Tag Archives: Food
Green Wheat
I was out there, hands in the dirt, in a Kansas wheat field.
I wanted to see first-hand how we could work with farmers to cut back on chemicals and fertilizers that can harm the environment.
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Feeding the nine billion
How will we protect our land and water resources, and simultaneously, feed the world? By 2050, we expect the world’s population to increase by nearly two billion people, to nine billion.
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Would you drop everything to make a difference?
Daryl Foriest will never forget the last thing his brother said to him. He told him to make a difference, and now Daryl does that every day by feeding the growing number of hungry in New York City. Places such as the Food Bank For New York City, where he is a director, can be more sustainable by making better use of resources such as electricity.
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Protecting the environment across the pond
A Bloomberg story about U.K. retailers using food waste as an alternative fuel got us thinking. Our retailer, Asda, is mentioned specifically for sending expired meat and bread to bioenergy sites that convert the waste into electricity. But diverting food waste is just one of the company’s activities that help reduce costs as well as environmental impact.
Read more ›Father and son grow the future
Meet Al Hooks and his son, Demetrius. Their Alabama farm has been in the family for more than 100 years, and Al will be able to pass it on to his son one day. Al and Demetrius grow and supply kale, mustard and strawberries to Walmart stores in their area. Last year, Walmart increased the amount of locally grown produce it sells in the U.S.
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