Food & Agriculture
Unwrapping Quiznos' Greener Packaging
Quiznos begins its journey down a greener path with today's roll-out of new packaging made from renewable or recycled content that hasn't added any cost to its operations. Read More
Nature's Path Serves Up Sustainability with Cereal
Building upon a highly effective test market launch in Toronto, Nature's Path Organic unleashed a North American campaign this fall to promote its flagship cereal under the banner of great tasting, healthy cereal and sustainability. Read More
McDonald's New Green Strategy Extends to Its Signage
The fast food chain is swapping out the red for green in its logos in some European stores, as a way of promoting its environmental commitment. Read More
The High-Rise Urban Farms of the Future
Moving farms off land and into skyscrapers is on the verge of becoming reality. The main hurdle isn’t technology; it’s one of engineering and funding. Read More
Kraft to Increase Purchases of Rainforest Alliance Certified Cocoa Ten-Fold by 2012
Kraft Foods vowed to increase the amount of Rainforest Alliance Certified cocoa beans ten-fold to 30,000 tons by late 2012, to be used in two premium chocolate brands sold in the European and North American markets. Read More
Sodexo Drives Down Waste and Water Use at Cox and National Geographic
Sodexo helped National Geographic cut water consumption in its cafeteria by 18 percent between 2006 and 2009, it said in its latest citizenship report. Meanwhile, Sodexo cut waste at Communications by 80 percent by recycling or composting all paper, cardboard, food products and plastics used in the company's cafeteria. Read More
Lipton: Now That's Green Tea!
Smart companies that pursue zero waste are also taking us closer to an industrial system inspired by nature, where there's no such thing as garbage. Lipton's employees and management have developed just such a system in Suffolk, Va. Read More
Sky Vegetables: Taking Green Roofs to New Heights
The vision: green rooftops, not just as gardens, but as urban agriculture hubs for herbs and edible greens, grown in renewable energy-powered greenhouses, allowing city dwellers to grow and sell food locally. Read More
The Food We Waste in Scotland
This report from Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) Scotland finds that the country disposes of £1 billion (US$1.6 billion) in food every year, much of which could be avoided with better planning or storage. Read More
The Impacts of Climate Change on Wine in France
This report details how French wine production is a climatically sensitive endeavor -- and shows that it is at great risk from environmental change. Read More
