Sustainability

Local food? A great idea (on paper)

Getting your groceries straight from a nearby farm, who wouldn’t want that? Less transport, fairer prices for farmers, shorter supply chains. Governments have been trying to promote it for years. Still, making local food..

HAK scales local cultivation kidney beans further

27 August 2020

Groente- en peulvruchtenfabrikant HAK haalt dit jaar inmiddels een kwart van haar behoefte aan grote kidneybonen van Nederlandse bodem, dat is een verdubbeling van het volume ten opzichte van vorige jaar. Na een aantal t...

BOON: innovation and growth vega category

27 August 2020

Het jonge, Nederlandse, bedrijf “BOON FoodConcepts” gaat nóg meer investeren in de ontwikkeling van innovatieve vega-producten én heeft twee data-driven Trade-marketeers aangenomen om retailers te ondersteunen bij de ver...

Seven tools for socioeconomic transition

26 August 2020

On 1 September, Prof. Jan Jonker (Radboud University) will give the Sustainable Speech from the Throne of 2020 in The Hague as part of the 22nd edition of Sustainable Tuesday. In his speech he will set out a vision for t...

Pioneering innovation in wall panels

25 August 2020

Have you heard of the Waterproof Construction Board (WCB)? Forget mdf, plywood or chipboard. Discover the durable and fully waterproof polyvinyl chloride Sealwise WCB. Think of wall panels in the production environment, ...

Boermarke is producing plant-based cheese

21 August 2020

Due to the great demand for plant-based alternatives to cheese, Boermarke from Enschede is building an entirely new production line for plant-based cheeses. In the first quarter of 2021, Boermarke will produce more than ...

Nestlé enters market for plant-based seafood alternatives

21 August 2020

Op donderdag 20 augustus kondigde Nestlé de lancering aan van een plantaardig alternatief voor tonijn, de eerste stap in de groeiende markt voor plantaardige alternatieven voor zeevruchten. Het is gemaakt van een comb...

Unveiling new antiviral (wall) panels

18 August 2020

Wall coverings and partitions that are anti-bacterial and anti-viral; do you believe it yourself? Oh, they already exist... That's going to cost a lot then! It's not that bad, you say. Tell me... Sealwise WCB, the nam...

The food100 list of 2020

12 August 2020

Over the past few weeks, an independent professional jury has been busy assessing more than 300 applications for the food100 list. A list of established leaders and up-and-coming talent who are working daily for a better...

Team WUR scores with vision on food system in 2050

11 August 2020

Two researchers from Wageningen Imke de Boer and Evelien de Olde and their team are one of the ten finalists of the prestigious Food System Vision Prize. Their team comes up with a holistic vision of a healthy and circul...

Foodbytes: The new normal for the food system

06 August 2020

As we continue to see the world adjust to an ongoing pandemic, it’s clear that the outbreak of COVID-19 has created profound change in the global food system. While the outlook continues to fluctuate by the day, many asp...

Meat tax back on the menu

05 August 2020

We have been eating more meat since 2016, according to research and consultancy firm CE Delft. Despite information on the negative effects of meat consumption in various areas. According to CE Delft, price is still th...

LTO: Consumers do not yet pay for sustainability

04 August 2020

The existence of farmers and horticulturists is at risk because of the ever higher legal and regulatory requirements. If the government and customers want the agricultural sector to become even more sustainable, this is ...

40% of large food producers enter the vegetable market

30 July 2020

A four-year investor engagement with 25 giant food retailers and manufacturers, led by the FAIRR investor network, has found that two in five global food giants with combined annual revenues of $459 billion now have dedi...

KIDV launches The State of Sustainable Packaging

23 July 2020

The Knowledge Institute for Sustainable Packaging (KIDV) published The State of Sustainable Packaging on 23 July 2020. In this publication, the KIDV indicates how the international packaging world can ultimately achieve ...

New campaign: Let’s Talk About Pork From Europe

21 July 2020

Hoaxes have become one of the great social problems of recent years. To help combat them, the pork sectors of Spain, France and Portugal have joined together in a campaign that will tell the whole truth about the Europea...