According to a January 22, 2020 Food Industry Executive summary https://foodindustryexecutive.com/2020/01/health-dominates-consumer-motivations-for-sustainability-new-report-shows/ of the Tastewise "Food and Beverages Sustainability Trends 2020 Report" https://lp.tastewise.io/sustainability-report-2020 "... 23% more consumers prioritize sustainability in their food choices now compared to a year ago ... The top reason consumers are interested in sustainability is for their health, followed by environmental considerations. However, there is some evidence that this pattern might be shifting. While 39% of sustainability conversations are related to health, this number is down 16% from last year. Over the same time, conversations about local sourcing, recycling, and waste, have increased ... 'on the go' food and beverage items grew by 31% in the sustainability category. Overall, the latest Tastewise analysis reaffirms that sustainability is one of today’s hottest consumer trends ..." - #FoodPackaging #PlasticPackaging #SingleUsePlastics
Animal Digestible Food Packaging Initiative
Our reason-for-being/goal/purpose/objective/intent is to convince/inspire/persuade/encourage the food processing industry to establish and fund a public private partnership for the discovery of new food packaging materials that would be digestible by animals (farm animals as well as ubiquitous microbes).
