The Climate-Smart Puzzle-IFPA tapped into a federal program to advance produce industry sustainability efforts.

The Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities has the potential to advance produce industry sustainability efforts and provide the puzzle pieces that can make purchasing fruits and vegetables even more attractive to shoppers by more thoroughly addressing environmental concerns.

At a time when transparency is a major dynamic driving perishable food operations, the United States Department of Agriculture-funded Climate-Smart Commodities program is throwing it into a new gear. The program will create a databank of various agricultural practices meant to drive information into the hands of retailers and their customers.