Perishable Pundit Celebrates One Year
Today is the first anniversary of the launch of the Perishable Pundit. We just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to the industry. Thank you to our advertisers that sustain the effort, thank you to the many who have written letters or sent topics for helping to make the Pundit stronger, more […]
No Quick Fix With 12-Hour Test
Our little piece, Hold The Train…12-Hour Test May Not Be Best Answer, regarding the new 12-hour test being used as part of many testing programs for Salmonella and E-Coli, may have lifted the veil of an important food safety issue — which includes attempts to intimidate into silence some of the trade’s most respected food […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — United And PMA Need Clear Job Descriptions
Our continuing series on a possible United/PMA merger brought these comments from a major shipper: I don’t see why PMA can’t focus on the supply-chain and United on food safety, security and government affairs. I don’t think we’ll ever get to one association but they need to write job descriptions for themselves and then STICK […]
Pundit’s Pulse Of The Industry — United’s Lorelei DiSogra
One doesn’t so much meet Lorelei DiSogra as she appears before you… one would be tempted to say bubbling with enthusiasm, but that trivializes her presence. She is enthusiastic, deadly enthusiastic, a woman with a mission who has had several positions but only one job: To carry the torch of good health through increased produce […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Growers Need State And Regional Representation
After PMA and United acknowledged talks regarding a possible merger or other forms of cooperation, we tried to analyze why this time such talks might end up with some such cooperation or merger when all previous talks came to naught. We felt that the opening of a WGA office in D.C., which we dealt with […]
Hold The Train… 12-Hour Test May Not Be Best Answer
In our piece, Church Brothers/True Leaf Recalls, Then ‘Unrecalls’ Spring Mix/Arugula After Testing Mishap, we urged the end to “test and release” in favor of “test and hold” in this paragraph: …this business of testing finished product and releasing the product before the test result is back is a disaster waiting to happen. There are […]
Students Lodge Letter-Writing Campaign To Change Cafeteria Food
Sometimes articles that seem simply cute or endearing at first glance actually suggest a stronger point. For example, The Associated Press produced this piece, which tells the story of how some elementary school kids in Las Vegas who didn’t like green beans — frozen — began a polite letter-writing campaign to change the status quo […]
Anti-organic Article Raises Points About Animal Cruelty And Efficiency
This piece, written by Jackie Avner and published in the Denver Post, is going to have organic advocates steaming: REASONS YOU SHOULD BUY REGULAR GOODS I don’t like to buy organic food products, and avoid them at all cost. It is a principled decision reached through careful consideration of effects of organic production practices on […]
Do We Really Want This Farm Bill To Pass?
With the whole industry enthused about the Farm Bill due to its allocation for produce programs, it is worthwhile to note that the President may veto the bill as a budget-buster. It also seems to be filled with a lot of questionable items that are just starting to come to light. The Pundit has long […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — A First-Step Suggestion For Merging PMA/United
For many months we’ve hosted discussions on the subject of a possible merger between PMA and United. When both associations recently confirmed that new talks were being conducted regarding a merger or other forms of cooperation, we ran an in-depth piece entitled, An Industry Discussion: Pros And Cons Of A PMA/United Merger, which attempted to […]
