Food For Thought 4.28.09

"This is a journey, and we still have work to do, but expanding our sourcing of beans from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms and partnering with the Gates Foundation represents significant steps." (Steve Yucknut, vice president of sustainability, announcing Kraft's intention to increase coffee bean purchases from certified farms by 50 percent and invest in sustainable production programs for African cocoa and cashews through Bill Gates and his charities. Ah, yes. now about sustainability in the U.S.... As quoted in Food Business News.)