As Multiple Formats Devalue The Community Grocer, The Big Challenge Is Giving Up On The Notion To Be Everything For Everybody
We have always liked the Star Tribune, especially since the editors solicited an op-ed from the Pundit that was published under the title, Who’s Guarding our Commerce? Now John Ewoldt has written a piece for the Star Tribune about shopping behavior, and we are reminded of a piece we wrote in Pundit sister publication, PRODUCE […]
Services Scheduled For Jan Fleming
In our piece, Jan Fleming, Loved By All, Goes To God, which we repeat below, we promised to make available funeral and donation information. For those so inclined, here are the details: Visitation — Sunday May 5th from 3pm until 8pm Memorial Service Monday May 6th at 2pm. Both the visitation and memorial service will […]
Jan Fleming, Loved By All, Goes To God
Writing the Pundit is typically a joyous enterprise. We fight the good fight for clear ideas and good thinking; we battle to better understand the world in which we live. Yet there are moments we wish we didn’t have to write at all… So it is today, when I have to tell you that my […]
Namibia Tries To Develop Its Domestic Produce Industry With Fresh Produce Hubs And Protectionist Laws: Is The Path To Prosperity More Government-Directed Investment Or More Freedom?
The news from Namibia was simple: Ongwediva — President Hifikepunye Pohamba on Monday opened the multi-million dollar Fresh Produce Business Hub at Ongwediva where all local farmers will now be able to market their produce. Situated just a few meters from the Ongwediva Road Block, the Ongwediva Fresh Produce Business Hub will provide cold storage […]
When Is The Retailer Responsible For Food Safety??
Everyone is in favor of food safety, and we have written extensively about the topic: Botulism And Carrot Juice Summary FDA Import Alert: Honduran Cantaloupe Food Safety Leadership Council Food Safety Roundup NRA Food Safety Round-up Special Edition — Pistachio Recall Salmonella Saintpaul Spinach Crisis Sprouts Round Up Traceability And much more. There is, however, […]
How To Think Like A Bureaucrat: Extended FDA Comment Period Provides Rare Opportunity For Effective Comments To Guide Implementation Of The Food Safety Modernization Act
In a piece titled, Science-based Or Emotion-based? As Food Safety Modernization Act Soon Goes Into Effect, Industry Looks At Extra Costs And Little Return To Public Health,we discussed — with the help of a crack legal team from Jones Day— some of the implications of new food safety rules being proposed by the FDA to […]
Want To Live Longer? Be More Conscientious! Or Can “Spot Education” Work To Increase Produce Consumption?
We have had 5-a-Day, Five-a-Day the Color Way and, now, Fruits & Veggies — More Matters. We have salad bars and school lunch programs, WIC fruit and vegetable vouchers, food desert programs and Farmer’s Market programs; we have had the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at one time and more recently the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) all preaching […]
Science-based Or Emotion-based? As Food Safety Modernization Act Soon Goes Into Effect, Industry Looks At Extra Costs And Little Return To Public Health
Much attention is being paid to the new rules for food safety proffered by the FDA. The Washington Post just ran a piece titled, Proposed FDA Food Safety Rules Frustrate Tree Fruit Growers: The Food and Drug Administration, wrestling to put in place a massive overhaul of the nation’s food safety system, drew a line this year […]
More Than A Woman In Produce: Lisa McNeece Restored Our “Faith In Humanity”
Congratulations are due to Lisa McNeece, Vice President, Foodservice and Industrial Sales at Grimmway Farms, as she will be recognized at the 2013 Reception Honoring Women in Produce to be held at United’s upcoming convention in San Diego. She joins a most illustrious crew: Past honorees include: · Dan’l Mackey Almy, DMA Solutions, Inc. · Tonya Antle, […]
Dispatch From The Department Of Breaking One’s Arm By Patting Oneself On The Back – Part III:
Prevor Brings Home Another Jesse H. Neal Award For Editorial Excellence
We are always a bit sheepish about promoting awards we win. For one thing, we are well decorated with well over 100 editorial awards now lining our mantle; for another we care more about the esteem in which the industry holds us than what editorial judges have to say. Still, we also take some pride […]
