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What effect have lists like the Dirty Dozen had on produce consumption? Lauren Scott, chief strategy officer for the International...

Teresa Thorne, executive director of the Alliance for Food and Farming (AFF) says that the Dirty Dozen is pernicious. “This...

Recently, I was commiserating with a longtime industry leader about the state of produce in North America. He, like me,...

American consumers’ produce consumption levels play a part in the pesticide residue debate. An article on produce safety in the...

The Environmental Working Group and similar groups base their arguments on the premise that EPA standards aren’t adequate to ensure...

According to the FDA’s 2019 report for its Pesticide Residue Monitoring Program, released in November 2021, “98.7 percent of domestic...

Behind the Dirty Dozen pesticide residue discussion is a much larger issue of risk- versus hazard-based assessments of food safety....

The Dirty Dozen. The World War II action classic film from 1967 still holds up well. Lee Marvin is assigned...

A zero-trust system, as well as other mitigation measures, can also lower cyber-insurance premiums. Insurance can play a key role...

There are many ways to prevent cybercrime—including tools, resources, best practices, and policies—that will help mitigate risks, experts point out....

Though cybercrime isn’t always in the news, it’s a significant problem and getting worse. “These attacks are happening more than...

The second and third paths of cybercrime attacks noted by Greg Gatzke, president of ZAG Technical Services, Inc., a San...

Risks of fraud lurk around businesses of all types and sizes, according to Greg Gatzke, president of ZAG Technical Services,...

Be sure to read the articles dealing with cybersecurity in this edition. While much has been written about this highly...

The Problem Load wrongfully rejected to the truck. The Key Point Protect the commercial value of the product, even after...

Data breaches no longer are so far flung and rare that they only happen to somebody else. An estimated 3.5...

Throughout my career in the produce industry, I’ve been blessed to be exposed to many different perspectives. As a jobber...

This industry segment is all very promising, but how far can vertical farming go? Mike Zelkind, CEO of 80 Acres...