Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., signed an agreement with United Wind, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based distributed wind energy developer, to power dozens of Smithfield hog farms in Colorado with on-site wind energy.

The Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI), Saint Paul, Minn., released its annual report detailing the organization’s progress and impact in fiscal year 2018.

Solutions like vacuum skin packaging help answer food waste issues with packaging innovations that extend food freshness.

Matthew Wadiak, founder and former COO of Blue Apron, New York, created Cooks Venture, a next generation food company rooted in regenerative agriculture and transparency.

Nestlé S.A., Switzerland, and Veolia, a France-based resource management company, announced a collaboration to work on waste collection, sorting and recycling of plastic material, with a particular emphasis on flexible plastic packaging.

The vertical farming market is expected to reach $13 billion by 2024, according to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc., Selbyville, Del.

Arla Foods, Basking Ridge, N.J., and its 10,300 farmer owners launched ambitious targets to accelerate the transition to sustainable dairy production with an intensified focus on the farms.

Trader Joe’s announced plans to revamp its packaging to become more sustainable.

An Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-led team completed a comprehensive life-cycle analysis quantifying the resource use and various environmental emissions of beef cattle production in the United States.