Dr. Marion Nestle is a renowned nutrition professor at NYU and Cornell. She follows-up on food industry funded research to present a clearer picture of the results and their trustability. Do the claims the industry makes actually hold up under review? Keep an eye on our Fact Check files to find...
Bigger, more bountiful, better flavor, pest, drought and cold resistant - precision breeding is transforming the fruits and vegetables farmers bring to our tables. Here, we take a look at three distinct programs and their efforts to help farmers feed the world.Florida Berry Breeding Written by:...
For most of the last three years, American consumers have been grappling with greater financial pressure from increased prices throughout the economy. Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), has fallen since its June 2022 peak of 9.1%, but current levels of inflation still sit...
Many Americans love to drink, but some party a little harder than others, new data reveals. Wisconsin residents dominate the list when it comes to excessive drinking, with over a quarter of all Wisconsin adults (25.29%) regularly drinking too much, according to the latest data from the CDC's...
Savor the taste of summer this upcoming holiday with the season’s bounty.As spring unfolds and we look to warmer days, the National Mango Board is celebrating peak season with its Cinco de Mango campaign. This annual campaign encourages consumers nationwide to add fresh mango to their Cinco de...
Data Show Need for Updated Pollution Rules, Curbing Corporate PowerTyson Foods meat and poultry processing plants released more than 371.1 million pounds of pollutants into local waterways across the country between 2018 and 2022, according to an analysis released by the Union of Concerned...
Ever since Florida farmers have been growing tomatoes, they’ve picked them by hand or hired laborers. It’s painstaking work that might be made easier soon with machine-harvestable tomatoes developed by University of Florida scientists. Now that the varieties are available, growers in Florida’s...
Dr. Marion Nestle is a renowned nutrition professor at NYU and Cornell. She follows-up on food industry funded research to present a clearer picture of the results and their trustability. Do the claims the industry makes actually hold up under review? Keep an eye on our Fact Check files to find...
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson announced Costa Farms as the 2024 winner of the Agricultural-Environmental Leadership Award. The Agricultural-Environmental Leadership Award has been presented annually since 1994 and spotlights environmentally innovative growers and ranchers who...
If you took a survey of the chemicals industry innovation leaders, asking, “What are the biggest challenges you’re facing?” I’m pretty confident that the number one and number two issues would be decarbonization and recycling (asking executives this question is a big part of my job, so trust me)....
