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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...

2 years ago 4 minute read

Poisoned: A film review

I’ve watched the new Netflix documentary, Poisoned: The Dirty Truth about Your Food. Netflix said that this film was the...

2 years ago 4 minute read

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...

2 years ago 4 minute read

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...

2 years ago 2 minute read

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...

2 years ago 3 minute read

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...

2 years ago 1 minute read

PTO: Pluses and minuses

PTO: one of the many acronyms whose meaning I was too embarrassed to ask. Now I know: it stands for...

2 years ago 4 minute read

Amazon Fresh faces layoffs, store reconfigurations 

Amazon Fresh is making some changes to a few Chicago-area stores as it faces layoffs and lawsuits over stalled store...

2 years ago 2 minute read

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. ...

2 years ago 3 minute read

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...

2 years ago 5 minute read

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...

2 years ago 4 minute read

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...

2 years ago 5 minute read

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...

2 years ago 3 minute read

Digging into the EATS Act

The EATS Act—there are more than one of them. It is, as Dan Flynn of Food Safety News observes, “an...

2 years ago 4 minute read

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...

2 years ago 4 minute read

Are workers our “least important” asset?

I’ve just watched a video of Peter Cappelli, a professor of the Wharton School of business who is one of...

2 years ago 4 minute read

The LGBTQ+ sandwich

Although I do not wish to inflame already sensitive nerves, I will remark that I recently discovered the LBGTQ+ sandwich....

2 years ago 3 minute read

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...

2 years ago 1 minute read

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