More and more consumers and corporations are touting the benefits of "local" foods, often described as "sustainable," "healthy," or "natural." According to the trade publication, Sustainable Food News, "local" as a marketing claim, has ...
Tags: local food, organic food, farming
Pig farmer replays Deliverance with repo men The aging U.S. farmer crisis is overstated and doesn't match the numbers. Sure, farmers are getting older, but so is the rest of the American workforce. As little as 0.5 percent of farmers are ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
After the December contract had closed lower in 19 out of 23 sessions between October 4 and November 5, losing over 1200 points in the process, a bounce was long overdue. However, even though it felt good to finally see the market up on ...
Tags: NY Cotton Futures, Textile
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has called off the ban placed on European beef opening the market for export after nearly 16 years. The USDA had refrained imports of any EU beef, including deboned beef earlier in 1997 ...
Farm equipment manufacturers report strong sales heading into the fourth quarter of 2013. According to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers' latest report (issued in August), U.S. unit retail sales showed double-digit growth in most ...
Tags: Farm Machinery, Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, Farm equipment
Oklahoma State University today announced a new on-campus food nutrition labeling system to help students make healthier eating choices. The program provides nutritional information forgrab-and-go foods that are prepared fresh each day in ...
Tags: Prepared Foods, Label Program
Taylor Farms Maryland and Taylor Farms Texas are recalling 22,849 pounds of broccoli salad kits as the salad dressing in the products could potentially be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the US Department of Agriculture's Food ...
Tags: Taylor Farms, Broccoli Salad
Boston Salads and Provisions is recalling about 222,959 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken salad products, as they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes (Lm), the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service ...
With cotton crop estimates for the US and India increasing week after week due to the swift advance of harvest and surprisingly good yields, selling pressure eventually became heavy enough for December to break through important support ...
Cortec Corporation, a world leader in innovative, green, sustainable technologies has spent many years of dedicated experimentation to develop eco-efficient, biodegradable products made from sustainable materials that have positive effects ...
Reser’s Fine Foods, a Kansas-based company, is recalling about 22,800 pounds of chicken, ham and beef products, as they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and ...
Tags: Reser's Fine Foods, Meat Products
Hawaiian Organic Noni has announced the discovery of a new superfruit, one that contains many anti-aging antioxidants. These reside in Noni Fruit Leather. The company has recently completed laboratory testing to ascertain the antioxidant ...
Cortec Corporation has launched EcoLine 3680, a certified biobased, biodegradable, ready-to-use temporary coating for multimetal protection. EcoLine 3680 is formulated with USDA. A renewable raw materials; which allows use for corrosion ...
According to a new survey released Oct. 21, a majority of Americans are concerned about pesticides in their food supply. The survey of 1,000 Americans conducted by Lindberg International on behalf of Stonyfield, Londonderry, NH, the world's ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Packaging, Printing, tag
Just when it felt like the market was getting ready to challenge major support below 82 cents, a late session rally lifted values back into the 'comfort zone'. It is not clear what prompted the buying of some 2'500 December near the close, ...