October 2008
- Sustainability at Keystone Potato Products There’s no set definition for sustainability, although a number of organizations are working on certifiable definitions. In agriculture, it can mean reducing pesticides or eliminating leeching and runoff. In a fresh-cut plant, it can mean reducing waste in packaging or water use. Sustainability can also relate to the community a business is in – paying living wages or supporting local community groups. But at Keystone Potato Products and its owners, nearly every activity relates back to sustainable practices.
- The Best Risk Communication
- The Smile Factory When Allan Henderson began his entry into the world of fresh-cut apples slices in 2006, he found it a secretive place in which information was closely guarded and potential spies lurked everywhere. It wasn?t much like farming, where information flows fast and freely.
- Will Organic Growth Continue? For fruit and vegetable growers, shifting from conventional to organic production methods would take time, expense and education and require major changes in the way they grow produce. So the obvious question for them is whether organics is a passing fad they can ignore or an enduring feature of the future, something they need to adopt.
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