Food & Beverage

New Government Partnership to Boost Traceable Fishing

September 7, 2017

The United States Agency for International Development's Oceans and Fisheries Partnership (USAID Oceans) and Inmarsat have advanced communication technology to improve fisheries catch documentation and traceability.

Half of the U.K.'s Food Industry Might Bail Because of Brexit

September 7, 2017

Fortune

Nearly half of businesses operating in Britain's food supply chain say European Union workers are thinking about leaving because of uncertainty around Brexit, a recent industry survey showed.

Behind a $13 Shirt, a $6-an-Hour Worker

September 6, 2017

Los Angeles Times

Before dawn six days a week, Norma Ulloa left the two-bedroom apartment she shared with four family members and boarded a bus that took her to a stifling factory on the outskirts of downtown Los Angeles.

How Two Texans Made Buc-ee's Convenience Stores a Phenomenon

September 5, 2017

Forbes

The insight that runs beneath the rise of Buc-ee's convenience stores is this: You can get a lot of people to pull off the highway and spend money if you guarantee them an immaculate place in which to heed the call of nature. As one Buc-ee's billboard proclaims, "Your Throne Awaits. Fabulous Restrooms - 32 miles."

See's Candies Finds That Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Still a Sweet Spot

September 5, 2017

Los Angeles Times

See's Candies is one retailer that isn't fretting about how the surge of e-commerce is affecting foot traffic at its conventional stores.

Why Florida Farmers Want to Kill Nafta

September 5, 2017

Bloomberg

Duette, Fla., a tiny farm town about 50 miles east of St. Petersburg, averages about 52 inches of annual rainfall. This year it's ahead of schedule, with 63 inches since June, when the rainy season began. For Gary Reeder and other tomato farmers, that's slowed down everything and threatened their ability to bring the harvest in on time.

Global Leaders Commit to Eradicating Modern Slavery

September 5, 2017

The New York Times

Global business tycoons and politicians from 48 countries committed to ending human trafficking, forced labour and modern slavery last month at a landmark gathering of high-profile leaders in the Australian city of Perth.

More Restrictions Announced for Toxic Pesticide

September 1, 2017

Los Angeles Times

California has moved a step closer to banning a widely used agricultural pesticide linked to birth defects, openly departing from the Trump administration's decision to walk back an Obama-era effort to ban the chemical.

Algorithms Meet Avocadoes: Data Science Comes to Retail

September 1, 2017

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The success of modern-day retailing depends as much on information as it does on the products being sold.

Hyundai Merchant Marine Looks to Arctic Route

August 31, 2017

Maritime Executive

Hyundai Merchant Marine, South Korea's largest container carrier, says it's planning to sail the Northern Sea Route by 2020.

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