Barneys Baby Bibs
Send Wrong Message
Sarah Jessica Parker once told Vanity Fair that “if you’re a nice person and you work hard, you get to go shopping at Barneys. It’s the decadent reward.” But Barneys is selling a Wry Baby line playing off the upcoming election that includes a bib urging parents to Veto Veggies. Surely both the manufacturer and […]
What’s In A Meal?
A hat tip to Rick Eastes, Director Special Projects for the Ballantine Produce Co., Inc., Reedley, California, for passing along an e-mail that shows photos of different families around the world with a picture of what foods they eat in a week as well as the cost for the foods. Germany: The Melander family of […]
The Dallas Morning News’
Illegal-Immigrant Article
Sparks Further Debate On Issue
A hat tip to John McClung, President and CEO of the Texas Produce Association. He sent along this thoughtful editorial from The Dallas Morning News. The newspaper has named “The Illegal Immigrant” as The Dallas Morning News Texan of the Year. As John accurately characterized it, the piece is “worth reading, wherever you are on […]
Florida Mainly Spared From Freeze
Looks like most of the Florida industry dodged a bullet: “Mother Nature cut us a break this time and now we can continue to produce the quality citrus crop Florida is known for,” said Michael W. Sparks, executive vice president and CEO of grower advocacy group Florida Citrus Mutual. Temperatures were not below freezing for […]
Misperceptions Of Food Miles Affect Countries Like Kenya Hardest
We have written many times about “food miles”, including here, here, here and here, plus most recently, we addressed the issue of the Soil Association in the United Kingdom and its idea to restrict air-freighted produce from being marketed as organic. We’ve also dealt both here and here with the notion that air freight of […]
Woolworths Supermarkets In Australia Promotes Kids’ Produce Consumption
Jim Prevor’s Perishable Pundit, November 2, 2007 When little Nick comes home from school, he likes to make himself a pretty cool Celery Man. Check it out right here. A most artistic young Emma gives her Mom “a hand” by preparing for herself a five-fingered snack with fresh produce and cheese. You can see how […]
Hurricane Dean Wreaks Havoc
On Banana-Producing Islands
Jim Prevor’s Perishable Pundit, August 31, 2007 We’ve had numerous discussions of the problems the earthquake has caused in Peru. We started out with Earthquake In Peru Prompts Appeal For Help To Farm Workers There, which was followed by Pundit’s Mailbag — Tents Needed In Peru. We also ran a piece entitled Sun-World Launches Peru […]
Pundit’s Pulse Of The Industry:
Chilled Food Association’s
Kaarin Goodburn
Jim Prevor’s Perishable Pundit, July 4, 2007 Here at the Pundit, we have scoured the world looking to learn what we can about food safety from other countries. We have sought information as far as Australia, but a primary focus has been the United Kingdom. We have spoken with a and to Jo McDonald of […]
Pundit’s Pulse Of The Industry — OneHarvest’s Rob Robson And His Food Safety Team
Jim Prevor’s Perishable Pundit, May 11, 2007 Here at the Pundit, we are sensing that much of the industry has become complacent on food safety ever since the California Marketing Agreement went into effect, simultaneously with the decision of Fresh Express to sign the agreement and NRA to, at least for now, endorse the agreement. […]
Would British Retail Consortium Standards Have Prevented The Spinach Crisis?
Jim Prevor’s Perishable Pundit, Arpil 13, 2007 “I believe that if all companies had adopted BRC standards, the spinach E. coli outbreak very well could have been avoided.” — Jo McDonald Technical Services Manager British Retail Consortium This is the haunting conclusion of a standards administrator from across the Atlantic. Is it true? And what […]
