Food & Agriculture
Coffee Farmers Eliminate the Middle Man
Farmers from Ethiopia, Guatemala, Peru, Nicaragua and Mexico want to sell their coffee directly to consumers through a new website called CoffeeCSA.org. Read More
Kraft's Recipe for Greener Mac-n-Cheese and Oreos
Kraft plans to manufacture its famous foods using less water, energy and packaging, the company announced last week. Its European coffee brands have also committed to 100 percent sustainably sourced coffee by 2015. Read More
Ford Looks to Dandelions for Natural Rubber
Ford looks to turn an annoying weed into a useful material for cup holders and other car parts. Read More
Costa Coffee, Kenco, Mars Honored by Rainforest Alliance
Costa Coffee, the Kenco Coffee Company ad Mars Inc. are among the winners of Rainforest Alliance's Sustainability Standard-Setter Awards for 2011. Read More
Smithfield Foods and the Quest for Large-Scale, Sustainable Pork
Smithfield is a pork giant. It has 49 factories, 500 or so hog farms, and a checkered environmental past. But its chief sustainability officer says the company is on the path to redemption. Read More
GMOs and Organics: Why Can't They Get Along?
At a high-level gathering of food industry leaders and insiders, the controversy about genetically modified foods sprouted to the surface, as panelists debated whether GMOs will feed the world or destroy the planet. Read More
Carting Away the Oceans: April 2011
What retailer has the most sustainable seafood? Read More
Safeway Tops Seafood Rankings as Whole Foods, Kroger Tighten Policies
An unexpected grocery chain takes the top spot in Greenpeace's rankings that rate stores on sustainable seafood practices. Read More
Barramundi Fulfills Elusive Promise of Sustainable Seafood
What makes Australis such an interesting company is that its product -- farm-raised barramundi -- is an environmentally-preferable alternative to most farmed fish. It doesn't need to eat a lot of other seafood to grow, it doesn't make a lot of waste, it doesn't require a lot of antibiotics ... and it tastes O.K., too. Read More
US Foodservice to Power SC Fleet with Waste Cooking Oil
US Foodservice acquired Bluffton, S.C.-based WVO Industries with an eye on turning the waste vegetable oil used in its customers' deep fryers into biodiesel to power its fleet. Read More