Sustainability

CARSON CITY, Nev. and FAIRFIELD, Calif.- Carson City, Nev.-based Hess Microgen says it has successfully completed a pilot project of an onsite cogeneration system at a Raley's Supermarket in Fairfield, Calif.

SALISBURY, N.C. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has named Food Lion an Energy Star Partner of the year for its "outstanding" reductions in energy consumption.

BOULDER, Colo. - Wild Oats Markets, Inc. was named the 19th leading company on Business Ethics magazine's annual ranking of the top "100 Best Corporate Citizens" for 2003.

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A group of international food experts on Friday agreed on a framework for assessing the risks of biotech foods, establishing global guidelines that could help shape countries' food policies and influence trade disputes, Reuters reports.

WASHINGTON - Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman on Wednesday criticized a measure passed by Congress which would allow farmers who feed animals conventional meal to label the meat organic if reasonably priced organic grain isn't available.

WASHINGTON - Organic advocacy groups are protesting a bill passed by Congress on Wednesday, which they say contains a provision that would legally allow non-organic meat to be labeled and sold to the public labeled as organic.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California's attorney general on Friday filed suit against five grocery chains for failing to properly warn consumers about the risk of mercury in fish, Reuters reports.

CHICAGO - Kroger-owned chain Food 4 Less is set to open its first price-impact, warehouse-format supermarket in Chicago in the city's historic Back of the Yards neighborhood on Jan. 15.