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Sustainability Matters: October 16, 2015

Maggie Borden

Maggie Borden

Mon, May 16, 2016

As domestic demand for coffee grows in Africa, …

As domestic demand for coffee grows in Africa, Starbucks has decided to enter the market. [Quartz]

Saru Jayaraman, a 2015 JBF Leadership award recipient, weighs in on tipping in restaurants. [NYT]

Bringing big box stores into food deserts may not improve consumer habits. [NPR]

Coke or Pepsi yogurt? Both soda titans are vying for a stake in Chobani. [FWF]

Environmental groups are suing the U.S. government for allowing Nestlé to bottle California water as the state faces drought. [Mother Jones]

Does industrial agriculture really produce more food per acre than organic? [Grist]

An NRDC scientist has released a new, practical cookbook for reducing food waste a home. [Sustainable America]