Smart packaging allows the industry to track and trace a product throughout its lifecycle and to analyze and control the environment inside or outside the package. Using Smart packaging technology. the entire supply chain from manufacturer to retailer to consumer - can obtain information on a products condition at any time. But [...]
Americans eat more chicken than beef. In 2020 Americans ate 96.4 pounds of broiler chickens per capita. According to data by the USDA and Economic Research Service. This is significantly more than the amount of beef consumed, which was about 57 pounds per person. This trend has been consistent since 2009, when [...]
China is the world’s leading seafood consumer. The country consumes around 22 million metric tons of seafood each year, which is more than double the amount of seafood consumed by the United States. This high demand has put a lot of pressure on the world's fisheries, which are already struggling to keep [...]
On August 31, 2022 Horizon Organic Milk brand (which is owned by Danone) will terminate contracts it has with 89 organic dairy producers in New York, Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire. According to Danone, the decision is due to “growing transportation and operational challenges in the dairy industry, particularly in the northeast" [...]
A better diet leads to better health and a better diet is one that includes fresh foods that are minimally processed and eaten in modest quantities. On this, all nutritionists and responsible experts agree. So why is it that the standard American diet fails so miserably to deliver a better diet and [...]
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 [...]