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Supply Chain Visibility

10 Ways Technology Is Changing Our Food

Technology is allowing us to track, analyze, and understand the way our food system works.

Kroger And Cardenas Markets To Deploy Natural Gas Trucks

Kroger’s liquid natural gas (LNG) truck fleet deployment will serve the company’s Fred Meyer and QFC grocery chains in Oregon and Washington.

Aquaponics Startup Raises Fresh Fish On Manhattan Rooftop

Edenworks is nearing completion of a 1,000-square-foot flagship farm that sits on the top floor of a commercial ironworks in New York City.

Waste Reduction

Foodsharing Sites Help People Share Their Leftovers

UK startups such as Leftover Swap, Foodsharing, Cropmobster and others are trying to connect people who have edible goods to give away with those who want them.

Waste Reduction

Company Seeks To Build Plant To Convert Waste Into Energy

The cost of the new plant is $15 million and CH4 has already secured a $2 million “Cleaner and Greener” grant to help fund the project.

'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.

EnerSys Launches Online Calculator To Compute Cost of Electric Lift Truck Fleet

Free, interactive tool is the material handling industry’s first online calculator that allows customers to compare monthly costs of liquid propane fuel vs. electricity, using leased lift trucks, batteries and chargers.

Ener Sys Online Tool

Software Solutions

New PareUp App Connects Leftover Restaurant And Grocery Store Food To Buyers

A soon-to-launch new app called PareUp hopes to connect consumers with excess food from local restaurants and grocery food stores at discounted prices.

Pareup

Pakistan Food Industry Skirting Bio-Degradable Plastic Requirement

Under the country's Prohibition of Non-degradable Plastic Products Regulations 2013, degradable plastics were to replace all plastic items including shopping bags, bread bags, frozen food packaging, agricultural mulching films, woven plastic sacks used to pack potatoes and onions, as well as milk and water packaging.

Risk/Compliance

Debate At National Organic Standards Board Meeting Gets Heated

Last week's meeting of the National Organic Standards Board in San Antonio was more than just an obscure food standards debate, it became the epicenter of contention.

Software & Technology

Welcome To The New FoodLogistics.com!

Our new responsive design will provide the optimal viewing experience across any device, desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone.

New Flo Gweb Screenshot

Congestion Costs Transportation Industry $9.2 Billion in 2013

American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI)

Research by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) says the delays totaled over 141 million hours of lost productivity, the equivilent to over 51,000 truck drivers sitting idle for a working year.

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