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: […]
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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 […]
Three rights of our safe, affordable and abundant food supply
This is Part 2 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. In the Part 1 blog post, Simmons summed up that the role of technology in developing safe, affordable and abundant food enables three rights: food, choice, sustainability. […]
2011 Food Trends
Food is trendy, no doubt about it. The hot topics in food this year can be confusing to consumers who don’t know how their food is raised. The Food Channel has put together their list of top 10 food trends for the upcoming year: Canning is cool. Canning, pickling and preserving are in. Men in […]
“Buzzwords” in Agriculture
I was reading through NAMA‘s AgriMarketing Magazine at work and found this article written by Brandon Souza of AgCareers.com about buzzwords in agriculture. I realized that some of these words and terms are thrown around a lot and to the average consumer/person, they may not know what it means. Brandon did a good job of […]
West coast chef standing up for modern agriculture
I’m passing this on from my friend, Lance, who blogs at The Beef U Eat. I have not read this book, but looks like a good read! It’s not everyday that you will find a West Coast chef that is willing to go to bat for modern agriculture. Russ Parsons, the Los Angeles Times food […]
