Karl Ritz, Emeritus Professor of Soil Ecology at University of Nottingham proposed these 5 Principles of regenerative agriculture. These really are a must read for anyone interested in this emerging trend in farming: Diversity More diverse systems have inherently greater capacity to carry out a broad range of functions, and for soils [...]
In the U.S. food is sold in a variety of ways. Consumers spend their food dollar at mega-companies like Walmart and Amazon to small restaurants and farmer markets. Generally speaking, most food in the U.S. is sold through one of two channels: food retail or foodservice. According to the USDA's Economic Research [...]
Profit margins in the fast food sector vary depending on a number of factors, such as the size of the company, the specific business model, and the cost of food and labor. However, generally, fast food restaurants have relatively high profit margins compared to other types of businesses. According to a report [...]
Even if the American shopper can't fully articulate it in economic terms, most know that inflation is hitting them where it hurts - in the shopping cart. The US Government has a complicated process to determine what the inflation rate is in the economy and they claim that the inflation rate is [...]
This seems like a pretty simple question but the truth is that it's hard to say what the exact failure rate is for restaurants. Most of the surveys and studies that are cited rely on old data and often conflict with each other. Type "restaurant failure rate" into a search engine box [...]
In 2015, The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) released findings telling consumers that red meats are "probable carcinogens" and that processed meats are "carcinogenic to humans". The processed meats finding was alarming and according the W.H.O. was "based on sufficient evidence in humans that the consumption of processed meat causes colorectal cancer". Generally [...]