Cornell Professor Brad Rickard
Returns To London To Unveil New Study:
QUANTITY, VALUE AND DIVERSITY —
The 10-Year Evolution Of Consumer Purchase Preferences For Packaged Produce
Cornell’s Brad Rickard is among the brightest young scholars in the world of food and agriculture writing, researching and teaching today, so when we heard he was doing his sabbatical in France, it was an easy decision to try to woo him to The London Produce Show and Conference. After all his research and intellect […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Unemployment, Automation, Modern Technology and Envy
Will ‘Our’ Civilization Crumble?
Is A Moral Renaissance Possible?
Our piece Putting Aside Pesticide Residue Levels And Climate Change: Will The City Of Light Be A Beacon For The West To Combat ISIS? We Can Never Prosper If Our Civilization Crumbles was followed by Pundit’s Mailbag – Thoughts On Global Warming and Wealth, which included letters from both Doug Stoiber and Deidre Smyrnos. Now […]
Where Dreams Come True
William Prevor and 360DegreesofDisney.com
The Junior Pundit Primo, aka William, has been engaged with the produce trade since he was born. He was nestled in this Pundit’s left arm while we hammered out columns with our right on the day of his birth. He swam with Joe Nucci at the PMA Board of Directors meeting in Cancun, Mexico, when […]
London Produce Show Preview:
Chef Gerry Ludwig Talks About
Veg-Centricity At Foodservice Forum
One of the great benefits of events such as The London Produce Show and Conference is that we gather intelligence from all over the world, thus saving attendees from a lot of time and cost in traveling themselves. Rarely is that as true as with this year’s Keynote Presentation at the event’s Foodservice Forum by Chef Gerry […]
On The Nature Of Friendship:
Funny Trump Video From The Netherlands Hits A Nerve About NATO
As a result of launching The Amsterdam Produce Show and Conference, we now have many friends throughout the Netherlands and many have passed on a video that the producers of the Dutch TV show “Sunday with Lubach” broadcast that was designed to introduce The Netherlands to America’s new President: Put together by two Jewish guys […]
In Social Policy And In Business
Open Minds Are Needed
To Solve Intractable Problems
We often talk about Americans being unwilling to work in the fields and stagger at the thought of what we would have to pay and how we would have to change the job to get Americans to do this work. It is the same situation with teaching — except the issue is not finding a […]
Set Your Alarm For Wednesday, December 7, As 10 Heavyweight Thought Leaders Take The Stage At New York Produce Show’s Keynote Breakfast
One of the great traditions of The New York Produce Show and Conference is the announcement of the annual Perishable Pundit’s “Thought Leaders” Panel, which gathers at the Keynote Breakfast of The New York Produce Show and Conference. The panel provides a unique opportunity to hear what key players in the industry see as the […]
Cornell’s Miguel Gomez Goes Double Duty At New York Produce Show: Gives Micro-Session On Northeast Greenhouse Potential And Teaches Foundational Excellence ‘Students’ About Global Trade
Miguel Gomez has exemplified the way an academic can engage with industry to share the latest and most important new research with the trade. Speaking at The New York Produce Show and Conference and The London Produce Show and Conference, he has dealt with topics such as these: How To Capitalize On An Age Of […]
Combining Heritage And Innovation, The UK’s Charlie Dunn
Speaks Out On Storytelling And Industry Relationships
At The Global Trade Symposium
Charlie Dunn is scion of a 200-year old family farming business, now called Chandler and Dunn Ltd. Founded in 1809, the 600 hectare farm encompasses 200 hectares producing potatoes, wheat, beans, barley; 200 hectares of grassland and livestock; and the remaining 200 hectares in top fruit – apples, pears and plums. Dunn has worked full […]
Using Produce To Inspire The Next Generation Of Culinary Professionals,
Culinary Institute of Michigan Joins New York Produce Show Program
NEW CULINARY COMPETITION UNVEILED
The Chef demos at The New York Produce show and conference are legion for helping innovate new ideas for increasing produce consumption in the foodservice sector as well as adding color and excitement to the day. This has been well reported in pieces such as these: Chefs Demonstrate Produce-Centric Dishes at The New York Produce […]