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From Farm to Fork: How Technology Can Help Lift Smallholder Farmers Out of Poverty

The world produces enough food to feed every individual, yet almost 690 million people continue to go hungry. The irony is that many of those who are undernourished spend their days growing food for others. Smallholder farmers, who cultivate less than 5 acres of land, constitute a large portion of the world’s poor living on less than $2 a day, according to World Bank estimates.

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From Farm to Fork: How Technology Can Help Lift Smallholder Farmers Out of Poverty

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Food Safety: An Opportunity to Rethink, Reset and Recharge

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Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Breaking Down Local and National Efforts to Improve Food Security in the U.S.

Across the U.S., millions of people face penetrating physical, mental and emotional diminishment caused by systemic hunger.

Health & Healthcare

Technology Advancements Boost Traceability in the Food Sector

Beyond its critical role in food safety, traceability is also becoming increasingly important to meet consumer demand for more healthy food choices produced in ways less harmful to people and the environment. For consumers, traceability adds a layer of credibility to claims like non-GMO, organic, free range or “sustainably sourced.”

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Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation Grants $40,000 To The Capital Area Food Bank and Manna Food Center

Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation announced today that it will offer grants totaling $ 40,000 to The Capital Area Food Bank and to Manna Food Center (Manna), two not-for-profit organizations. The grants will support efforts by those organizations to make nutritious food accessible to those in need. Due to the partial government shutdown, more families needed food assistance and food banks, nonprofits and community leaders were attempting to fill the gap.

Health & Healthcare

How Companies Can Step Up on Safer Food

Even if you haven’t heard of perchlorate, chances are that you probably have eaten it. Perchlorate is a chemical used in plastic packaging and food handling equipment for dry food like cereal, flour, and spices.

Health & Healthcare

Nutrition Labels Get a Makeover: Will It Make a Difference?

It’s been nearly 25 years since the FDA mandated that all food and beverage packaging carry the Nutrition Facts panel. Now, the ubiquitous label is up for a makeover.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

How General Mills Sustainably Sources Food Ingredients from Around the World

General Mills' director of global sustainability sourcing outlines the company's commitment to transparency, supply chain resiliency and sustainably sourcing priority ingredients by the end of 2020.

Environment

Mark Schapiro: Reaping What You Sow

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Measure the Chain: Tools for Managing GHG Emissions in Agricultural Supply Chains

Measure the Chain: Tools for Assessing GHG Emissions in Agricultural Supply Chains provides companies with an assessment of tools and methods to better manage and disclose Scope 3 emissions generated by food system suppliers.

Environment

Meat Industry Grilled by Investors to Address Water and Climate Risks

As the water pollution-climate change connections accelerate, some in the investment community have begun asking “Big Meat” to identify how these impacts translate into bottom line regulatory, reputational and market risks.

Health & Healthcare

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