In some ways "processed food" gets a bad rap. The truth is that a majority of foods that we eat are in fact processed. Spinach that is cleaned and bagged, yogurt made at home and even a boiled egg all qualify as processed foods because strictly speaking once a food is altered [...]
For years, China has been the largest market for US Soybeans but sales to China are down 94% from the 2017 harvest. The steep drop is due to retaliation for tariff actions taken by the Trump administration in 2018. Rather than pay the increased price for soybeans, the Chinese are turning to [...]
Ever wonder where your T-Bone Steak or the juicy sirloin tips you had for dinner the other night come from? While most meat eaters know that both a filet mignon and a burger come from a cow, the majority don't give too much thought to where each meat cut comes from the [...]
A minor detail in 2017 trade talks between the US and the UK seems to have grabbed the media's attention. The controversy revolves around safety concerns about chlorine-washed chicken being sold in Britain as part of a potential UK/US trade deal after Brexit. It is expected that the US farming industry will push [...]
November, 2017 - Earlier this month, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a draft supplemental guidance on menu labeling. Comments on the guidance will be due on January 8, 2018 and the menu labeling requirements will be enforced by the FDA beginning May 7, 2018. The Obama-era rules call for [...]
Professional Chef's who've been at it long enough know a thing or two about how to deal with rising food costs. Fueled by trends in global demand combined with low inventories, crops such as corn, soybean, wheat and rice can all contribute to higher prices. But it doesn't stop there because higher crop [...]