ADM Cocoa is restructuring its organization into five key regions and business units.

Unilever says all of the palm oil the company uses will be "sustainable" by the end of this year.

As this issue goes to press, the U.S. is experiencing its worst drought in more than half a century, causing serious damage to the domestic corn crop, impacting yield prospects and even starting to factor in the prospects for soybean production.

Mars Inc. announced it has become a signatory of The Leadership Compact convened by The University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership.

Mars Chocolate announced "significant progress" toward its pledge to purchase its entire cocoa supply from certified sustainable sources by 2020.

Blommer Chocolate Co. said it will invest $45 million to support cocoa sustainability efforts by 2020 under a new program it calls Sustainable Origins.

More Americans want additional information on nutrition labels than two years ago while confidence in the safety of U.S. food is unchanged, according to a survey by an industry-backed research group.

Experts at the Reuters Food and Agriculture Summit in Chicagosaid an estimated 30-50% of the food produced in the world goes uneaten.

Farmers selling locally grown food through multiple outlets account for a small, but growing, segment of U.S. agriculture.

Butter Buds Food Ingredients has been selected to participate in The Profitable Sustainability Initiative of Wisconsin. The Racine-based company is one of thirty state manufacturers selected for this program.