New York, NY--Last September, FoodShot Global, a collaborative capital investment platform, asked entrepreneurs, researchers, and advocates to submit their business, research or policy proposals for the Innovating Soil 3.0 Challenge. The goal of the challenge, according to a press release, was to identify the breakthrough research, game-changing technologies, and innovative...
Washington, D.C.--On May 23, following a rally at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., supplement and vitamin brand MegaFood will deliver a petition to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) calling to ban the use of glyphosate on consumer grade oats. The petition will include over 80,000 signatures. The petition requests EPA to...
Manchester, NH--MegaFood, a B Corporation, announced the launch of Healthy Farm Standard, a new program designed to encourage sustainable sourcing and improve soil health to increase the nutrient density of food. According to a press release, the new standard is structured to enable farmers and sourcing partners to move to...
That's the conclusion of researchers at Tulane University and the University of Michigan, who announced the findings of their new study in a press release. The study was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The researchers analyzed the carbon footprints of 16,000 Americans in relation to their daily diets. “People...
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...
Denmark—Here’s a concept: food products labeled so that, at a glance, anyone can tell how much of an impact it had on the environment and climate before it made it to the shelf. Denmark wants to do precisely that. According to CNN, besides the obvious effect of letting people know...
Washington, D.C. — The Organic Trade Association (OTA) announced plans to push for a voluntary, organic check-off program, which it says will help promote, educate and research the organic sector. This statement comes after a decision in May by the United States Department of Agriculture to terminate a proposed rule...
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...
Neonicotinoid pesticides, commonly known as “neonics” have been a global debate because of the toxins and effects they have on insects. Experiments have shown neonics to be harmful and dangerous to bees in laboratory conditions which neonic advocates argue are unnatural conditions, force-feeding bees in its laboratory rather observing their...
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