Published: Sep 20, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Darling International, a provider of food waste recycling solutions, has acquired a river terminal and storage facility located on the Mississippi River in Muscatine, Iowa, from CK Processing and River Terminal.

Published: Sep 13, 2012 By: Caroline Scott-Thomas

Bord Bia, the Irish Food Board, has introduced a new programme intended to cement the reputation of the Irish food industry as a world leader in sustainability.

Published: Sep 12, 2012 By: DANIEL LOOKER

One day before hundreds of farmers and farm group leaders rally for a new farm bill in Washington, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) said it's not too late to pass a farm bill in the House.

Published: Sep 12, 2012 By: Dow Jones Newswires

he European Commission is proposing to sharply limit the use of biofuels derived from food crops

Published: Sep 11, 2012 By: Jeff Caldwell

Over the weekend, Elwynn Taylor said though there's been a shift away from the La Nina period in the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) index, that doesn't necessarily mean it's moving enough in the other direction to show El Nino's anywhere near taking

Published: Sep 04, 2012

GreenBlue has announced Nina Goodrich as director of its Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC).

Published: Sep 04, 2012 By: Ankush Chibber

Independent sustainability certification is rapidly becoming a must for Asian seafood producers and suppliers if they are to remain competitive in the West, according to agency.

Published: Aug 31, 2012

Belgian chocolate brand Caluwé Artisan has moved the supply of cocoa for its entire product range to Barry Callebaut’s sustainable single origin Cameroon chocolate, the Swiss cocoa supplier has announced.

Published: Aug 28, 2012 By: Rod Addy

The Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) Platform is making headway in preventing cocoa and coffee crop losses, improving supply and yields for manufacturers.

Published: Aug 24, 2012

The first comprehensive analysis of fish stocks targeted by MSC certified fisheries has concluded that stocks are healthy and well-managed to ensure continuing sustainability.

Published: Aug 24, 2012

For the second time Cermaq has been ranked as number one in Seafood Intelligence’ global survey on communication of sustainability.

Published: Aug 13, 2012 By: FoodMate Editor

The Prime Minister has asked State commercial banks to reduce interest rates on loans for farmers in the livestock and aquaculture sector while also giving them more time to pay back debts.

Published: Jul 27, 2012 By: Nicholas Robinson

The Australian government will review its standards for the export of livestock as well as the role and function of the Livestock Export Standards Advisory Group.

Published: Jul 27, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has published a guidance document relating to environmental claims on plastic products.

Published: Jul 24, 2012

A shatterproof glass beverage bottle could be available worldwide by the middle of next year, its developer has told.

Published: Jul 24, 2012

The annual meeting of the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) got underway over the weekend at the Rhode Island State Convention Center. It continues through Wednesday.

Published: Jul 23, 2012

New research presented at the 2012 American Society of Animal Science meeting provided insight into the consequences if U.S. farmers and ranchers no longer used productivity-enhancing technologies to raise beef cattle.

Published: Jul 20, 2012

As spatial planning is used increasingly to manage fisheries and other ocean resources, researchers are working to determine the best ways to use and refine the various spatial management tools.

Published: Jul 19, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

Companies must work together to push the sustainability message, according to Sealed Air’s vice president of sustainability, Dr Ronald Cotterman.

Published: Jul 18, 2012

Dean Foods Co. has revised its environmental sustainability goals to better align with the broader dairy industry timing for greenhouse gas reductions and better reflect customer expectations and consumer demands.