Food & Agriculture
From pastry to plastic: Starbucks finds sweet spot for food waste
Rather than rely on petroleum for creating plastics, Hong Kong researchers extracted succinic acid from cookies and croissants. Read More
How Darden is farming lobsters for the long-term
The owner of Red Lobster, Olive Garden and other restaurant chains is working on creating sustainable sources to meet its massive demand for seafood. Read More
Can Coca-Cola's new water system be a game changer?
Coca-Cola believes it has found the real thing in its new technology that reuses cleaned and treated water for non-product applications. Read More
How She Leads: Sue Garnett, Ecom
Meet sustainable coffee trader Sue Garnett. Read More
How Starbucks could get its customers to use fewer paper cups
Could charging Starbucks customers for their paper cup prompt them to bring in a mug instead? Read More
The organic farming debate is about more than just yields
As demand for food increases on a planet with limited resources,organic foods' low yields are an issue. But there are other benefits to consider -- along with some possibilities for addressing yield concerns. Read More
'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