Moms aren’t always right when it comes to the grocery store, according to the new Gate to Plate survey of more than 1,000 moms. The survey found that moms are often misinformed, especially when buying “all-natural” and “hormone-free” products. (Click on the graphic to the right to see entire results.) Findings of the survey include: […]
food questions
What is Whole Foods’ non-GMO risk?
The cyclical interest in GMO foods being labeled or not even included in some retail stores is uncanny. Recently, an interested article arose on SuperMarketGuru.com regarding the decision by Whole Foods Market to push for full GMO transparency. A question was asked, “What if suppliers shrugged and said something like, ‘They’re just 340 stores. We […]
#FarmVoices – It’s our turn
Farmers feed this entire planet. And it’s time the world paid attention. This is what motivated young farmers and ranchers to launch a campaign with the purpose of getting farmers to tell their stories, rather than having farmers stories told by special interest groups outside of farming. I’m super impressed by the work of these […]
Solving world hunger: 1 egg at a time
This is Part 3 of 3 of “Making safe, affordable and abundant food a global reality”, Jeff Simmons and Dr. Chris Ashworth from Elanco. Read more at PlentyToThinkAbout.org. Read Part 1 and Part 2. What Part 1 and Part 2 may have shown you is that we have a challenge: feeding our growing global population. […]
Technology’s role in food?
This is Part 1 of 3 of “Making safe, affordable and abundant food a global reality”, Jeff Simmons and Dr. Chris Ashworth from Elanco. Read more at PlentyToThinkAbout.org.I’ve had the opportunity to hear a message about food insecurity and using technology in food twice in the last 2 weeks, and this is so timely for […]
In US, is food wasted?
I found an interesting article that said that Americans throw away up to 40 percent of their food every year. This number comes from analysis released recently by the Natural Resources Defense Council. I don’t doubt this – I try my best to use up food before it goes bad in my fridge, but there […]
What tastes better – corn-fed or grass-finished beef?
I recently stumbled up Quora – a Q&A site on the web where people can pose questions in all types of categories, from parenting to management, home repair to manufacturing – and significant to me – food and agriculture. After browsing through some of the questions, I found myself looking through the corn-fed vs grass-fed […]
