More and more consumers and corporations are touting the benefits of "local" foods, often described as "sustainable," "healthy," or "natural." According to the trade publication, Sustainable Food News, "local" as a marketing claim, has ...
Tags: local food, organic food, farming
Long the standard used in supposed "science-based" agriculture, chemical fertilizers have largely become the norm in modern farming. But these synthetic and man-made varieties are becoming increasingly more expensive and difficult to ...
Tags: simple manure, toxic chemicals, fertilizer, agriculture
No water for agriculture is slow-moving disaster At least $68 million has been poured down a rat hole thanks a bunch of brainless anarchists who don't seem to understand that the public is not fearful of genetically modified food and sees ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
They may be awash in metrics, but are most newsrooms really getting the right read on who their readers are? Some experts question whether media companies are properly analyzing the troves of Web analytics readily at their fingertips. ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics
Last year, I penned a blog for this site, discussing the "Problem with the popularity of pouches", citing the excellent packaging qualities of pouches, but expressing concern about the inability of most to be recycled through traditional ...
Carolina Mattress Guild has signed a licensing agreement with ApoloSpuma, a Brazilian sleep products manufacturer. The international licensee is the first for Carolina Mattress Guild. Phil Grigg, center, of Carolina Mattress Guild ...
Tags: Mattress, Furniture, Furnishing, sleep products
Like most nascent technologies, digital print is a hotbed of innovation, with countless R&D hours being poured into developing higher speed, wider web presses, achieving single pass production and improving colour consistency. But how ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, digital printing
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. reported third quarter 2013 diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.51, an increase of 11 percent compared to 2012 third quarter diluted EPS of $0.46. In the third quarter of 2013, the Company s adjusted EPS was ...
Tags: Water Systems, Electric, Electrical, Electronics
US-based packaging firm Reynolds Consumer Products has acquired operations of trash bags supplier Trans Western Polymers for an undisclosed sum. Following the move, Trans Western Polymers will be combined with Reynolds' Presto Products ...
Tags: Consumer Products, Polymers
Global packaging services provider MeadWestvaco (MWV) has announced a 4% decrease in carbon emissions since 2010 in its corporate responsibility report for 2012. MWV has also reduced water usage by 5% and half of its global manufacturing ...
Tags: MeadWestvaco, Carbon Emissions
Allnex's production facility in Seremban, Malaysia, has been recognized for its environmental performance with the State Chief Minister Yearly Environmental Award 2012. The goal of the State Chief Minister Yearly Environmental ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Energy
The Ninth China Steel Annual Conference was held on October 22th -25th at the Beijing Convention Center. Baosteel Group chairman Mr. Xu Le Jiang was invited to deliver a keynote speech of " green business model create green steel - ...
Tags: Green Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
Is VITRUM as an exhibition past its peak? From the point of software supplier A+W, this is clearly not the case. The industry has been showing an unexpectedly keen interest, at least in high-tech software products. The visitors at the ...
Tags: Construction, glass
Europe's energy intensive industries are probably divided on the merits of power savings targets for 2030, but if the right mix of unambiguous and universal targets and measures can be agreed – and explained – opposition could ...
Tags: Construction, Glass, Glass Industry
In an effort to expose the abundant natural fiber resources available in the Greater Bay Area, Fibershed presents the Fibershed Fashion Gala- a “Soil-to-Skin” sustainable fashion event featuring the collaborative works of top ...
Tags: Fibershed, natural fiber