Brands cater to healthier kids’ snacking trends
(Photo: Flickr user Camp Pinewood) It’s back-to-school time and for parents that raises daily questions about what to put in the lunchbox and offer...
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(Photo: Flickr user Camp Pinewood) It’s back-to-school time and for parents that raises daily questions about what to put in the lunchbox and offer...
U.S. consumers spent about $30 billion on organic foods and beverages last year, up 9.4% from 2010 and significantly more than the $1 billion...
Time is running out to comment on the 2010 Food Safety Modernization Act’s Produce Safety and Preventive Control rules and advocates for farmers markets...
(Photo: Flickr user Youssef Abdelaal) Beef prices have been rising for several years and there’s seemingly no ceiling, an ongoing trend that’s challenging restaurants...
A report out this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 1 in 5 foodborne illnesses comes from leafy greens and...
Food banks are bringing local farmers and school districts into collaborative programs that offer benefits for each of them and the communities they serve,...
Fighting food waste has become a key cause in the restaurant world, as environmental concerns grow more urgent and eateries come together to fight...
In the weeks since news broke that frozen burgers and other beef meals at U.K. supermarkets were found to contain horse DNA, the scandal...
To make products stand out on the grocery store shelf, food- and beverage-makers are investing in sustainable packaging that consumers can feel good about...
(Photo: Flickr user Adam Fagen) When we think of New York and food, most likely our minds turn first to the fancy restaurants and...
Open a magazine or browse through blogs these days and you’ll see that most stories about food are tales of excess. Americans love to...
Organic was barely a gleam in a grocer’s eye when Claris Ritter began her career in the wholesale produce industry more than 30 years...
Organic loses its authenticity halo as it goes more mainstream (Photo: Flickr user Kristen Taylor) For decades, consumers trusted organic foods to provide authentic,...
Perdue Food Products President Jim Leighton said the book he wrote and published late last year, “Getting FIT,” is largely an homage to his...
Consumers used to think of processed foods as helpful around the kitchen. Major shifts in food culture have changed that thinking, so that many...
(Photo: Flickr user Mark Mathosian) Private labels are so much more than they used to be for food retailers, and it looks like they’re...
Antimicrobial food coatings have been around for decades and synthetic antimicrobials — such as sorbates, nitrates and sulfites applied directly to foods to keep...
Angela Fernandez is the vice president of retail grocery and foodservice for GS1 US. The Foodservice GS1 US Standards Initiative was launched in 2009...
Photo: Flickr user Kaitlyn Tierney Food fraud is a problem that has sounded global alarm bells in recent years, from tainted meat in China...
Organic devotees might be getting fewer chemical fertilizers and pesticides, but are they also better protected from foodborne illness than those who buy conventional...
Whole Foods Co-CEO Walter Robb said recently that the chain plans to grow in part through high-grade conventional produce offerings, a move that goes...
If anyone had been doubting that yogurt’s popularity is on the upswing, Starbucks recent announcement that it has partnered with Dannon to launch a...
Image via Flickr user kthread For generations, U.S. growers produced thousands of different varieties of apples with diverse flavors, colors, textures and uses. Years...
As a little girl, Jenny Brown lost her leg to cancer and her heart to a kitten named Boogie, the feline companion who shared...
Birds Eye® Frozen Produce recently launched its Step Up To The Plate program and announced its partnership with Disney to market vegetables to kids....
Farm-to-School, Farm-to-Fork, Farm-to-City and Farm-to-Chef all connect farmers and their fresh produce with individuals, businesses and organizations, but there are still the inevitable leftovers....
Omnivorous consumers had several reasons to rethink their meat-buying habits during the past five or six years, as the recession hit grocery budgets, droughts...
Food hub is a buzzword among people involved in sustainable agriculture, efforts to increase access to healthy food and programs to reduce hunger in...
With three-quarters of shoppers buying organic food and beverages, often from Wal-Mart and other mainstream outlets, the meaning of organic is changing — and...
(Photo: Flickr userIan Ransley) The average American consumes 25 pounds of bananas per person, per year, according to the Economic Research Service division of...
(Photo: Flickr user USDA) As political pundits hit the airwaves to tout their latest and greatest campaign hits, it’s inevitable that Americans will hear...
Photo: Flickr user torbakhopper Experts have been talking up healthier food trends for a while now and that includes the dessert category, in spite...
This post is sponsored by Dannon. (Photo: Dannon) Keeping up with the quickly evolving landscape of school meals — from shrinking budgets to plate...
Linda Gilbert, CEO, EcoFocus Worldwide, LLC This post is sponsored by Evergreen Packaging. Linda Gilbert, founder and CEO EcoFocus Worldwide, LLC, and founder and...
While the worlds of business, activism and academia use the concept of sustainability to incorporate economic, social and environmental issues into one neat and...
(Photo: Flickr user Wicker Paradise) From restaurant and retail giants that are household names to small, regional brands that aren’t known throughout the whole...
(Photo: Flickr user Kenny Louie) From big chains like Peet’s and Starbucks to smaller regional players like D.C.’s Dolcezza, coffee makers are helping customers...
Farmers, food retailers and restaurants serving fresh food have always had to keep an eye on the weather and that’s never been truer than...
(Photo: Flickr user calamity_hane) Almost every sector of the food and beverage industry (restaurant operators, food retailers and CPG brands) is intently focused on...
(Photo: Public Domain Images) For many Americans, snacks are now the most important meal of the day, and busy lifestyles necessitate snacking options that...
(Photo: Flickr user Parker Sav) Food companies and retailers that market to traditional concepts of mealtime behaviors are missing out on new opportunities emerging...
Beach View Farms blackberries Photo: Certified Naturally Grown When the Agriculture Department put long-awaited federal organic certification standards and a third-party inspection system into...