B Lab released its Best For The Wold 2019 Honorees, including its Best For The World: Overall 2019 List, which honors the top 10% of Certified B Corps across all impact areas. These companies are described as "leading the way in the B Corp movement, showing others not only what’s...
West Lafayette, IN, and Boston, MA--Replacing red meat with healthy plant proteins may lead to a decrease in risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by researchers at Purdue University and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The meta-analysis, which was...
This year, more consumers are "going green" for the holidays. USA Today reports that people are looking for non-wasteful gifts that won't harm the environment. A Nielsen report issued in November found that 68% of Americans said it's critical that businesses put programs in place to better the environment, and...
New York, NY—New York’s harbor is getting a facelift, thanks to the Billion Oyster Project. The Billion Oyster Project—a largely student-operated project that just hosted its 15th anniversary celebration—looks to restore the oyster reefs that once existed in the harbor. The goal, specifically, is to have one billion live oysters...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Since the very beginning, NOW and its founders have made a commitment to the environment. Hear from Reginald Alston, Manager of EHS & Sustainability, about how the company makes sure its footprint is as small as possible, including comprehensive recycling programs for manufacturing and employees, use of solar panels, community...
In a study by the Organic Produce Network and Nielsen, it was shown that sales of organic fresh produce items reached almost $5 billion in 2017, an 8% increase from the previous year (1). In fact, a bill was recently passed to increase the funding of organic farming research to...
According to the BBC, the World Health Organization is launching an investigation into the potential risks of consuming plastics that contaminate drinking water after a report from Orb Media found that bottles of drinking water were contaminated with particles of plastic. Their study included 250 bottles across 11 brands bought...
Jacksonville, Fla.— The rise of “hydroponic,” or greenhouse-grown vegetable farming, has caused back-lash from traditional, organic vegetable farmers. A group of organic farmers, led by Dave Chapman, a vegetable farmer in East Thetford, VT, orchestrated a protest at a meeting of The National Organic Standards Board in Jacksonville, Florida in...
Large retail chains are discovering that reducing greenhouse gases is easier said than done, reports NPR. Specifically Walmart, which unveiled Project Gigaton, a plan to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases by a billion tons of carbon between now and 2030 — almost as much carbon that is released from...
Washington, D.C. — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that the latest dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico measures 8,776 square miles, about an area the size of New Jersey, making it the largest dead zone since mapping began in 1985. A dead zone is a an...
