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Farmhand Foundation: Cultivating Organic Change in Southern California

Food Tank

Before launching the Foundation, Schneir and Barkley started Tractor Beverage Company in 2015. FHF will start with citrus and berry growers in the Ojai areawhat Herber calls their own backyardbecause these are ingredients in Tractor Beverage products. FHFs approach is unique, Herber believes.

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Letter to the President on shipping disruptions due to the East and Gulf Coast port strike

NASDA

Letter Dear Mr. President: Our members represent a broad collection of the agricultural and food supply chains that faced severe shipping disruptions due to the East and Gulf Coast port strike that lasted from October 1 through October 3, 2024. We thank you for your responsiveness to this imminent threat to our countrys supply chains.

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Weekend reading: rising prevalence of obesity in developing countries

Food Politics

Diet : Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption is on the rise in developing countries and the global sales of highly processed foods rose from 67.7kg per capita in 2005 to 76.9kg in 2017. Culture: In some developing countries, childhood fatness is associated with health and wealth and consumption of unhealthy foods carries prestige.

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Coalition letter encouraging continued U.S. membership in FAO

NASDA

agri-food supply chains. Continued U.S. leadership within Codex and the IPPC is also critical to ensuring that countries do not adopt unnecessary or unscientific barriers to trade, protecting American consumers and safeguarding the strength of U.S. Retaining U.S. competitiveness and advance evidence-based policymaking.

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Ultimate Guide for Navigating CSRD Reporting in the Food and Beverage Industry

AGRIVI

AGRIVI releases a brand new free handbook that explores how the CSRD will impact food and beverage companies, resolving all fundamental reporting dilemmas and challenges. The post Ultimate Guide for Navigating CSRD Reporting in the Food and Beverage Industry appeared first on AGRIVI.

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Opinion: It’s Time to Stop Underestimating the Scope of Food Fraud

Modern Farmer

And yet, food fraud stories in the mainstream media consistently underestimate the breadth and scope of fraud in modern food supply chains. Food and beverage thefts are now the top cargo crime in the US, with strategic, organized thefts of food shipments increasing by 600 percent between 2022 and 2023.

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Grocery store stock-out rates

Jayson Lusk

Despite the spike in grocery stock-outs that occurred in the wake of COVID19 and the subsequent supply chain disruptions, we still don’t have a good handle on “normal” levels of stock-out rates. This finding was consistent with media reports and rising search engine interest in stock-outs lending credence to the stock-out measure.