Coalition Of Associations Seeks Dialog
With Food Safety Leadership Council
Our piece, Food Safety ‘Arms War’ Claimed As WGA Responds To Publix Demand For ‘Enhanced’ Produce Standards, pointed out that WGA’s letter to Publix was so incendiary that, as we wrote: “… if this issue is to be resolved, it can only be resolved through the vertically integrated associations. They now will have to step […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Tesco Gets Reviews From Industry Members
Our piece, Tesco Finally Opens Doors…British Press and Protesters Unimpressed, brought several pieces that thought well of the new Tesco Fresh & Easy concept: I would have to disagree with you on Tesco. I lived in London for 6 years when Marks & Spencer and Tesco were just getting started in the “Ready Meals”; they […]
In Remembrance Of Cory Clack-Streef
Anyone who has ever attended the Canadian Produce Marketing Association convention knows that the joy of the Canadian produce trade is its intimacy. The scale of the event is such that you meet everyone and become friends so very quickly. Such intimacy is a double-edged sword when there is a loss of someone too special […]
Food Safety ‘Arms War’ Claimed
As WGA Responds To Publix’ Demand
For ‘Enhanced’ Produce Standards
Western Growers Association is currently meeting in Hawaii. People go there for the climate, but WGA has made sure it would be hot… by publishing a letter to Publix Super Markets that can only be described as incendiary. One of the buttons on the top of our page records the pieces we summarized under the […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Wal-Mart’s Short Term Mentality Hurts Produce
As Tesco as been on everyone’s mind, we’ve also been running a series on Wal-Mart. Most recently, we ran Pundit’s Mailbag — Wal-Mart Lacks Store Level Produce TLC, which featured a producer/consumer explaining the quality is good at purchase and bad at store level. Prior to that we ran, Is Wal-Mart Foolish For Focusing On […]
And For Your Listening Pleasure…
In our recent discussion of the PMA convention in Houston, Texas, we queried whether a great closing speaker could keep attendees in town for that last day. Well here is another idea, let us hire the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra: The Vegetable Orchestra performs music solely on instruments made of vegetables. Using carrot flutes, pumpkin basses, […]
FPFC Looks To PMA’s Carissa Mace
To Fill Void After Linda Stein Departs
It wasn’t long ago that we ran a piece entitled, Association President Needed In Southern California. They didn’t want to say the name of the association but you didn’t have to be a produce Einstein to figure it out. Now the official word is out: CARISSA MACE NAMED AS PRESIDENT OF THE FRESH PRODUCE & […]
Steffanie Smith Named CEO
Of River Point Farms
At the PMA convention this year, the association unveiled a new “Fresh Perspectives” networking event to celebrate and encourage the accomplishments of women in the produce industry. Now comes word that one of the trade’s well known female executives has scored a major accomplishment: Steffanie Smith has been appointed as CEO of River Point Farms. […]
Court Jurisdiction Questioned
In Dole’s Tellez Case Ruling
Dole announced itself pleased by the fact that a Los Angeles Superior Court jury verdict in the Tellez case found that six of the 12 plaintiffs did not suffer any injury as a result of their alleged exposure to an ag chemical called DBCP on an independent banana farm in Nicaragua almost 30 years ago. […]
Shifting Sands Of Nutritional Science
Our piece, An Observational Study Is Not An Experiment: Cautions In Research Interpretation, was just one of many pieces about the limited and confusing state of scientific knowledge on nutrition. Articles such as this led an industry friend to send along this note: This stuff drives me crazy. You just never know what to do […]
