Food & Agriculture
'An Economist Gets Lunch': Food for thought from Tyler Cowen
In his provocative and engaging book, economist Tyler Cowen rejects the popular argument that American food is bad for us and bad for the planet because of the commercialization of food. Read More
New sustainability tools to calculate milk's carbon footprint
The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy has released two tools to help companies calculate and cut emissions from processing plants and milk transportation. Read More
Burger King goes cage-free: What it means for egg suppliers
In a move that could grow the market for cage-free eggs, Burger King is pledging to switch to 100 percent cage-free eggs by 2017. It also plans to eliminate gestation crates for breeding pigs. Read More
Will Unilever's sustainability leadership pay off?
Unilever is making serious strides to limit its environmental footprint while improving health and well being. But will consumers -- and investors -- reward it for its efforts? Read More
How Nestlé got a GRI A+ for its Creating Shared Value report
Janet Voute, vice president and global head of public affairs at Nestle, discusses the company's experience of issuing its first sustainability report to meet the Global Reporting Initiative's A+ requirements. Read More
Sowing seeds, reaping energy with Harvest Power
Paul Sellew, the CEO of the company that turns food and agricultural leftovers into energy, talks about community-building, the importance of organics management in renewable energy, and why compost and power are all entertwined. Read More
How Danone is pushing carbon further down its ingredients list
What's the carbon impact of banana yogurt? How about strawberry? Thanks to a new SAP system, Danone now knows the carbon footprints of each of its 35,000 products. Read More
Campbell's to stop using BPA in soup cans
The world's largest soupmaker says it will eventually stop using BPA -- a controversial chemical -- to line its cans. Advocates call the decision a big step for the canned-foods industry. Read More
Greening fast food packaging: A roadmap to best practices
Eight key steps to make fast food packaging more eco-friendly. Read More
Fast Food Packaging Study Finds McD's, Starbucks are Green Leaders
McDonald's and Starbucks stand out at leading examples of what fast food companies should do to lower the impacts of their packaging. Read More