sustainability

‘There is No More Time to Waste’ for Improving Sustainability in Ornamental Horticulture

September 13, 2021 International Association of Horticultural Producers

“It is vital that impactful sustainability measures are adopted as the norm across the industry,” says Dr David Bek, “There is no more time to waste.” Dr Bek is a Reader in Sustainable Economies based at the Research Centre for Business in Society at Coventry University (UK), where he co-leads the Sustainable Production and Consumption Cluster. He is the keynote speaker for ‘The Path to Sustainability in Ornamental Horticulture’ Virtual Conference on 30th September, sponsored by Royal FloraHolland and PERA and organised by The International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) in partnership with GreenTech Live & Online, Floriculture Sustainability Initiative (FSI) and FloraCulture International (FCI). …

UGA Researcher Improving Sustainability, Profitability for Poultry Processors

September 10, 2021 College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences UGA Cooperative Extension

Over time, the U.S. poultry industry has bred strains of birds that grow rapidly to meet consumer demand for chicken products — especially breast meat — but that rapid growth has led to a higher incidence of muscle tissue defects that could lead to revenue loss. …

OpsAnalitica and FreshFry Launch Partnership to Help Restaurants Define and Track Sustainability

September 8, 2021 FreshFry

 OpsAnalitica, the restaurant ops and food safety compliance analytics platform, and FreshFry, the sustainable food tech company providing restaurants with all-natural, plant-based, easy to use frying oil filtering solutions, are thrilled to announce their partnership in an effort to help restaurants define and track sustainability. …

Arrowfarms Celebrates the Magic of Produce and Sustainable Packaging at New England Produce Council Show

September 7, 2021 Arrowfarms

New at Morning Kiss Organic is sustainable packaging – packaging that performs a disappearing act by being 100% recyclable and degradable, fully breaking down within 2 years. …

Sustainable Produce Containers For Packaging Live Microgreens

September 3, 2021 Sun Sugar Farms

Sun Sugar Farms, Verona KY has introduced two new sizes of their Sustainable Produce Containers that were created especially for live microgreen growers. …