Tag: climate change

Building off the momentum from last month’s International Fresh Produce Association Global Produce & Floral Show where it was announced IFPA had been granted observer status to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the organization is pleased to share it will join U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and other agricultural leaders for a discussion on climate-smart agriculture during the COP29 Conference, November 11-22, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

During the State of the Industry keynote session today at the International Fresh Produce Association’s Global Produce & Floral Show, IFPA CEO Cathy Burns revealed the association has been granted observer status to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, thereby allowing IFPA to represent the fresh produce and floral community in climate negotiations.

Pairwise shares its long-term focus on delivering solutions to major challenges in food and agriculture, including improving the convenience of nutrient-dense foods and developing new crop varieties so that producers “can do more with less” in the face of a changing climate.

WIRED has recently posted an informative article on greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture that shows how difficult it is.

Both the federal government and some state governments are advancing “climate-smart agriculture.”

Agrology, a seed-stage climate technology start-up, today announced that the company is one of six partners awarded approximately $5M in funding from the USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities initiative.

Tamar Haspel, writing in the Washington Post, has assessed foods in regard to their effect on climate health. Vegetables turn out badly.

International Fresh Produce Association has announced that the pilot program project they submitted with a group of partners has been selected by the USDA to receive funding.

Brambles, CHEP’s parent company, announced its commitment to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2040.

At Equitable Food Initiative (EFI), as we consider changing climate realities, we partnered with Kitchen Table Consultants to evaluate the state of the Midwest fresh fruit and vegetable industry.