Tag: analysis
Study finds California ag law reduced working hours, earnings
- General News
Researchers found the losses are consistent with employers restricting hours to avoid paying the higher overtime rates.
Vertical farming 2.0
- Analysis
There is vertical, and then there is vertical. This enigmatic utterance reflects some differences—and possibly shakeouts—in the world of vertical farming, of which, strictly speaking, there are two types.
Legislators hit at Kroger-Albertsons merger
- Analysis
The latest salvo in the war over the proposed merger between retail giants Kroger and Albertson has been fired by four U.S. senators and two U.S. Representatives, who in a December 11 letter urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to reject the merger.
Potatoes—ostracized?
- Analysis
We may get the chance to find out if the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory decides to adopt a proposal to take potatoes out of the vegetable category and put them in the starch category.
Florida senator assails ‘sewage garlic’
- Analysis
The use of human waste in Chinese produce has been brought to the nation’s attention by Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL).
ProduceIQ: It’s a ‘Blue Blue’ Christmas for grape tomato buyers
- Featured
Supply is strong for commodities beginning their winter season in the Western Desert region, and the annual transition from the Salinas Valley, CA, may stick a soft landing (to steal a phrase from the fed) despite El Niño related weather challenges.
McDonald’s launches imitation Starbucks
- Analysis
McDonald’s is launching a new iteration of itself that resembles Starbucks. Using (if not overusing) the Scottish patronymic, they’re calling it CosMc’s (pronounced “cosmics”).
Turmeric: Jekyll & Hyde
- Analysis
Turmeric, the bright orange-yellow tuber that, in its dried form, is essential to curry powder, has joined the list of foods that are good for you above and beyond proving basic nutrients.
Mexican minimum wage rises 20%
- Analysis
Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrádor (aka AMLO) has announced another rise in the Mexican minimum wage: 20 percent, as of January 1, 2024.
Tough choices for cantaloupe safety
- Analysis
I decided to check in about the situation with Timothy D. Lytton, a law professor at the Center for Law, Health & Society at Georgia State University College of Law.