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Study Shows How Global Demographic Transition Impacts Food System Sustainability

As rural masses migrate to urban areas, populations grow, and people work toward better living standards, global food system sustainability pays a high price, according to a new analysis spanning low- to high-income countries.

6 Apr 2020

New Energy Strategy in Cameroon to Help Avert Deaths and Reduce Global Temperatures

A new study, published in Environmental Health Perspectives, has found that clean cooking with liquified petroleum gas (LPG) could avert 28,000 premature deaths and reduce global temperatures through successful implementation of a new national household energy strategy in Cameroon.

3 Apr 2020

New Process Can Help Recycle Plastic Waste in Eco-Friendly Way

Plastics are user-friendly, versatile, and highly economical to such an extent that the earth is flooded with plastic waste. This makes them a victim of their own success.

10 Mar 2020

Flo Launches Compostable and Biobased Capsules for Perfectly Brewed Coffee

Flo SpA has introduced three new capsule formats in the GEA family that are industrially compostable, fully biobased, and able to provide a brewing experience that is expected of the most popular capsules on the market.

From FLO S.p.a. 15 Nov 2019

SIG and Pioneer Foods Co-launch Eco-friendly Carton Packaging

SIG Combibloc Obeikan and Pioneer Foods have announced the launch of the first combismile carton pack in the Middle East and Africa region.

7 Nov 2019

Plastic Recycling Accelerates: Valio Brings Recycled Plastic to Food Packaging

Valio is among the first food companies to begin using recycled plastic. This development in packaging is part of a larger goal: the food company wants to cut milk’s carbon footprint to zero by 2035.

From Valio Ltd 1 Oct 2019

New Start Up Invents Optical Acanner - Measures Light Emission from Food or Crops – Saves Food Waste, Maximises Crop Quality and Guarantees Provenance

Keynote speakers John F. Kerry (former US Secretary of State), Dr Howard-Yana Shapiro (Mars Inc. Chief Agricultural Officer) and Shama Sukul Lee (Sunfed Founder and CEO) confirmed for the inaugural Global Table event on the future of food to be held in Melbourne, 3-6 September 2019.

From Rubens Technologies Pty Ltd 8 Aug 2019