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While some farms today are trying to get off the mono-crop bandwagon and rotate crops, many large farms still tend to grow corn or wheat in the same field every year, requiring a lot of nitrogen-based fertilizer. But what if corn and wheat could have their own symbiotic relationship with soil bacteria that could pull nitrogen out of the air?

If you’ve ever baked bread or sweet breakfast rolls at home, you know how wonderful that fragrance can be, ramping up your appetite for a fresh slice out of the oven. But, that friendly fragrance from your kitchen—or early in the morning from the local bakery down the street—may not be what a community wants from an industrial-scale food plant, especially if it occurs around the clock.

Corona has become the first global beverage brand with a net zero plastic footprint, meaning the brand recovers more plastic from the environment than it releases into the world. This achievement is part of the brand's vision to be a sustainability leader in consumer packaged goods.

KLN Family Brands wasn’t looking for just another plant when it partnered with CRB for a new facility.

Water. We can’t live without it, and you can’t run a food or beverage plant without it. However, having it available for all earth’s inhabitants worldwide in the next 20 to 30 years will be a challenge—as already two-billion of the planet’s population live in areas where water is scarce. Unsurprisingly, the food and beverage industry is one of the largest water users, so it’s well worthwhile to minimize waste wherever possible. Water treatment companies are only too aware of the importance of conserving this precious resource, which in some areas can be more valuable than oil.

Graphic Packaging International has launched ProducePack™, a sustainable paperboard packaging line for fresh produce. 

Following the recent launch of Liquipure™, a new portfolio of sustainable flexible packaging, Liquibox more recently introduced Liquipure ultra: a recycle-ready bag-in-box bag specially designed for medium to high barrier applications. 

Snack bar company Nature Valley™ has launched the first plastic film wrapper designated as Store Drop-Off recyclable by How2Recycle® with its Crunchy granola bar.