USWTE Green Industrial Fund, Seattle, Wash., announced plans to seek ozone investors to establish waste-to-energy (WTE) projects in the Qualified Opportunity Zones throughout the United States.

Calavo Growers, Inc., Santa Paula, Calif., announced the publication of its first ever sustainability highlights report, covering performance and sustainability-related initiatives across the enterprise, which includes Calavo Fresh, Calavo Foods and Renaissance Food Group.

The future of the sector revolves around being healthier, more sustainable and more concerned about how food affects the environment and society at large, according to a report released by Edelman, New York.

The Innovation Fund, a program of The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation, Cincinnati, named its inaugural cohort of innovators, selected from nearly 400 applicants.

Saf-T-Gard, Northbrook, Ill., and its Voltgard Test Lab prevented 40 tons of out-of-service rubber goods from further polluting landfills.

Chobani, LLC, Norwich, N.Y., opened a new Innovation & Community Center in Twin Falls, Idaho.

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

Tara McHugh, center director for USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Washington, D.C., investigated ways to take food processing waste and turn it into value-added products.

Sodexo, Gaithersburg, Md., announced the deployment of its data-driven food waste prevention program, WasteWatch powered by Leanpath, at 3,000 sites worldwide within a year to halve food waste and food losses from its operations by 2025.