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Wegmans, FreshDirect Emphasize Branding, Food Safety For Local Produce

The marketing needs to be about more than just putting up a sign in the store that says you sell local products.

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What It Means To Be Sustainable

Green leadership in the food logistics industry from farm to fork.

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Rail & Intermodal

CHS Partners With Federation Cooperative To Build Propane Terminal

CHS has signed a long-term agreement with Federation Cooperative to build a propane terminal at Hixton, Wis., that will be managed and operated by Federation Cooperative.

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Tesco: British Farming Can Benefit From Imported Produce

Supporting British farmers and growers does not necessarily have to mean moving to 100 percent British on certain grocery lines.

Certified Greenhouse Farmers Gains NSI Certified Members From Mexico

NSF International

CGF extended its membership to include producers from Mexico in August 2013 and it’s been steady growth ever since, with demand for certification exceeding association expectations.

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'Food Hub' Emerges To Match Locally Grown Food With Restaurants

Intermediaries between farmers and large-volume wholesalers, food hubs, as their name implies, operate at the center of a network of individual, small-scale farmers and producers.

Waste Reduction

Whole Foods To Use WISErg Technology For Food Scraps

The Harvester captures data about the sources of food scraps and environmental conditions that grocers analyze to make more informed inventory management decisions.

New Tech Helps Increase Food Safety With Cantaloupes

Martori Farms in Arizona enhances their cantaloupe food-safety program with new hot-water shower designed to clean the pathogens from the rough skin.

NSF International Offers Certified Greenhouse Farmers Certification

NSF International

The Certified Greenhouse Farmers (CGF) program enables high-tech greenhouse growers to demonstrate sustainability and quality best practices in combination with superior food safety management.

Indiana Joins FSIS Interstate Shipment Program

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

USDA’s Cooperative Interstate Shipment Program gives certain selected small and very small state-inspected meat processors the option to ship meat and poultry products bearing an official USDA Mark of Inspection across state lines.

A List Of 2014 Top 10 Most Innovative Food Companies

From innovative and newly engineered foods to farming practices that reduce greenhouse gases, these companies are cooking up new ideas and changing how we think about our food.

Walmart Sues Grower, Distributor And Third-Party Auditor In Cantaloupe Case

About 20 of the listeria victim wrongful death lawsuits name WalMart, while Kroger is the defendant in about 30 cases.

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