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January 29, 2009

 

ShopRite Installs Solar Panels


GARWOOD, N.J.  Wakefern Food Corp., a wholesale cooperative whose members operate ShopRite supermarkets, announced the installation of a solar power system at its ShopRite store here.  For the full article click ShopRite and Solar Panels

January 4, 2009

 

Organics It's Worth It

 

The Organic Trade Association announced their new website, www.organicsitsworthit.org, which focuses on organic news, agriculture and products. 

 

This site makes it possible for consumers to make a connection with the people and places that are involved with organic production and what makes organics worth it.

December, 29 2009

 

Sustainable Agriculture

 

Sustainable agriculture takes many forms, but at its core is a rejections of the industrial approach to food production developed during the 20th century.

 

This system, with its reliance on monoculture, mechanization, chemical pesticides and fertilizers, biotechnology, and government subsidies, has made food abundant and affordable. However, the ecological and social price has been steep: erosion; depleted and contaminated soil and water resources; loss of biodiversity; deforestation; labor abuses; and the decline of the family farm.  For the full article from National Geographic click, Sustainable Agriculture.

December, 28 2009

 

Sustainable Packaging Metrics Released

 

Non-profit sustainability institute GreenBlue, through the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, has released "Sustainable Packaging Indicators and Metrics Framework "Version 1.0" designed to help companies measure their progress toward creating sustainable packaging.

 

The indicators and metrics are divided into eight categories: material use, water use, material health, clean production and transport, cost and performance, community impact and worker impact. 

 

To download these free guidelines click, Packaging Metrics.

December 1, 2009


About GreenChill


The GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership is an EPA cooperative alliance with supermarkets to promote advanced technologies, strategies, and practices that reduce refrigerant charges and emissions of ozone-depleting substances and greenhouse gases. For more information click GreenChill.