In November 2021, Petfood Industry’s editors, reporter and contributors published these blogs. These five blogs covered sustainability, supply chain problems and e-commerce.
Tree planting boosts pet food sustainability at low-cost
November 3, 2021 - Tim Wall
Tree planting can benefit environmental and economic sustainability, while boosting employee morale, with a much smaller price tag than installing solar panels.
Sustainability: Top trend for human food and pet food
November 4, 2021 - Debbie Phillips-Donaldson
Innova Market Insights named ‘shared planet’ as its top human food trend for 2022 and linked it to other trends that are playing out in pet food, too.
How will supply chain issues affect pet food in 2022?
November 12, 2021 - Debbie Phillips-Donaldson
Pet food supply chain disruptions may be here for a while, with companies’ rising costs being passed on to pet owners and possibly curtailing future growth.
Pet obesity rate and tracking affected by pandemic
November 18, 2021 - Debbie Phillips-Donaldson
Though COVID-19 delayed or eliminated some official pet obesity surveys, less scientific ones have shown U.S. dogs and cats continuing to gain weight.
Online pet food projected to pass in-store sales by 2025
November 23, 2021 - Debbie Phillips-Donaldson
Pet food e-commerce will account for 55% of total U.S. pet food sales by 2025, following a jump from 32% in 2020 to 37% by end of 2021, says Packaged Facts.
Tim Wall covers the dog, cat and other pet food industries as a senior reporter for WATT Global Media. His work has appeared in Scientific American, Live Science, Discovery News, Honduras Weekly, Global Journalist and other outlets. He holds an M.A. in journalism and an M.S. in natural resources, both from the University of Missouri - Columbia, along with a bachelor's degree in biology.
Wall served in the Peace Corps in Honduras from 2005 to 2007, where he coordinated with the town government of Moroceli to organize a municipal trash collection system, taught environmental science, translated for medical brigades and facilitated sustainable agriculture, along with other projects.
Contact Wall via https://www.wattglobalmedia.com/contact-us/
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