As reported in this week's Fresh Market section, the Produce for Better Health Foundation recently released a troubling survey of U.S. mothers. It revealed that 60% of moms believe their families are eating too few...
This week, retailers and suppliers will gather in Denver for the American Meat Institute's annual Meat Conference, and, understandably, several of the program's educational sessions will focus on the recession and how...
Barack Obama will be sworn in as our nation's 44th president this week, and by any account, he's got his work cut out for him with regard to the flagging U.S. economy. Obama has frequently said that government...
The U.S. Department of Labor last week released another raft of grim news, indicating that the recession is deepening and layoffs are spreading. New claims for unemployment benefits for the week ending Dec. 6 rose by...
It's not at all uncommon for American industries to tell the government that everyone — corporations and consumers alike — will be better off if their trade is subject to fewer regulations and less direct government...
Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., went on the defensive during last week's Senate committee hearing organized to address the food-vs.-fuel debate over corn and ethanol...
In a recent consumer poll conducted by the Produce Marketing Association, 8% of respondents said they will never purchase tomatoes again. Almost 30% said they would wait a few weeks before buying tomatoes, and 20%...
As the International Dairy Deli Bakery Association's annual trade show kicks off this week in New Orleans, retailers and suppliers are eager to see how their peers are handing the current economy...
Animal rights activism has long been viewed as a bit of a fringe movement, with insufficient mainstream support to matter much to supermarket retailers, or their meat and poultry suppliers. The Humane Society of the...