An appetite for change? National Food Strategy launches radical UK food system overhaulfoodingredientsfirst.com - CNS MEDIA If you found this article valuable, you may wish to receive our newsletters. Subscribe now to receive the latest news directly into your inbox.
Food (UK) Feeding the 11 billion: the small Dutch town ending our food crisisWired UK - Sami Emory Describing itself as the primary knowledge-intensive agrifood ecosystem in the Netherlands, Food Valley, as it's known, promises food-related …
Microbiome Microbial fingerprinting: Harvard University study quantifies the human microbiomenutritioninsight.com - CNS MEDIA The researchers found over 23 million genes in gut and mouth microbiomes unique to each individual If you found this article valuable, you may wish to …
Innovation This startup created compostable plastic wrap that’s made from shellfish shellsFast Company - Adele PetersThe plastic films CuanTec makes out of shellfish shells that are left over from seafood production is naturally antimicrobial and lets people keep using plastic wrap without worrying about plastic. Wrapping
Origami cranes: Nestlé Japan to switch out plastic for paper on KitKatspackaginginsights.com - CNS MEDIA If you found this article valuable, you may wish to receive our newsletters. Subscribe now to receive the latest news directly into your inbox.
Best of both worlds: Coca-Cola US water brand to launch plant-based rPET HybridBottlepackaginginsights.com - CNS MEDIA DASANI’s “largest sustainability initiative” also includes aluminum packs and “How2Recycle” labels If you found this article valuable, you may wish to …
Plastic Nurdles are the biggest pollution disaster you’ve never heard ofQuartz - Zoë SchlangerSome 30 miles north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in a township adjacent to a state forest, oil and gas giant Royal Dutch Shell is building a sprawling new plant to support what it sees as the future of
Circular Economy 10 promising circular economy startups that set out to make our world a better place | EU-Startupseu-startups.com - Arnaud Terrisse Whether in technology or in the food industry, the waste we produce is not properly recycled. We are all aware of the plastic pollution in the oceans …
Compostable branding for fresh producefreshplaza.com As with all Sinclair labels, the new Sinclair EcoLabel construction is food-safe and suitable for direct contact with fresh fruit and vegetables. …
Recycling 'Plastic recycling is a myth': what really happens to your rubbish?The Guardian - Oliver Franklin-WallisWestminster council sent 82% of all household waste – including that put in recycling bins – for incineration in 2017/18 One of the UK’s largest waste companies, attempted to ship used nappies abroad consignments
Plastic Morrisons the first supermarket to ban fruit plastic packagingscotsman.com - Angus Howarth Morrisons is to become the first supermarket chain to remove packaging from its fruit and vegetables. The company said customers would be able to …
Food Waste AWRE tackles the topic of food wastefoodprocessing.com.au The Australasian Waste & Recycling Expo (AWRE) is where the waste, recycling and resource recovery sectors come together to find solutions for a …
Profit Cultural shift needed to cut food fraud risk: ‘Put product ahead of profit’foodnavigator.com - Katy Askew The profit-driven focus of the food sector places pressure on employees and the food chain to deliver products at the lowest possible cost. …
Impossible Foods This New Animal-Free Ingredient Company Just Raised Another $27.5 Million In FundingForbes - Jenny SplitterMotif Ingredients, the company launched by synthetic biology firm Ginkgo Bioworks, announced today it has raised an additional $27.5 million in funding. The food ingredient company’s Series A extension
Food Safety Alliance Group invests $1.2 million in Timaru's Smithfield plantnzherald.co.nz - The Country Changes at Timaru's Smithfield plant will boost processing efficiency by 20 per cent, says Alliance Group. The $1.2 million investment will include …
Vocational Education New powerhouse of primary sector vocational educationbeehive.govt.nz The primary sector has been named the first centre of excellence for vocational education, to drive innovation and strengthen links between education …
Billionaires How Argentina's GridX is building foodtech and agtech companies with backing from billionaires - AgFunderNewsagfundernews.com AFN speaks with Matias Peire, founder of Grid Exponential (GridX), a company builder focused on high-impact science and tech ideas in Argentina.
Business (New Zealand) A tax on red meat may be next after the rise in sugar taxesstuff.co.nz - Jack Derwin First, the taxman came for your cigar. Now he might be coming for your steak. That's according to a new report out from research firm Fitch Solutions …
New Zealand Potatoes vs people: govt moves to protect top vege-growing landnzherald.co.nz - Pattrick Smellie Lifestyle blocks and new subdivisions will be far harder to develop on areas of rich soil under a new national policy statement on highly productive …
United Nations Food fraud and illicit trade ‘holding back progress’ on the SGDsfoodnavigator.com - Katy Askew Food fraud and illicit trade in agri-foods is having a negative impact on progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Aldi Aldi begins removing plastic packaging from meat linesedie.net Aldi is trialling cardboard trays to replace the plastic trays usually used to house its steaks, in a move which will cut its annual plastic output …
Connected wine: Californian brand partners SharpEnd and Guala Closures for US-first large-scale NFC deploymentpackaginginsights.com - CNS MEDIA Böen's NFC-enabled wine will prompt the entire category to rethink consumer engagement, SharpEnd Founder says If you found this article valuable, you …
Switzerland “Benchmark” life-cycle assessment identifies eco-benefits of carton over glass and PET alternativespackaginginsights.com - CNS MEDIA SIG is a leading systems and solutions provider for aseptic carton packaging. We work in partnership with our customers to bring food and beverage …
Unilever Unilever’s Carte d’Or ice cream relaunches in compostable packagingpackaginginsights.com - CNS MEDIA If you found this article valuable, you may wish to receive our newsletters. Subscribe now to receive the latest news directly into your inbox.
How can food manufacturers halve waste?foodprocessing.com.au The CST Wastewater Solutions KDS separator system was displayed at the recent FoodTech Qld exhibition. It is designed to remove 50% of the water from …
Food Waste Food waste startup Hazel Technologies raises oversubscribed $13m Series B to scale up production - AgFunderNewsagfundernews.com - Lauren Manning Hazel Technologies, a startup fighting food waste, has closed an oversubscribed $13 million Series B funding for its package technology that helps …
Play buttonDrought Sydney's desalination plant set to expand as drought continues Australia News - Australian Associated PressThe New South Wales government has begun preliminary planning to boost output at Sydney’s desalination plant, in a bid to secure the city’s water supply as dam levels continue to drop. The Kurnell plant,
Starbucks Replacing Plastic Straws w/ Strawless Lids | Like a Sippy Cup for Adultship2save.com - By Jill As was announced last summer, Starbucks locations will be eliminating plastic straws from every store worldwide by 2020. To date, thousands of …
Dunedin Milking it: Tapping into coffee cultureodt.co.nz - By Sally Rae Two young Dunedin entrepreneurs are tapping into the nation's coffee culture. Jo Mohan and Luka Licul have co-founded Spout Alternatives, with Nick …
