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Tips to Navigate a Perfect Storm That’s Threatening Our Food Supply

Modern Restaurant Management

Overseas, the Dutch government has mandated a 30 pecent reduction in livestock – a damaging directive that will disrupt the food supply and close one in three Dutch farms. This perfect storm of crises is threatening our food supply. Reduce food waste.

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6 Takeaways from ReCONNECT 2024: Modernizing Our Food Supply Chain

FoodLogiQ

We just wrapped our seventh annual Virtual reCONNECT conference , which brought together industry leaders and experts to discuss the future of food supply chain technology, where over 300 food industry professionals raised their hands to be included in the conversation. Couldn’t make it?

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Why Demand Forecasting Is Crucial for a QSR Food Supply Chain 

Modern Restaurant Management

More regional stores are more vulnerable to unscheduled events such as hurricanes, tornados and similar disrupting supply chains. So if you’re only analyzing data from a singular event to inform food supply decisions, you could end up with a whole lot of wasted food. External Data Intelligence and Solutions.

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Building School Food Supply Chains Rooted in Community

Chef Ann Foundation

Because of their sheer scale, school meal programs have an outsized impact on the nation’s food system. Strengthening relationships between schools and community-based food system stakeholders can build more nourishing, sustainable, and equitable school meal programs. Vea esta página en español / View this page in Spanish

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Food supply contamination threat mentioned in UK risk register

Food Safety News

The likelihood and impact of contamination of the food supply in the United Kingdom have been assessed in an updated risk register. The UK government rated food supply contamination as four out of five for likelihood and three out of five for impact in the 2023 national risk register.

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Letter to Congress – protect our food supply, food workers and those food insecure during COVID-19

Bill Marler

What’s more, Congress should expand health care coverage by paying for medical treatment related to COVID-19, by increasing the federal share of state Medicaid expenditures, and by adopting policies to help unemployed food and farm workers obtain health insurance. Support farmers in need – Farmers are ready to meet regional food supply needs.

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Enhancing Safety and Adding Flavor: The Role of Additives in your Food Supply

FoodHandler

Last week, I ran across a post on Facebook from a childhood friend denouncing additives in the food supply. I had to quickly scroll by, otherwise I may have been tempted to dispute the facts of the post. I realized that no matter how long I had known this individual, I was never going to [.]