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10 Tips for Promoting Sustainability in the Food Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

From soil sensing to agriculture monitoring solutions, there are a number of IoT tools available to help with harvests and yields. Building on the concepts of a circular food economy, talk centers around recycling and how to return packaging to suppliers. Employ the Internet of Things (IoT) to Ag. Manage the Packaging.

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July/August 2020 Legal Update

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California Requires Quick Service Restaurants to Make Composting Bins Available : On July 1, a California law, requiring restaurants, malls and other businesses to make composting and recycling bins accessible to customers officially went into effect. Full-service restaurants are exempt from this law if employees sort organic waste.

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Resolving environmental issues in coffee production

Perfect Daily Grind

Naturally, large-scale agricultural production can sometimes be at odds with environmental conservation and protection efforts – often because of links to deforestation and poor farm management, for instance. These are issues in all major, large-scale agricultural industries because of economies of scale.”.

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Addressing deforestation in coffee production

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In the simplest definition, deforestation is the removal of trees to increase land area for agricultural and commercial purposes. Through photosynthesis, trees absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and recycle it into oxygen – helping to mitigate the effects of climate change.

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How to find sustainable specialty coffee shops and roasters

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It should be noted, however, that the vast majority of these issues are a result of large-scale agriculture. Then read our article on why recycling single-use coffee cups is so difficult. In terms of environmental impact, meanwhile, there are some pressing issues which need to be addressed in the production and trade of coffee.

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How long does green coffee stay fresh for?

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Like any other agricultural or food product, green coffee has a shelf life. They are also 100% reusable and recyclable.”. Good storage maintains the cup profile of a coffee, while poor storage can detract from it. As such, this is understandably something that specialty coffee roasters take seriously, as do producers and traders.

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Restaurant Experts Talk Sustainability Tips and Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

We use recyclable packaging and keep takeout packaging products to the minimum. billion and agricultural soil will be depleted heavily across the world. Banners Kitchen & Tap and Hub Hall in Boston will feature aluminum Ball cups, which are infinitely recyclable. Our population will be 9.3