Energy and Environment

Aardappelverwerkingsbedrijf Peka Kroef in het Brabantse Odiliapeel en waterschap Aa en Maas gaan samenwerken aan schoon water.

Both the ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston Richland processing facility and the ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston/RDO Frozen Foods Plant in Park Rapids have earned ENERGY STAR® designation for 2010 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

El Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias (ICIA) estudia el agua procedente de la niebla para su posible aprovechamiento como riego de apoyo para el cultivo de la papa antigua en la isla de Tenerife, ha informado hoy la Consejería de Agricultura...

Mercer Canyon of Prosser, Washington, and Walker Brothers Farms of Malin, Oregon were presented with the prestigious 2010 Environmental Stewardship Award at the 2011 NPC Annual Meeting.

Scientists at East Malling Research (EMR) - recognised as world experts on water management - have found a way to significantly reduce the amount of water used to grow potatoes commercially, after transferring the knowledge from early work with strawberries.

United Biscuits is celebrating another success in its bid to cut waste by eliminating landfill from four of its factories.

Johannes Diepers Landwirtschaft in Sevelen, Germany grows and processes potatoes that are supplied peeled to customers including institutional kitchens, hotels and restaurants. Diepers has been working with Sormac machines for fifteen years.

Op de BioVak, dé biologische vakbeurs voor ondernemers uit de biologische land- en tuinbouw, brachten onder meer de burgemeesters van 26 plattelandsgemeenten en de Ambassadeur van Algerije een bezoek aan de stand van aardappelcoöperatie Agrico.

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston's Delhi, La., processing facility received its official Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED(R)) Platinum certification today, awarded by the U. S. Green Building Council (USGBC)

Biomass is a good Danish resource, and, in contrast to North Sea oil, it never runs out, if we use it sustainably. That does Leif Jensen, owner of Jensen's Organic in Gørløse, Denmark.

PepsiCo, one of the world’s leading producers of convenience foods and beverages, has awarded a ten-year contract to Kuehne + Nagel for its Dutch warehousing and distribution activities.

Uitbreiding in andere landen, ook naar Nederland. Max, de hamburgerketen uit Zweden, wil expanderen. Er wordt gezocht naar een partner in ons land.

Path to zero, PepsiCo UK and Ireland's second environmental sustainability report, sets out how Pepsico UK and Ireland will radically reduce our impact on the environment. The commitments made in the report cover climate change, agriculture, water use...

Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS Company, LLC) announced today that Kettle Brand® Chips will begin shipping its products throughout the U.S. on iGPS' all-plastic pallets with embedded RFID tags

The global market for organic food & drink is recovering from the financial crisis. After several years of double-digit growth, the market expanded by just 5 percent in 2009.

A new report by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) challenges previous analyses of the food price crisis of 2007-08.

Nearly a third of UK shoppers want food and grocery retailers and manufacturers to focus on reducing waste.