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»
In the past year, African nations, such as Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda, have been investing billions of public and private dollars in green technologies, like renewable energy and organic agriculture. Economist Steven Stone of ...READ»
In 1988 seven farmers with values and a common vision banded together. They set out to create a sustainable approach to agriculture, and founded a cooperative called Coulee Region Organic Produce Pool (CROPP), today you might know it as Organic Valley.READ»
What if getting affordable, local food was as simple as going to the nearest corner store or stopping by a food cart on the way home from work? Frog Design imagines that this is possible with Mobile Market and Stones Throw ...READ»
In the 1960s, fringe groups sparked awareness of animal cruelty, environmental sustainability and numerous other causes — eventually giving birth to organizations such as PETA in the 1980s. Messages from these fringe...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»
San Francisco startup Cityscape Farms turns vacant urban lots and rooftops into hydroponic greenhouses, producing fresh food for local buyers that tastes better, and is better for them. Mike Yohay, Cityscape Farms CEO, hopes the ...READ»
Have you always wanted to be on a TV game show but lack the encyclopedic knowledge of trivia to succeed? Green Kerala Express, a new game show on India's state-owned Doordarshan network, may be for you. The show, named after the ...READ»
Founded in 1916 as a small family grocer, Wegmans has grown into a $4.8 billion company with 75 stores spread across the mid-Atlantic. Wegmans has long worked with local growers to provide fresh, locally grown produce to its shoppers. ...READ»
As nonprofits brace for the aftershock of state and federal funding cuts (not to mention a shortfall in private donations) there are those who are quietly taking another path out of the rubble. They are the pioneers of a new type of ...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»
We tried to give Monsanto the benefit of the doubt when the company announced that it wanted to produce soybeans with extra helpings of heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acid-boosting oils. But new research from a study published in the ...READ»
Not Just renewable energy this list is for virtually every industry from almost free ideas to those that require million dollar investments there is something here for every entrepreneur!READ»
Monsanto's monopoly over world agriculture is no secret--just take a quick look around Amazon to see some of the books (Omnivore's Dilemma) and movies (Food Inc., The World According to Monsanto) that have popped up to decry ...READ»
As it stands, Big Agriculture companies like Monsanto dominate the farming industry with their patented, genetically-engineered crops. The burgeoning organic movement has slowly shifted the tide, but it's still hard to imagine a day ...READ»
Monsanto's genetically modified (GMO) soybeans have frequently been vilified over the years. The soybeans, protesters say, require too many pesticides, see lower yields, and could be responsible for the growth of resistant weeds. ...READ»
In news that will surprise, well, almost everyone, researchers from Germany's Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research say that it's possible to feed the world sustainably by 2050, when the planet's population is expected to ...READ»
Well, that didn't take long. The afterglow of Obama's Nobel Peace Prize win for "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people" has already faded. The President has stirred up controversy ...READ»
While no one advocates that we should stop producing food, when the finger-pointing over climate change begins, the ag industry often gets an unfair shake. If agriculture is so disproportionally bad for the planet, shouldn't ...READ»
Judging by the recent spate of mainstream hemp and recycled cotton knitwear, the clothing industry is more than eager to explore sustainable alternatives to regular old cotton. The latest trend is clothing made out of recycled PET ...READ»
