Pundit’s Mailbag — Give Obama A Chance
Our piece, Great Expectations For President Obama, brought a number of responses, including these: YET again another excellent point of view from your part… I, for one, am glad the election is behind us and I can put aside being a Republican and return to being an AMERICAN. After all is said and done, this […]
Perishable Thoughts —
Politics And Cynicism
We have had the opportunity to run several pieces that included letters from Tom O’Brien of C&D Fruit and Vegetables. You can see some of those pieces below: Pundit’s Mailbag — Flavor Consistency Pundit’s Mailbag — Temperature Monitoring Pundit’s Mailbag — Green Acres Is The Place To Be?!? Pundit’s Mailbag — Kudos To Wegmans And […]
Short Course On Produce Marketing Offered At UC Davis
Great universities are always looking to innovate, and UC Davis is no different. At a moment of great economic uncertainty, when many in the industry are wondering if there will be a market for their products, Dr. Roberta Cook, Cooperative Extension Marketing Economist at UC Davis, has coordinated the development of a Short Course focused […]
UC Davis Produce Curriculum
Is Open To The Industry
Jim Gorny is no stranger to these pages. Back when he was with United Fresh Produce, we gave him the Perishable Pundit Unsung Hero Award for doing yeoman’s work — along with Hank Giclas and David Gombas — in formulating the metrics that ultimately developed into those used by the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement […]
Bringing University Resources To Light
At the same time we were writing about Trevor Suslow’s work at UC Davis, and the new research funded by the Center for Produce Safety, which is hosted by UC Davis, we received a note from Jim Gorny, Executive Director of the Postharvest Technology Research and Information Center at UC Davis, and we accepted an […]
Center For Produce Safety
Funds Industry Studies
We profiled the launch of the Center for Produce Safety at UC Davis here, highlighted the hiring of its Executive Director Bonnie Fernandez here, and, of course, have spoken to the Chairman of its Advisory Board, Tim York, many times, including here, here, here and here. We even gave Tim an award here. We also […]
Understanding GAPs
Our piece, Pundit’s Mailbag — Wegmans Responds to ‘Double Standard’ Allegation, raised the issue of the meaning and reliability of GAPs or Good Agricultural Practices. In search of a better understanding of GAPs, we turned to Trevor Suslow, who is an Extension Research Specialist at UCDavis. We sometimes think of Dr. Suslow as the Kevin […]
A Dream Becomes Reality As
EU Votes To Fund School Fruit Scheme
Our piece, Pan-European School Fruit Scheme, brought substantial feedback. Professor C. Fergus Lowe sent this missive pointing out that the Food Dudes program, which we discussed both here and here, is rolling out: I read with great interest your interview with Dr. Laurence Swan and Philippe Binard, both of whom are playing an important role […]
What Will Be The Fate
Of Fresh & Easy?
In a piece entitled, Tesco Uses Poor Economy As Excuse For Fresh & Easy Pullback, we made the case that the media had been too accepting of Tesco’s claim that it was slowing its US expansion due to the state of the economy. That assertion brought some interesting feedback. One of the trade’s marketing experts […]
Perishable Thoughts — Hope Obama
Helps Country ‘Arise’
Today we owe a hat tip to Dan’l Mackey Almy of DMA Solutions. She read our piece entitled, Great Expectations for President Obama, and it led her to send us a note that included a quotation: Great article. Very good and much needed. I recently saw this quote and thought of it when I read […]
