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MTS Environmental Develops Safe, Sustainable Winery Cleaner

New line of green, safe and sustainable synthetic mineral acids are designed to replace many of the dangerous acids already used as winery cleaning solutions in the industry today.

Food Waste Plant Hosts Grand Opening In The UK

The first commercial food waste anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in northeast UK will generate enough energy to power 2,000 homes every year.

Love's To Expand Fast-Fill CNG Access To More Truck Stops

The company previously announced plans for 11 Fast-Fill CNG travel stops across Texas and Oklahoma expected to be operational by the second quarter of 2014.

Project Aims To Make Bio-Packaging From Fish Waste

Sierra Resins launches a joint venture to turn fish industry waste into bio-based, bio-degradable plastics for food manufacturing and packaging.

Cummins Puts 15-Liter Natural Gas Engines On Idle

Engine maker has decided to stop the development of it's 15-liter natural-gas engine due to "market timing uncertainty."

What Exactly Is Sustainable Beef?

McDonald's Corp.

McDonald's made headlines recently with it's lofty goal of "verified sustainable beef" by 2016, prompting many inside the industry to ask if beef can actually be sustainable.

Need For More Food May Force Kenya To Re-Examine GMO Ban

From 2009 to 2012, Kenya’s National Biosafety Authority (NBA) allowed humanitarian agencies to import GM products as food aid during the drought season.

HFAC Offically Defines 'Free Range' and 'Pasture Raised' For Certified Humane Label

HFAC's 28-member Scientific Committee has spent nearly two years reviewing current research to develop new standards for their Certified Humane label.

Without A New Farm Bill, USDA Is Preparing To Stockpile Milk

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

With the Farm Bill extention expired, it may force the Agriculture Department to reinstate farm programs governed by an outdated 1949 law, potentially doubling dairy prices.

Virus in Pig Industry Could Send Prices To Record High

PED virus, which appeared in the U.S. for the first time in April, has spread to 22 states and killed thousands of piglets.

Dairy Industry Sets Sustainability Goals on Energy, Water Use

Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy's Sustainability Council has an ambitious goal of a 25 percent GHG reduction for dairy producers and processors by 2020.

Waste Reduction

Almost Half of U.S. Households Are Recycling Cartons

Fourty-eight percent of the US now recycles their juice and milk cartons, up from just 18 percent in 2009.

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