Food waste is so yesterday — think biogas instead

More U.S. cities are trying new ways to harvest energy from food that otherwise would have rotted in landfills and emitted methane.  Read More

Primatologist, industrialist and entrepreneur fight Big Palm Oil

Primatologist Biruté Galdikas thought all was lost when she learned that palm oil company PT Best was about to destroy Borneo's Seruyan Forest. Read More

5 strategies to get sustainable fish farming right

Satisfying the global appetite for this healthy protein requires doubling fish farm production by 2050. Here's how to grow aquaculture responsibly. Read More

Anheuser-Busch: How we conserve water from 'Seed to Sip'

Smart irrigation linked to weather stations, knowledge sharing for farmers and seed research all contribute to water savings while making beer. Read More

Gucci to Taco Bell, sustainability labels are thriving. So what?

The president of Rainforest Alliance, a prolific certifier of sustainable goods, explores the real-world impact of sustainability labels. Read More

Danone toughens stance on unsustainable palm oil

The food manufacturer reveals plans to trace all palm oil back to plantations by end of 2015. Read More

Monsanto CEO: 3 tools for sustainable farming

Water and arable land grow scarcer even as the world's population swells. Feeding the future requires smarter agriculture. Read More

Starbucks, Green Mountain and McDonald's pour on coffee efforts

Demand for coffee is growing while climate change poses supply challenges. Here's what big players are doing to keep the coffee flowing. Read More

Why we need to go beyond corn, wheat and rice

Some uncommon grains have environmental advantages that could be beneficial in a changing world — but making the uncommon common can be difficult. Read More