How To Think About Supreme Court Nominees
Alexander Hamilton was a remarkably prescient man and we, to an astonishing degree, live in the Republic he created. His vision of a commercial Republic clearly has won the future even if his opponent, Thomas Jefferson, may have won our hearts with his vision of an Agrarian future. Yet on one point at least, he […]
Learning From Lena Horne: Prejudice Comes In Many Forms
The death of Lena Horne at age 92 brought the accolades expected and deserved by a woman who broke many racial barriers in her long career in entertainment and who served her country by working to entertain the troops during World War II. She was famous long before the Pundit was born, though her Hollywood […]
What Is The ROI On PTI?
We’ve dealt extensively with traceability, and a most valuable contributor to this coverage has been Gary Fleming. During his time as Vice President of Industry Technology & Standards at the Produce Marketing Association, Gary contributed to at least five pieces on the subject: Guest Pundit — Traceability And The Need For A Common Language Guest […]
HerbThyme’s Travails Raise The Question Of How Retailers Can Address The Low-Volume Organic Issue
Our piece, HerbThyme’s Business Director Calls Fraud Allegations Invalid and Inaccurate, dealt with a class action lawsuit alleging that HerbThyme has sold conventional product as organic. Although we gave HerbThyme a place to say its piece — and we think that the whole concept of the class action lawsuit is prone to abuse and not […]
Watch The Winchester: Ad For Dale Peterson, Candidate For Alabama Ag Commissioner Goes Viral
He may be a long shot, but it speaks to the national mood that an ad for a candidate running for the Republican nomination for Ag Commissioner in the state of Alabama has quickly gone viral and become the iconic ad of the voter mood for campaign 2010: You can see Dale Peterson’s campaign web […]
A Salute To Joe Pezzini As He Steps Down From California Leafy Greens Group
There was no gold watch and the pension plan is non-existent. Yet Joe Pezzini, Vice President of Operations at Ocean Mist Farms, has stepped down as founding Chairman of the California Leafy Green Products Handler Marketing Agreement. His retirement brings to an end the most consequential service to the trade rendered by a volunteer leader […]
Pundit Mailbag — Moral Character Carries The Industry In Hard Economic Times
Our piece, “You’ve Restored Our Faith In Humanity” Award, told a touching story of the role of honor and integrity in business and in life. It brought this nice note: What a wonderful story in the Pundit of Lisa McNeece honoring her verbal commitment and dividing the $25K price winnings. As you said, it speaks […]
HerbThyme’s Business Director Calls Fraud Allegations Invalid And Inaccurate
We had noted an article in a legal publication that advised that a class action lawsuit had been filed against HerbThyme Farms alleging that the company had committed fraud by selling conventionally grown herbs as organic. It smelled suspicious to us. Even if this were true, how would a consumer have known this to file […]
FDA’s Secrecy Causes Retailers To Overreact
Our piece, Freshway’s Traceability System Worked Like A Charm: FDA And Buyers Don’t Care, dealt with Freshway Foods’ recent recall and the fact that its traceability system did not stop government from imposing a broader recall and customers from throwing everything out. One important person on the buy-side sent this note: I regularly read your […]
How Valuable Is Case-Specific Traceability To The FDA?
Our piece, Freshway’s Traceability System Worked Like A Charm: FDA And Buyers Don’t Care, focused on lessons the Freshway Foods recall might offer for the usefulness of highly specific traceability data. One very well informed attorney sent along this note: I have a quick comment on the Freshway recall. While I certainly agree with your […]
