Recovering supermarket food for sustainable pet food ingredients
Dan Morash, founder and CEO, California Safe Soil, and Jean Francois Herve, owner, Birdstone Consulting, explain the process of recovering human-grade food to produce pet food ingredients. Food waste is a big environmental problem and an opportunity to source 3 million tons per year of human grade fruits, vegetables and meats that can be recovered while still fresh to make nutritious, palatable, consistently high-quality pet food ingredients at competitive prices — a sustainable "upcycling" solution that makes economic and environmental good sense.
New method to assess marine biodiversity impact in relation to more commonly studied environmental impacts
Henk Bosch, owner, Bosch Sustainability Consultant, and Jeff Alix, global head of business development, companion animals, Veramaris VOF, present methods to assess fishery impact in sustainable pet food and weigh it against the impacts of producing land-based protein. Learn more about the assessment methods of producing pet food and study the impact of substitution of wild catch fish with algal oil.
Understanding shifting consumer perceptions and their impact on sustainable pet food packaging innovation
Nicole Skaugen, market manager, heavy duty sacks, and Brant Wunderlich, market manager, caps and closures, NOVA Chemicals, provide insights on what matters most to consumers about packaging, what changed and what this means to the pet food industry. Explore how these learnings can be applied to help drive innovation of sustainable packaging with consumer priorities in mind and to guide more effective communication with consumers.