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Benson Hill set to accelerate more healthier and sustainable food and ingredient options
Benson Hill has closed a $150 million funding round to accelerate its efforts to deploy its platform technology, expand partner development across the supply chain and scale product commercialization. The company’s leading food innovation engine CropOS is aimed at developing…
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47% of Barry Callebaut cocoa was sourced sustainably
Barry Callebaut announced that in fiscal year 2018/19 it sourced 47 per cent of the cocoa and 54 per cent of the other ingredients it uses sustainably. This sourcing achievement is highlighted in Barry Callebaut’s Forever Chocolate Progress Report 2018/19,…
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Balzac’s coffee celebrates partnership with RGC Coffee and Las Rosas Women’s Group
Balzac’s Coffee Roasters is celebrating its first year of partnership with RGC Coffee and the Las Rosas Women’s Group, driving important change and development within the industry and the Las Rosas association. The partnership milestone is significant as Balzac’s continues…
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Ardent Mills releases sustainability report
Ardent Mills, flour-milling and ingredient company, has released its annual Sustainability Report for Fiscal 2019. The report is available for download here. “Our sustainability pillars focus on agriculture, operations, procurement and transportation,” said Dan Dye, CEO of Ardent Mills. “We…
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Forever Chocolate considered top for sustainability strategy
Forever Chocolate, Barry Callebaut’s plan to make sustainable chocolate the norm, is considered the No. 1 sustainability strategy in the packaged foods industry. This is concluded by Sustainalytics after its annual assessment of 178 packaged food companies on the management…
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Drizzle Honey wins Startup Canada Social Enterprise of the Year Award
CALGARY – Drizzle Honey received the Startup Canada Social Enterprise of the Year Award, Prairies Region. The award was one of 10, which were announced in Edmonton during the Startup Canada Awards Ceremony. Drizzle sources its honey from apiaries across…
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Ben & Jerry’s assembles new Dairy Advisory Council
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Ben & Jerry’s has convened a new Dairy Advisory Council comprised of experts in environmental health, the animal protection movement, Lake Champlain water quality, and organic farming to help the company achieve its newly refined Values-Led Dairy Vision.…
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U.S. researchers create a hoppy beer without using hops
University of California Berkeley researchers have created strains of brewer’s yeast that taste like hops to make the process of making beer more sustainable
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Antibiotic-free meats
Greenfield Natural Meat Co. says it’s all about producing meat “in a more natural, sustainable way.” In a statement, the company says this means it raises animals without the use of antibiotics and has removed them “from the animals’ life…
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IKEA Canada commits to responsibly produced seafood
The Marine Stewardship Council and Aquaculture Stewardship Council are pleased with IKEA’s efforts and commitment
