Danone, France, announced a NZ$40 million investment in its Nutricia spray drying plant in order to achieve carbon neutrality by 2021.

Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment, Freeport, Maine, together with founding collaborators Stonyfield Organic, Londonderry, N.H., and the USDA's LandPKS project and Foundation for the Food and Agriculture (FFAR), Washington, D.C., launched OpenTEAM, what is said to be the first open source technology ecosystem to address soil health and mitigate climate change.

Organic Valley, La Farge, Wis., announced that the construction of three community solar projects totaling 12.67 MWdc is complete, making the cooperative what is said to be the largest food company in the world to be 100% renewably powered.

The global energy as a service market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 10.8% from 2019-2024, according to a study released by Report Linker, New York.

The low GWP refrigerants market is projected to be $18 billion, according to a study released by Fact.MR, Rockville, Md.

The global LED lighting market size was valued at $45.57 billion in 2018, and is projected to expand at a CAGR of 11.8% by 2025, according to a report published by Grand View Research, San Francisco.

Refrigerated & Frozen Foods is now accepting nominations for our Processors to Watch in 2020 cover story.

A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, found minimal environmental impacts to the surrounding waters from a major commercial fish-farming operation off the coast of Panama.

The International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR), France, released a study that outlines the role refrigeration plays on the global economy.

Carnes de Coclé, S.A., a Panama-based meat exporter, is setting top environmental standards for the meat processing industry with a new Global Water & Energy (GWE) wastewater treatment plant engineered to achieve 98% organic matter removal from the post-production wastewater.