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Harden up coffee drinkers!

Harden up coffee drinkers!

This innovation has a double benefit, utilising a waste product, but also lessening the need for other important construction resources read more

Waste challenges

Waste challenges

Interventions at the production end of the supply chain have economic and environmental benefits but the world is unlikely to see food ... read more

New NZ govt, new climate approach?

New NZ govt, new climate approach?

It will be interesting to see, should the Nationals ag policy be implemented how many sectors will take up the GM opportunity. The NZ ... read more

New deforestation law adds supply chain pressure

New deforestation law adds supply chain pressure

Supply chains relying on deforestation are on notice with these regulations, is it too tough to remove these exposures or just low ... read more

EU’s new food waste plan

EU’s new food waste plan

Waste is a massive issue the industry needs to tackle for climate and as well as food security reasons. It’s a no-brainer, so why ... read more

Alt-cheese’s stretch-and-melt conundrum solved?

Alt-cheese’s stretch-and-melt conundrum solved?

An affordable alt-cheese that can taste and performs like the real thing may be achievable in a precision fermentation pilot, but the ... read more

Could ESG be cancelled?

Could ESG be cancelled?

It's not the first, nor will it be the last time seemingly positive things have been targeted for culture wars. Much of ESG principles ... read more

Climate risks lead to losses for food producers

Climate risks lead to losses for food producers

The FAIRR analysis puts climate risks in terms corporates can understand - profit. It raises the possibility that many of those most ... read more

EU tackles carbon-neutral claims

EU tackles carbon-neutral claims

Consumers are sick of misleading claims - will it stiffen what companies need to prove to make a claim – and move the dial on ... read more

Could the US plains run out of water?

Could the US plains run out of water?

Extreme drought conditions are finally reversing damaging water policies that have severely depleted underground sources. Will the ... read more

<strong>EU CAP plans take effect</strong>

EU CAP plans take effect

The European project tackling environmental and social outcomes has always been ambitious, and the CAP has been a bedrock for ... read more

<strong>Land O lakes posts regen results</strong>

Land O lakes posts regen results

This is a “carrot” approach to on farm practice change, will it have a meaningful, measurable impact on emissions. American cooperative read more

<strong>The paradox of young consumers</strong>

The paradox of young consumers

The changing needs of consumers will continue to reshape preferences for food categories, product forms and the origins and systems to ... read more

<strong>NZ poll supports more regulation</strong>

NZ poll supports more regulation

The case to shrink the NZ dairy sector’s footprint is gaining more community support. Can the industry get on the front foot ahead of ... read more

<strong>China’s young: Careers before kids</strong>

China’s young: Careers before kids

Having kids for the economy won't catch on, despite the enticements of the recent “two child policy”. A survey conducted among ... read more

<strong>China’s demographic turning point</strong>

China’s demographic turning point

The CCP’s response to this demographic change will be key to maintaining social cohesion as economic growth slows. While China’s ... read more

Nestlé creates institute of ag sciences

Nestlé creates institute of ag sciences

The new institute will transform novel ag science into application and identify promising ag technologies while also assisting Nestlé ... read more

IMF traceability from farm to consumer

IMF traceability from farm to consumer

Danone customers will be able to follow infant formula products’ journey from paddock to tin with the company’s Track & Connect ... read more

New yogurt cultures tackle food waste

New yogurt cultures tackle food waste

Royal DSM has launched new bioactive cultures which naturally extend yogurt’s shelf life is helping combat food waste, ensuring dairy ... read more

African nutrition program

African nutrition program

Dutch dairy cooperative FrieslandCampina launch AfricaNutrition program to provide insights into dietary patterns in Cote d’Ivoire The ... read more

Yili leads Chinese zero-carbon efforts

Yili leads Chinese zero-carbon efforts

Chinese dairy company Yili is leading the way for Chinese food manufacturers as the country strives for carbon neutrality in 2060 ... read more

Supply chain traceability

Supply chain traceability

Chinese dairy company Yili Group looks to the future focus on value-add and sustainability with a tech-twist to solve industry ... read more

Food as treatment against anxiety

Food as treatment against anxiety

Research and development have identified milk ingredients with potential for developing safer and more effective treatments for a range read more

USDA incentivises sustainable farming practices through pilot projects

USDA incentivises sustainable farming practices through pilot projects

In Europe and New Zealand, legislation is pushing farmers to reduce greenhouse gas emission by implementing sustainable farming ... read more

China’s alt-meat plan

China’s alt-meat plan

To ensure food security for its people, the world’s most populous country has added cultured, alt-meats to its five year plan. Should ... read more

Emissions reduction require commitment

Emissions reduction require commitment

Climate summits and agreements to curb global emissions mean little if not followed up by action New research from the Institute for ... read more

Starbucks & Arla collab to reduce emissions

Starbucks & Arla collab to reduce emissions

New sustainability project focus on delivering environmental solutions on-farm while ensuring farmers remain profitable Starbucks will ... read more

Farmers influence emissions pricing policy

Farmers influence emissions pricing policy

New Zealand’s farmer organisations are putting alternatives to the emissions trading schemes to farmers   The Primary Sector Climate ... read more

Divestment of Chinese IMF business

Divestment of Chinese IMF business

The Chinese infant formula market is cooling with dwindling sales. Falling birth rates and domestic endorsements of breastfeeding won’t read more

A glass of carbon-zero milk?

A glass of carbon-zero milk?

Fonterra has launched the country’s first carbon-zero milk, giving consumers an opportunity to put their money on the environment ... read more

Keeping IMF differentiated

Keeping IMF differentiated

Scientific advances have improved the ways in which infant formula can mimic breast milk Human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) are ... read more

Sustainability Beyond the Horizon

Sustainability Beyond the Horizon

Food companies are increasingly held to a higher sustainability standard along their supply chains, prompting a more holistic approach ... read more

Alt-dairy

Alt-dairy

Science and research are the driving forces behind dairy alternatives that have expanded from soy milk to include almond and oat and ... read more

Data for sustainability

Data for sustainability

Leveraging data to speed the transition to low-carbon production European dairy cooperative Arla has developed the program Climate ... read more

Arla closes the loop

Arla closes the loop

Dairy cooperative Arla has hatched a plan with its farmer members to lift the use of renewable energy With a strategy to reduce its ... read more

Innovation for healthy solutions

Innovation for healthy solutions

FMCGs are creating innovation ecosystems to deliver healthy solutions to consumers Chinese dairy company Yili Group recently joined the read more

COVID shifting consumer preferences

COVID shifting consumer preferences

Consumer demands are changing as a result of the pandemic - more are worried about health Kerry Group’s whitepaper Understanding ... read more

Do plant-based products pass the test?

Do plant-based products pass the test?

Widely hailed as the answer to society’s environmental challenges, plant-based foods have come under scrutiny as analysts find it ... read more

Robotic decisions

Robotic decisions

Acute labour shortages are not only lifting the overhead costs of producing milk in developed dairy regions, but are forcing many ... read more

The big job re-shuffle

The big job re-shuffle

A massive impact of policies to address recovery from COVID is the restructure of the employment market which may force a revolution in read more