March 20, 2024 | Australia

Australia’s Detpak wins National award for kerbside recyclable paper bag

This innovative solution slashes plastic usage by 64 per cent, equating to 8.2 tonnes less plastic each year Detpak, an Australian packaging company, has announced that it has been awarded…

March 20, 2024 | Academic

How home food availability affects young children’s nutrient intake: study

A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign looks at changes in home food availability and nutrient intake for children from 2 to 4 years old Early childhood is an important time for…

March 19, 2024 | Middle East

Saudi Govt raises awareness of food consumption in Ramadan to reduce waste

According to the ministry’s statistics, rice is the most wasted food at a rate of 34, followed by flour and bread at 30 per cent Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Environment,…

March 18, 2024 | Company News

NOVA Chemicals launches Canadian Centre of Excellence for plastics circularity

NOVA Chemicals’ Centre of Excellence aims to further Canadian innovation, meet customer needs NOVA Chemicals Corporation announces the launch of its Centre of Excellence for Plastics Circularity (Centre of Excellence), a hub…

March 18, 2024 | Africa

Heliponix tackles food insecurity in Lesotho and rural southern Indiana

Heliponix LLC, doing business as anu, commercialises fully automated, in-home smart gardens that grow daily servings of produce using aeroponics An agricultural startup founded by Purdue University alumni is addressing international…

March 15, 2024 | Food

Food security situation in Afghanistan improving but the crisis far from over

The food security situation remains alarming with over 15 million people or 36 per cent of the population being food insecure Afghanistan is the Food and Agriculture Organization of the…

March 14, 2024 | Company News

GEM-Pack Berries and BADP America join hands for sustainable packaging

The GEM-Pack and BADP collaboration represents a strategic move towards mitigating the environmental footprint of berry packaging on a large scale GEM-Pack Berries and BADP America have signed a letter…

March 14, 2024 | Australia

Australia’s Costa Group develops world’s heaviest blueberry

The blueberry was of the Eterna variety, as part of the Variety Improvement Programs (VIP) of Costa, which licenses blueberry varieties grown by Costa in regions including the Americas, Morocco, China…

March 12, 2024 | Food

Philippines expands zero-kilometre food project to Limay, Bataan

The ‘0KM’ project is a research initiative designed to develop an efficient data collection system on the supply and demand for food at the local government level The Philippines Department…

March 11, 2024 | Africa

Somalia’s 1.7 million children likely to suffer from acute malnutrition

Senior UN officials met people on the frontlines of the climate crisis as well as government officials, donor partners, and aid workers to scale up response efforts With nearly 7…