Food & Beverage

Amazon May Be Proof That Delivery Drones Aren’t Practical

May 19, 2022

Delivery drones bearing your dinner or prescription have yet to take to the skies over any major city or even suburb. Why is that?

Biden Invokes Emergency Powers to Try to Ease Formula Shortage

May 18, 2022

Bloomberg

President Biden invoked emergency powers under the Defense Production Act to try and boost production of baby formula, while ordering the use of government planes for imports to alleviate shortages.

Fewer Nuggets, Smaller Salads: Shrinkflation Hits U.S. Restaurants

May 17, 2022

Bloomberg

America’s restaurants are in the same boat as the rest of the country, battling the soaring food and fuel costs that recently helped send U.S. inflation to a 40-year high.

FDA Announces Steps to Help Boost Baby-Formula Supply

May 17, 2022

Bloomberg

Abbott Laboratories reached a pact with U.S. authorities that would allow it to begin making baby formula again at a troubled plant in Michigan, a move that could help ease a supply shortfall that has rattled many parents.

Biden Under Fire for FDA’s Delay in Fixing Baby Formula Shortage

May 12, 2022

Bloomberg

The White House raced Thursday to show it’s trying to ease a national baby formula shortage, as Republicans showered criticism on President Biden for a crisis that has left frantic parents scouring store shelves to feed their children.

Baby Formula Shortage Sparks Democratic Inquiry, GOP Attack

May 11, 2022

Bloomberg

Democrats are scrambling to address a baby formula shortage, as Republicans add it to their election-year criticisms of the Biden administration.

Can the World Feed Itself? Historic Fertilizer Crunch Threatens Food Security

May 5, 2022

Bloomberg

For the first time ever, farmers the world over — all at the same time — are testing the limits of how little chemical fertilizer they can apply without devastating their yields come harvest time. Early predictions are bleak.

Five Cold-Chain Logistics Challenges, and How to Solve Them

May 2, 2022

Matthew Burgos, SupplyChainBrain Contributor and Ganes Kesari, SupplyChainBrain Contributor

There's an urgent need for systems that optimize temperature-controlled logistics and detect damaged goods.

Ukraine’s Farmers Fight to Stave Off Global Food Crisis

April 25, 2022

Bloomberg

It’s hard to overstate the importance of farming in Ukraine, as countries reliant on its crops scramble to find alternative supplies.

The Risks and Rewards of Automating Agriculture

April 25, 2022

Audra Simons

In recent years, farmers and other food suppliers have recognized the need for technology modernization. But they’ve been slower to recognize the importance of cybersecurity.

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