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New Year, New Administration – What’s Next for our Nation’s Supply Chains

Here’s what a new president and a newly revamped way of moving products through the chain means for the future of the supply chain.

L.I.N.K. Live | Food Logistics Editors Talk Fashion and Reverse Logistics

Marina, Brielle and Mackenna sit down and discuss the fashion supply chain and how reverse logistics plays a role.

L.I.N.K. | Sourced Craft Cocktails CEO Flips Business Model Amidst Lockdown

Associate editor Brielle Jaekel asks Sourced Craft Cocktails CEO about what it was like to switch the company's business model in the middle of quarantine and the technology provider that made it happen.

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Excess Inventory Challenges in Food and Beverage

Here’s the unique aspects of the food and beverage industry’s excess inventory challenges, and what strategies must be implemented to navigate the future.

Waste tracking and analytics, as a means of source reduction, gives operators the tools to prevent food waste from ever happening in the first place.

Embracing Food Waste Prevention to Create a More Resilient Food System

Food is the single largest line item on a food business’ profit and loss statement, yet its waste is largely unaddressed.

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Edible Garden Advances Sustainable Produce Category With Patented Greenhouse Technology and Zero-Waste Inspired Mandate

The company’s proprietary farming management software system monitors plants 24/7 along with all supply chain variables to optimize growth, traceability and food miles.

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Study Reveals How Quarantine Stockpiling Leads to Future Food Waste

More than a quarter of respondents had increased refrigerated storage capacity and more than 10% had increased frozen storage capacity since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Report Shows Consumer Behavior Changes 6 Months into COVID-19 Pandemic

The emerging story from both surveys illuminates how the changes in consumer behavior that developed during the pandemic have now become ingrained into the New Normal that will outlast the pandemic’s ending.

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NIFA Invests Over $7 Million in Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Other Cyberinformatics Research

National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded 12 grants totaling over $7 million to initiate research on big data analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and predictive technologies.

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Food Retailers and Providers Engage Nearly 200 Suppliers in Cutting Food Loss and Waste in Half

The 10+ food retailers and providers lead the “10x20x30” initiative, with each having engaged at least 20 suppliers to halve food loss and waste by 2030.

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Preservation Tech is Key to Eliminating Food Loss and Waste

Food loss and waste currently causes an estimated $1 trillion in economic losses globally each year.

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Kellogg Company Reduces Food Loss and Organic Waste

Kellogg announced that since 2016, it has reduced its total organic waste by 13.4% and total waste per pound of food produced by 5.7%.

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Trex Partners with Retailers and Distribution Centers to Responsibly Recycle Polyethylene Plastic

Trex makes it easy for retailers and distributors to repurpose the plastic waste they accumulate as part of their daily operations.

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Shaving Down Costs

Real life case studies of companies that are improving the bottom line.