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DOJ-FTC draft guidelines could snag Kroger-Albertsons merger
As I have said before, it is hard to imagine that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of...
Poisoned: A film review
Iâve watched the new Netflix documentary, Poisoned: The Dirty Truth about Your Food. Netflix said that this film was the...
Using automation to advance workers
Technology is advancing quickly and providing us with benefits we only dreamed of just a decade ago. One particular technology...
Potato broker sentenced to prison for stealing from growers
A potato broker was sentenced to six months in prison and eight years of probation after pleading guilty to stealing...
California fruit flies, past and present
When I moved to San Francisco in 1980, California was in the midst of Medfly madness. You could walk down...
GRAPHIC: Grapes by the numbers
The first half of this year, table grape volume in the U.S. has been down 11 percent from 2022, but...
PTO: Pluses and minuses
PTO: one of the many acronyms whose meaning I was too embarrassed to ask. Now I know: it stands for...
Amazon Fresh faces layoffs, store reconfigurationsÂ
Amazon Fresh is making some changes to a few Chicago-area stores as it faces layoffs and lawsuits over stalled store...
How foodservice will look different in 2030
MONTEREY, CA — The foodservice landscape will look different in 2030 as Generation Z commands more influence and market share. ...
Canadian government releases license conditions for importing romaine lettuce this fall
The Canadian government’s notice to industry: Temporary Safe Food for Canadians licence conditions for importing romaine lettuce and salad mixes...
Department of Labor considers heat, and heat regulations
It was major news on July 27 when the Biden administration announced that it would ask the Department of Labor...
ProduceIQ: Heat lights fire under summer produce prices
While maybe not as sensational as the news that Taylor Swift caused a small earthquake in Seattle, gas prices are...
New wettable powders for biologicals
Growers have long relied on inputs to increase production. Most of them, such as pesticides and fertilizers, are familiar parts...
Digging into the EATS Act
The EATS Actâthere are more than one of them. It is, as Dan Flynn of Food Safety News observes, âan...
Prominent Vidalia onion leader passes
G&R Farms Announces Passing of Co-Owner Pam Dasher GLENVILLE, Ga. (July 27, 2023) G&R Farms BB #:114342, the third-generation Vidalia...
Are workers our “least important” asset?
Iâve just watched a video of Peter Cappelli, a professor of the Wharton School of business who is one of...
The LGBTQ+ sandwich
Although I do not wish to inflame already sensitive nerves, I will remark that I recently discovered the LBGTQ+ sandwich....
Monterey Co. crop values rise 13.1% in 2022
Monterey County (CA) crop values rose 13.1 percent from 2021 to 2022 to $4.6 billion. This week the county released...