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Meal Kit Service Sun Basket Turns To Sealed Air For Recyclable Packaging

Sealed Air, a packaging solutions company, is providing sustainable box liners to national meal kit delivery service Sun Basket.    “Known for its commitment to using organic produce and sustainable ingredients as well as recyclable packaging, Sun Basket also wanted new insulation materials for its shipping boxes while retaining its commitment to 100 percent recyclable packaging,” says Sealed […]

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2018 Will See High Meat Consumption, But The American Diet Is Shifting

by Rich Waite/ Associate, World Resources Institute While 2017 was a banner year for plant-based eating—with plant-based burgers and other alternative proteins coming to market—2018 began with headlines proclaiming a new year filled with meat. The U.S. Department of Agriculture sparked these stories by predicting that Americans will eat a record amount of beef, pork and poultry this year. The meaty headlines—complete with pictures […]

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Animal Meat And Protein Resurging As A Culinary Food Trend In 2018

Throughout most of 2017, it was clear that increased consumer focus on vegan, vegetarian and flexitarian diets was influencing trends industrywide. But if 2017 was the year of plant-based proteins, market research firm Packaged Facts predicts that 2018 will be the year animal-based protein makes a push to reclaim space on America’s center plate. Packaged […]

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Tyson Foods Invests In ‘Cultured Meat’ Startup Memphis Meats

“Clean meat” or “cultured meat” company Memphis Meats, which focuses on producing real meat directly from animal cells, without the need to raise or process animals, has received an investment from the venture capital arm of Tyson Foods Inc. Tyson Foods joins a number of other investors in Memphis Meats, including DFJ, Atomico, Cargill, Bill […]

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McCormick & Co. Makes Most Sustainable Corporation List

McCormick & Co. Inc. is the 23rd most sustainable corporation, according to the 2018 Corporate Knights Global 100 Sustainability Index released at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. McCormick also was ranked number one in the Food Products Industry category for the second year on the list, which annually is released by Corporate Knights, a Canadian market research company. […]

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Albertsons Cos. Commits To Responsibly Sourcing Sushi By 2022

As part of its ongoing efforts to advance the sustainability of the seafood offerings at its approximately 2,300 stores, Albertsons Cos. is making a public commitment that guarantees its sushi will be sourced sustainably and responsibly.   The company’s sushi commitment is focused on ensuring the top five wild and farmed-raised seafood species used for sushi […]

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Baby Food Company Once Upon A Farm Achieves B Corp Certification

San Diego, California-based Once Upon a Farm, an organic food company offering a line of cold-pressed baby foods and applesauces, recently gained B Corp Certification. According to the company, this certification “validates Once Upon a Farm’s dedication to considering the impact of the company’s actions on employees, suppliers, communities, consumers, as well as the environment […]

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Rice’s Honey Joins Forces With PACE To Promote Pollinator Awareness

Rice’s Honey, a producer of raw and unfiltered honey, has entered into a new partnership with PACE, “Pollinator Awareness Through Conservation and Education,” Butterfly Pavilion’s nonprofit global initiative to restore habitats, strengthen populations and reintroduce pollinators into native habitats around the world. A portion of proceeds from every bottle of Rice’s Honey sold will be donated […]