Four eSAILs® Powering Up Juice Shipping With the Wind
From Spain’s Cantabrian coast to Brazil’s century-old Port of Santos, the MV Atlantic Orchard sailed a one-of-a-kind course in the spring of 2025, literally harnessing the wind thanks to four eSAILs® – developed by bound4blue and the largest ever built to date. We spoke with Fabian Kowatsch, LDC’s Shipping Decarbonization Lead, to reflect on this […]
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From Farm to Fork
Throughout the world, millions of people, regardless of their region, age, social standing…
OUR PEOPLE | MAR 15, 2017
Keeping Our People Safe
At Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), we see Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) matters…
OUR ROOTS | MAR 7, 2017
How Goats Discovered Coffee…
The legend says that the first coffee berries were discovered by an Ethiopian…
OUR ROOTS | FEB 28, 2017
Part 2: Into Uncharted Waters
Driven by his entrepreneurial spirit, Léopold Louis-Dreyfus turned a small grain business into…
OUR ROOTS | FEB 28, 2017
Part 1: Alsace to Basel and Beyond
As a company with a 165-year history, the respect for our heritage still…
OUR ROOTS | FEB 28, 2017
Part 3: A New Millennium
Having weathered the storms of World War II and built close relationships with…
OUR ROOTS | FEB 27, 2017
The Global Merchant
It’s quite likely that even our visionary founder, Léopold Louis-Dreyfus, did not expect…
ON THE HORIZON | FEB 27, 2017
Preparing for Our Future, Today
From the moment Léopold Louis-Dreyfus founded our company in 1851, he understood that…
OUR ROOTS | FEB 20, 2017
Part 1: The Seed That Fed Humanity
Wheat was the bedrock of Léopold Louis-Dreyfus’ early business, and today it remains…
OUR ROOTS | FEB 20, 2017
Part 2: The Seed That Fed Humanity
Once wheat was widely cultivated in the Middle East and Asia, farming innovations followed…
OUR ROOTS | FEB 20, 2017
Part 3: The Seed That Fed Humanity
At the turn of the 19th century, wheat farmers faced a seemingly impossible…
IN THE FIELD | OCT 10, 2016
Driving Farmer Resilience to Climate Change
With 2,346 beneficiaries, 639 farmers involved and 159,000 trees planted, our agroforestry project…
175 Years of LDC
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