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Food, Beverage, and Pet Food Companies Seek Accurate, Reliable Farm Sustainability Data

DTN

For example, here are three instances of how farm carbon emissions data will be used now and in the future by consumer-packaged goods (CPG) companies — in particular, food, beverage, and pet food companies. These indicators include fertilizer and crop protection usage, irrigation, cover crop and tillage practices, and equipment emissions.

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Bringing Back Local Milk, Ice Cream, and Cheese

Civil Eats

.” The 2018 Farm Bill established the DBII to spur innovation in the dairy industry and address the downward trend in milk consumption nationwide, caused at least in part by the proliferation of other beverages , including plant-based milks. But that hasn’t been the PCC’s focus, Pheasant says.

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