMI), Canada, on a ground-breaking food loss and waste (FLW) project, funded by The Walmart Foundation, Bentonville, Ark.
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Cargill Nature Conservancy water management

Cargill, Nestlé Purina, Nature Conservancy join forces to improve water sustainability in the beef supply chain

This project is expected to reduce the environmental impact of row crop irrigation in Nebraska and provide a scalable irrigation solution for U.S. farmers.
May 24, 2018
Cargill, Minneapolis, teamed up with The Nature Conservancy, Arlington County, Va., and Nestlé Purina PetCare Co., St. Louis, Mo., to launch a 3-year water project to improve the sustainability of the beef supply chain.
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