Category: Sustainability
Chiquita focused on improving communities, reducing footprint
Chiquita Brands International, global producer and distributor of bananas and other produce, has been focused on sustainability for 150 years.
Initiative driving innovative paths to sustainability
A new $25 million initiative from the USDA is driving the push to find new, sustainable packaging and labeling options for specialty crops
Solution aims to reduce reliance on polystyrene in fresh produce packaging
A new technology is helping produce packers move away from ice-filled polystyrene and waxed carton boxes used to transport fresh broccoli.
Conference focused on sustaining family farms set for February
A three-day conference is expected to draw more than 1,000 farmers, ranchers, producers and advocates to Atlanta in February
Companies team up to trial plastic-free blueberry packaging
Blueberry genetics company Mountain Blue has partnered with packaging solutions company Opal to trial plastic-free cardboard punnets.
Innovation lab aims to accelerate new packaging, labeling developments
IFPA’s Foundation for Fresh Produce and Clemson University will each receive $5 million to establish a Sustainable Packaging Innovation Lab
Sustainable potato packaging design tops nationwide competition
A sustainable packaging design for SPUDS less-than-perfect potatoes has won first place in a nationwide student design challenge.
Packaging company awarded Biodegradable Products Institute certification
The Biodegradable Products Institute has awarded food packaging company Sabert Corp. certification for products using the company’s Pulp Plus and Pulp Ultra formulations