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The small business proceedings of a local marijuana dispensary in Portland, Oregon.
Economy | Health
Setting high standards for Canadian cannabis
11 October 2022
SCC, the ISO member for Canada, says that standards are essential for an effectively regulated marijuana market.
Senior woman analyzing plants in greenhouse. Female greenhouse technician checking plants in the commercial greenhouse.
Sustainability | Innovation
Farming fit, farming smart
29 March 2022
ISO has put together a group of world experts to apply smart tech to the challenges of sustainably feeding a growing planet.
Bird’s eye view of a colourful, bustling vegetable market in Assomada, Santiago Island, Cape Verde.
Sustainability | Society
Food for the future
15 October 2021
Standards for a sustainable agri-food system on World Food Day.
Jars of pulses and cereals stacked on a table alongside wooden bowls and kitchen utensils.
Health | Society
Finger on the pulse(s)
10 February 2021
Five top ways standards make pulses even better on World Pulses Day.
A wheel line irrigation system with directional spray heads waters a golden wheat field.
Sustainability
Leaving no drop to waste
30 November 2020
Standards to support treating wastewater for irrigation projects just updated.
Tractor moving a logged tree.
Improving farm safety: standards for agricultural machinery just updated
5 November 2018
Ensuring the safety of tractors and other agricultural equipment means ensuring the control systems that are in place work as they are meant to. The internationally trusted set of standards for such systems …
Farmers’ market stall displaying a variety of organic vegetables.
New edition of ISO 22000 just out!
19 June 2018
With over two hundred diseases spread through the food chain, it’s clear that safe, sustainable food production is one of our greatest challenges. Globalization of the food trade further complicates food …
Wooden outhouse and barn in Mormon Row, Grand Teton National Park, USA.
Mapping a new journey for poo on World Toilet Day
17 November 2017
Time has come to rethink the toilet. For about 4.5 billion people around the world who do not have access to adequate sanitation, this is a matter of life and death. But even those of us lucky enough to …
Society
Buying for a better world
8 November 2017
Picture a world where every product and appliance is environmentally friendly, where every supermarket item is fair trade, where corruption is an urban myth and poverty a long-distant memory. Hard to imagine? …
New ISO standard to combat land degradation
18 October 2017
Our consumption of the earth’s natural reserves has doubled in the last 30 years and a third of the planet’s land is now severely degraded. There is an urgent need to find solutions for land management …
Man picking berries with children
Getting back to nature on World Environment Day
5 June 2017
Where would we be without nature? It is our life force, our source of survival. This year’s World Environment Day is focused on “connecting people to nature”, inviting us to think about how we are a part …
Tractor spraying chemicals
Feeding 9 billion people sustainably in the latest ISOfocus
9 May 2017
The agricultural sector is set to face enormous challenges in order to feed the 9.6 billion people that the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) predicts are going to inhabit the planet by 2050. So …
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