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LA Times Investigation Exposes Plight Of Mexico’s Farm Workers

The report found that farm workers lived in rat-infested labor camps, often without beds or reliable water supplies, and had their pay illegally withheld, which essentially prevented them from leaving during peak harvest periods.

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Antibiotic-free Chicken, Pork The Goal For Panera Bread

The company’s goal is part of its Food Policy launched earlier this year, which aims to improve the welfare of poultry and livestock in its supply chain.

No Joke, Hospital Food Can Taste Really Good

Less than one dozen hospitals across the U.S. operate on-site farms, ranging from a rooftop farm at Stony Brook University Hospital on Long Island to a 25-acre farm at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Hospital in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Watertown (Wis.) Regional Medical Center Chef Justin Johnson picks banana peppers in the garden behind the hospital.

The Dirty Side Of Ocean Shipping

What happens on the high seas isn’t necessarily visible from land and the industry is largely unregulated when it comes to emissions.

A slowdown in Chinese economic growth has hammered the global shipping industry, which exited the Great Recession to take advantage of low interest rates to buy new ships to handle a rising amount of coal, iron ore and consumer goods. But as China’s factories scale back and the economies of Europe and North America gear down, the amount of cargo traversing the oceans has slowed.

China To Lift Ban On GMO Corn Imports

Officials at the Ministry of Agriculture have approved lifting a ban on imports of a genetically-modified corn variety that’s commonly grown in the U.S., as trade talks between the two countries continue.

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Beef And Pork Exports To Hit Record Levels

Meat exports so far in 2014 have exceeded the expectations of the U.S. Meat Export Federation.

Both countries will immediately begin updating their administrative procedures in order to allow trade to resume. U.S. companies will need to complete Brazil's regular facilities registration process.

Waste Reduction

9 Innovations To Slash Food Waste

Several companies and organizations are innovating to develop new tools and approaches to solve our food loss problem.

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Warehouse Energy Optimization: More Options To Consider

Innovations Emerge For Lighting, Refrigeration, HVAC And Better Sustainability.

Richard Murphy claims the solar arrays produce 12 percent of the facility's electricity and have delivered $20,000 in annual savings for Murphy Warehouse Co.

Regional Hub In Albuquerque, N.M. Offers Access To Local Food

The La Montañita Co-op Distribution Center buys food from an estimated 300 New Mexico ranchers, farmers and other food producers, and then sells it to a network of commercial customers around the state.

Food Industry Unites To Fix Transportation Challenge In Dakotas And Minnesota

U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., served as the moderator for a panel that featured Edward Avalos, under-secretary for marketing and regulatory, U.S. Department of Agriculture; and Daniel Elliott, of the Surface Transportation Board at the U.S. DOT.

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Amazon To Use Bikes For 1-Hour Delivery in Manhattan

Amazon has been holding time trials with messengers from at least three courier services to pick the speediest and most careful for its delivery fleet.

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Organic Farming Boom Challenges USDA Certification System

There are 81 accredited “certifying agents,” or groups that stamp food as organic in the U.S., but of the 37 that had a complete review this year, 23 were cited for failing to correctly enforce certification requirements on farms in audits.

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