covid-19

COVID Tech: Integrating new tools

2020 COVID hinderances such as stay-at-home orders, travel restrictions, and limitations on face-to-face interactions haven’t just led to the more...

4 years ago 5 minute read

COVID Tech: Finding new best practices

Businesses may have scrambled at the onset of the coronavirus and the shutdown that followed, but the months since have...

4 years ago 5 minute read

Burger King France gives away fresh potatoes to help farmers

You want fries a bag of potatoes with that? Starting February 2, participating Burger King locations in France are giving...

4 years ago 1 minute read

Reducing inequality in today’s produce world

These days, we are seeing as never before. We look out for an invisible virus – masking up, scrubbing away...

4 years ago 3 minute read

Foodservice needs more help to rebound

While it’s no secret that restaurants have suffered the past 10 months, those in the day-to-day business say their stories...

4 years ago 3 minute read

FDA data supports COVID-19 vaccine distribution to food workers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Foods Program has been using a new data analysis tool, called 21 FORWARD, that...

4 years ago 8 minute read

Nutrition experts reveal top consumer diet changes due to COVID-19

NEW YORK/PRNewswire/ – The global pandemic has changed all aspects of normal living, and ushered in an era where health...

4 years ago 6 minute read

Produce handlers strike at Hunts Point

Produce handlers, represented by Teamsters Local 202, are on strike at New York’s Hunts Point Produce Terminal. The strike began...

4 years ago 2 minute read

Study shows fresh grapes are a natural source of vitamin K and flavonoids

Emerging Research Suggests Beneficial Role of Vitamin K and Certain Flavonoids Against Covid-19 Fresno, CA – A recent study published...

4 years ago 3 minute read

What’s in the Congressional Covid relief package for agriculture

Both houses of Congress easily passed a $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill and a $1.4 trillion spending bill that will...

4 years ago 4 minute read

Bruce Taylor, John Anderson see disruption in the future

No one saw 2020 coming, and it’s no easier to project what 2021 or the next five years will bring....

4 years ago 4 minute read

November retail produce sales continue tracking ahead of 2019

November sales are dominated by the all important Thanksgiving holiday — one of the largest retail opportunities in produce and...

4 years ago 9 minute read

EFI teams making a difference during pandemic

WASHINGTON – Although 2020 has been a year like no other, Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and training organization...

4 years ago 4 minute read

Coronavirus hits big-city supermarkets

Retail grocery has seen convulsive shifts as a result of the coronavirus. But how permanent are they? A study recently...

4 years ago 4 minute read

NRA: Restaurant industry in free fall, thousands of closures

WASHINGTON, DC Dec. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Today, the National Restaurant Association sent a letter to Congressional leadership, sharing new...

4 years ago 4 minute read

The importance of reaching moms during the pandemic

We all know that women are a target consumer for the produce industry. Women with children represent an even more...

4 years ago 4 minute read

Restaurant recovery stalls in October

The restaurant industry’s sales recovery stalled in October, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Eating and drinking...

4 years ago 2 minute read

Tracking a food safety outbreak is tougher in 2020

The FDA and CDC are investigating three separate multi-state E. coli outbreaks, but they haven’t linked them to any specific...

4 years ago 2 minute read
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