Recently, Kelly Hensel, IFT Digital Media Editor, spoke with Colin Carter, Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Davis, to get his insight on how techniques, … Continue Reading →
The number of obese adults, along with related disease rates and healthcare costs, are on course to increase dramatically in every state in the country over the next 20 years, … Continue Reading →
A study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine shows that $ 2 billion of funds from the U.S. federal government’s Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) goes to purchasing … Continue Reading →
A study published in the American Journal of Health Promotion shows that advertising fruits and vegetables may increase their consumption. IFT Daily News
Cargill has announced plans to construct a canola refinery at its Clavet, Saskatchewan (Canada), canola processing facility. IFT Daily News
Silliker Inc., a network of food safety testing and consulting laboratories, has opened its Solution Center—the flagship laboratory for North America. IFT Daily News
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it is working toward a proposal that would limit the amount of arsenic in rice, which has been identified as … Continue Reading →
Dole Food Co. Inc. has signed a definitive agreement with Itochu Corp. for the sale of Dole’s worldwide packaged foods and Asia fresh produce businesses for $ 1.685 billion in … Continue Reading →
According to the Chicago Tribune, the worst U.S. drought in a half century and record feed prices are spurring farmers to shrink cattle herds to the smallest in two generations, … Continue Reading →
Beef Products Inc. (BPI) has filed a $ 1.2 billion defamation lawsuit against ABC News Inc. over reports calling the company’s lean, finely textured beef (LFTB) product “pink slime.” IFT … Continue Reading →
