The retail giant last year unveiled an ambitious sustainability index for its suppliers, and now the company has announced that it plans to double the sales of fresh produce sourced from local farms in U.S. locations by the end of 2015.READ»
Chocolate lovers, rejoice. A research team led by scientists at Mars
Inc., the U.S. Department of Agriculture--Agricultural Research
Service (USDA-ARS), and IBM this week sequenced the genome of the cacao tree. Best of all, the ...READ»
Product manager, ag management solutions, John Deere
Urbandale, Iowa
Hayes, 27, develops and markets John Deere's GreenStar products, which allow farmers to automate their work.
"I grew up on a farm, and my dad would never let ...READ»
Co-owner, Martin Farm; chairperson, Cotton Board
Courtland, Alabama
Martin, 47, relies on GPS technology to improve efficiency and trim fertilizer use on her family's large cotton operation.
"Our GPS-equipped harvesting ...READ»
The quickest way to sour the mood at this five-day fete-à-feta in
Madison, Wisconsin? Mention a nondairy milk. In April, the National
Milk Producers Federation sent a letter to the FDA, urging it to crack
down on the misuse of ...READ»
Greenpeace gets a lot of flack for its aggressive, embarrassing campaigns against corporations, but the simple truth is that they often work. That's why we have some hope that the organization's most recent campaign, which derides ...READ»
If fish had origin stickers, there's a good chance dinner would read "made in China." "Almost 50% of the fish we eat now is farmed," says Simon Wilkinson of the Network of Aquaculture Centers in Asia-Pacific -- and China produces ...READ»
Oystermen, fishermen, and shrimpers around Apalachicola Bay--where seafood is an $80 million a year business--share thoughts about their drastically altered lives, the reason for their overfishing, and the Faustian bargain that's been struck with BP.READ»
Bakersfield is located in the southernmost Kern County, California, USA. This city has earned a reputation as one of the largest cities in the states and hailed as the fastest growing regions in the nation. This is also known as the ...READ»
Commercial fishermen may lose their livelihoods to the Gulf oil spill, but it's the little things that count, right? The United Commercial Fisherman’s Association (UCFA) scored a temporary restraining order against BP this week, ...READ»
Colombia dominates the U.S. cut-flower market, sending us $500 million of blooms last year. By that measure, Japan, with just $200,000 in exports to the United States, is but a tiny bud. But thanks to its flowers' stunning quality and ...READ»
Chalk up another victory for Greenpeace's trademark tactic of shaming companies into submission. This time around, Trader Joe's has agreed to source all of its seafood from sustainable sources by 2012. The move comes after a long ...READ»
More and more consumer is looking for organic foods such as fruits and vegetables. Although organic crops are much expensive than ordinary fruits and vegetables people continuously buy organic crops.READ»
The latest industry to get clobbered by climate change is coffee, according to the International Coffee Organization (ICO). The organization, which represents 77 coffee-producing countries, says that the temperature has risen half a ...READ»
Niman Ranch began in 1970 as a small, eleven-acre farm raising humanely treated animals using all-natural feeds. Forty years later, it's grown into the largest network of independent American farmers, producing antibiotic-free meat products.READ»
TransFair U.S.A., which certifies fair-trade goods in the U.S., is venturing beyond edibles for the first time with a pilot project for cotton bed linens, towels, and apparel. The cotton farmers as well as the factory workers will be ...READ»
Beef lovers, take note: The 6,000 ranchers at this bovine confab may not look like power brokers, but they're ultimately in charge of a $76 billion industry -- and the products that land on your plates. Lately, they worry, too little ...READ»
H&M got in trouble late last year for destroying unused clothing instead of giving it away to charity; now the clothing giant is under fire again for selling certified organic cotton clothing that isn't actually organic.READ»
