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Pundit-TV Debuts At New York Produce Show And Conference
The New York Produce Show and Conference is now underway! The industry has gathered from far and near to Celebrate Fresh! For those within easy transport range, there is still the opportunity to visit the trade show, conference and cooking demos today, Tuesday, November 8, 2011, and to go on tours or attend the Ideation […]
Restaurants Take A Stand On Poor Child Behavior
There is a movement afoot to ban children from certain places. This piece, titled Restaurant Bans Kids, followed up on The No Kids Allowed Movement Is Spreading, and both presented real issues for the restaurant industry: At a Pennsylvania restaurant, it’s no shirt, no shoes, no kids, no dice. At McDain’s Restaurant, in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, […]
As The Dust Settles On The European E. Coli Outbreak, The US Industry Weighs In On Key Points
Our special report titled, As The European E. coli 0104:H4 Outbreak Causes Illness And Death, It Wreaks Havoc On The Produce Trade And Breaks Confidence In Public Health: Lessons From Europe, brought many responses. Some focused on the relevance to the United States: A very good Special Report. There is no doubt but that Germany’s deadly […]
PMA Restructures Dues:
New Plan Brings In More Revenue,
Boosts Costs For Larger Firms,
Breaks Longstanding Link Between Retail And Grower/Shipper Dues…
Does PMA Need More Money?
The Produce Marketing Association (PMA), the industry’s largest trade association, has announced a new dues structure effective for 2015. Right now it covers US and Canadian members with the expectation being that a new foreign dues structure will be unveiled to be effective in 2016. Currently there is a relatively small spread between the dues […]
Iconic London Taxi Declares The London Produce Show and Conference is Open — As The Global Produce Trade Pivots To London
The produce industry of the United Kingdom has long been the great standard-setting center of the global produce trade. If a firm wanted to establish its bona fides it did not show it sold Kroger or Safeway or Supervalu, it showed it sold Marks & Spencer, Tesco and Sainsbury’s. This was the gold standard, the Good […]
Welcoming The Trade To London!
Helen Evans Of The New Covent Garden Market Authority
Speaks On The Market: Past, Present and Hopes for The Future
The other day we featured a piece titled The Passion And The Produce: New Covent Garden Market Strides Ahead In UK Wholesale — Markets Are The Unappreciated Underpinning Of Grower Prosperity and Urban Diversity which showcased the perspective of the merchants who toil each day on New Covent Garden Market. As is common in most […]
Provoking Questions: How To Get People To Eat More Fruits And Vegetables
Barny Haughton Speaks Out
An important element of The London Produce Show and Conference is our University Interchange Program through which we allow universities a portal to influence the course of the trade by presenting the results of their research, while we also allow students the opportunity for exposure to the industry so they can evaluate opportunities to focus […]
For The Love Of Fruits and Vegetables:
London Produce Show And Conference Ambassador Valentine Warner Spills His Heart Out
Valentine Warner TV Chef and Author Photo Credit: Walter Van Dyck In the UK it is common for events to have an official “Ambassador” and we both chose and were chosen by TV chef Valentine Warner to take on the honors for the first ever edition of The London Produce Show and Conference. We asked […]
Food Dudes Strike Again… This Time With Dynamic Dudes Coming To The London Produce Show and Conference
We have been following the story of the “Food Dudes” for a long time. What appealed to us, initially, was the scientific approach. So many efforts to boost produce consumption report only subjective and anecdotal results. So some high school principal claims that the students are not joining gangs as much, getting better grades, etc. […]
