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Food waste is one hot topic that’s not going away anytime soon. One estimate says that one third of the...

Here’s a curious statistic: 2.5 billion of the world’s workforce would work harder if their employers treated them better, according...

I saw a news release the other day that had me thinking of my childhood watching Star Trek: The Next...

At first you might not think of cardboard as a bellwether for the economy, but it is. And cardboard sales...

If anyone thought conspiracy theories were a new trend, they must have forgotten about Groundhog Day. Last week, Punxsutawney Phil,...

The big news in the produce industry last week was the acquisition of Dole’s BB #:124463 fresh vegetables unit by...

As some readers may remember, I am not a big fan of Amazon Fresh BB #:283186 — at least not...

The proposed restructuring of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on January 31 by FDA commissioner Robert Califf is...

I sense a recent ground shift in the produce industry. Something that did not seem evident even a year or...

Domestic iceberg lettuce volume was down in 2022, and while Mexico increased its shipments to the U.S., it wasn’t enough...

My friend and colleague Doug Nelson lent me this book: How the World Really Works by Vaclav Smil. One-sentence review:...

La Niña continues for the third consecutive winter. The National Weather Service (NWS) released its climate predictions for the February-April...

One of the biggest stories in agriculture over the past few days has to do with an impasse between the...

Not too long ago, the produce industry watched as billions of dollars went into the indoor farming boom. While I...

Is foreign ownership of real estate a security concern for the United States? After all, no matter who owns it,...

The spiritual teacher G.I. Gurdjieff tells an amusing story about a Kurd who comes across some beautiful fruit in a...

If you don’t understand the California water scene, you’re in a large company. Most of the state’s residents don’t either....

The potato plant is a Jekyll and Hyde: the part that grows underground is a major food staple, while the...