Sustainability | Food Logistics

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Interoperability Begins With Temperature Monitoring Systems

As the demand for online groceries grows, companies look for the right technology to help ensure safety.

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L.I.N.K. | Recruiting Young Drivers is Key to the Future of Transportation

Bill Sullivan, executive vice president of advocacy for American Trucking Associations, talks about how recruiting the younger generation today is key to the future of trucking and transportation companies.

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How COVID-19 Accelerated Needed Transportation Policy Change

Safety, efficiency, traceability and visibility will play a key role in the future of supply chain regulation.

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Plant-Based Food Boom Creates Urgency to Upgrade Food Supply Chain

If your business touches any part of the booming plant-based food market, here are some things to consider.

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Flock Freight Announces B Corporation Certification

Flock Freight’s industry-leading commitment to the environment reduces carbon emissions by up to 40% with its shared truckload solution by pooling multiple less-than-truckload and partial truckload shipments going in the same direction onto one truck.

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L.I.N.K. Live | Food Logistics Editors talk Natural Disasters in the Supply Chain

Marina, Brielle and Mackenna discuss the impact natural disasters have on people, product and supply chains worldwide.

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Fresh Produce Quality Control: Traditional vs. AI-Based Solutions

Defining fresh produce quality parameters and their measurement for acceptance is more complex compared to other raw ingredients.

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Demand for Flexible Packaging Solutions in Food and Pharma to Create Space for Growth of BOPA Films

Consumers have rapidly inclined towards flexible packaging owing to its portability and convenience factors such as resealability, microwaveable packaging, easy-open packs, carry-away packs, and longer shelf lives.

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APL Logistics Develops Solutions to Measure, Manage and Mitigate GHG for Shipping and Logistics

Using the GHG Protocol, APLL calculates Scope 3, Category 9 emissions for customers across sectors and partners to achieve carbon-neutral shipping and logistics for 100% of supply chain transportation GHG emissions.

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How Large Industrial HVLS Fans Solve Airflow Challenges for Jakov P. Dulcich & Sons Table Grape Packing Facility

Grape grower, packer and shipper Jakov P. Dulcich & Sons invested in four industrial high-volume low speed fans from EPIC Fans as integral components of its 16,000-square-foot California table grape packing facility in Delano, Calif.

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Research: Preservation Tech is Key to Driving Higher Margins and Avoiding Losses Across Agrifood Value Chain

The report documents best-in-class protection and preservation technologies across six segments of the agrifood value chain.

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Ecoplant Partners With Atlas Machine to Bring Green IoT Solution to U.S. Factories

Ecoplant’s SaaS solution continually monitors and dynamically controls air compressors through a connection to their controllers and pipeline sensors.

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Shelf Engine Raises $12M to Eliminate Food Waste for Grocery Stores

Using precision demand forecasting with advanced machine learning and robust data collection, Shelf Engine guarantees sales for grocers and is able to cut waste nearly in half.

SCN Summit’s Presentations on Navigating Business Amid a Pandemic Now On-Demand

Find out what the supply chain and logistics industry looks like following a global pandemic, and how the recovery process works.

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Research Shows Sustainability is Surviving COVID-19

From 2015 to 2019, sustainability-marketed products contributed 54.7% of overall CPG market growth while representing 16.1% dollar share of the category in 2019.

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North Market Installs On-Site Vertical Farm

Growing at commercial volume, the farm uses less than 5 gallons of water a day.

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Study: Americans Used Less Energy in 2019

For the second year in a row, the largest increases in energy supply came from natural gas, wind and solar energy.

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NTU EcoLabs Launches Scale-Up Initiative to Support 40 CleanTech Maritime Start-Ups and SMEs

Decarbonization technologies include low-carbon alternative fuels, maritime port equipment electrification, renewable energy integration, fuel cells and hybrid-electric propulsion systems.

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Green Life Farms Adopts iTrade Traceability Campaign to Build World’s Safest Food Supply Chain

Green Life Farms operates a 100,000-square-foot state-of-the-art hydroponic greenhouse in Lake Worth Florida, with additional expansion planned in Florida and beyond.

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Fresh Del Monte Produce to Add Six Energy Efficient Container Vessels to Fleet

Given the perishable nature of fresh fruits and vegetables, the air-cooled containers will maintain the cargo at specified temperatures, traveling in reefer mode with multiple temperature variants from -25°C to 40°C.

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L.I.N.K. Live | Food Logistics Editors Talk Life Amid COVID-19

Marina and Mackenna discuss the New Normal and what this means for the supply chain industry moving forward, following the SCN Summit’s second webinar series

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Cargill Commits to Restoring 600 Billion Liters of Water by 2030

70% of the world's freshwater is used for agriculture, and Cargill is working to protect and enhance its water-use.

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Navigating the Cannabis Supply Chain

Since cannabis is still a new uncharted territory for many states, it’s important to know what differentiates the cannabis supply chain from other industries, especially when it comes to food-related products like edibles.

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Focus on Sustainable Packaging Across Sectors Leads to Implementation of Fiber Drums

Study predicts that the demand for these drums will soar at a recognizable pace as the world inches closer to making environment-friendly choices.

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California Giant Receives Gold Award With Zero Waste Certification

The Gold certification recognizes California Giant’s achievement of diverting 91.24% of their office waste away from landfills and other waste outlets over the past year.

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Evergreen Market Growing Fresh Produce On-site in an Urban Farm

Evergreen offers bug and pesticide free Kosher sustainable produce all year.

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Here’s What Will Really Help Farmers and the Food Supply Chain

With more visibility into what’s happening at every step in the process, it’s easier to see the benefits of building out multiple supply chains and switching between them at will.

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Delta Moves Towards its Goal Carbon Neutral Goal

Delta Cargo joins the Sustainable Air Freight Alliance following Delta's announcement to go carbon neutral by 2030.

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Cambridge Crops Rebrands as Mori and Raises $12 Million in Series A Funding to Combat Food Waste

The United States alone wastes around 40% of the food it produces. Globally, food waste corresponds to an annual loss of $2.6 trillion. Mori seeks to recapture that lost value and decrease the amount of food going to waste.

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KFC to 3D BioPrint Chicken Nuggets

The project aims to create the world's first laboratory-produced chicken nuggets.

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Plant-Based Dairy Market to Expand 3X by 2030; Surging Demand for Immunity-Boosting Foods to Combat COVID-19 Spread Aiding Market Growth

The global plant-based dairy market is projected to witness lucrative growth during the forecast period, more so amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as plant-based dairy products offer numerous health benefits, thereby boosting the human immune system.

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Ghost Kitchens Deliver Much-Needed Revenue for Restaurants Grappling with COVID-19

Ghost kitchens come with a host of benefits that many foodservice pros aren’t accustomed to in traditional restaurant settings.

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4 Reasons to Invest in Electric Forklifts

Here are four reasons why electric forklifts have now become a preferred choice over their diesel counterparts.