Food & Beverage

Why Florida Farmers Want to Kill Nafta

September 5, 2017

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.

'Not One Drop' of Poland Spring Bottled Water Is From a Spring, Lawsuit Claims

August 30, 2017

The Washington Post

Poland Spring, the country's best-selling bottled water, is "a colossal fraud," according to a class-action lawsuit.

Wal-Mart Is Buying Trendy E-Commerce Sites. The Cool Kids Are Not Having It.

August 30, 2017

Los Angeles Times

At the height of their love affair, Bridget Henry visited online clothing store ModCloth's app every day. It wasn't just the clothes with a vintage and quirky vibe that the 26-year-old liked, it was the story.

EU Moves to Improve Fairness in Food Supply Chain

August 29, 2017

Supply Management

The European Commission (EC) has launched a wide public consultation on how to improve fairness in the EU's food supply chain.

Little-Known Suppliers Poised to Benefit From Apple iPhone

August 29, 2017

Industryweek

It was the late 1990s, and entrepreneurs Steven Abramson and Sidney Rosenblatt were pitching an electronics giant on their new flat-screen technology. It didn't go well.

Wal-Mart, Food Giants Team Up on Blockchain Plans

August 29, 2017

Fortune

Wal-Mart and a group of food giants are teaming up with IBM to explore how to apply blockchain technology, also known as distributed ledger tech, to their food supply chains.

Food & Beverage

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