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Food economics

There are 8 posts tagged Food economics (this is page 1 of 2).

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Food safety and industry concentration How the back seat of a car is like a bag of leafy greens

How do farmers' markets and concentrated food industries that depend on long food chains stack up when it comes to food-borne illness? Truth is, nobody really knows.
May 14, 2018 | 15 Webmentions | 1 Comment

Beverage skullduggery Drinker beware

Phil Howard, of Michigan State University, casually let slip in our conversation about concentration in the food industry that a brewery in Australia had been fined for faux craft beer. I had to investigate. Its quite an interesting story.
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in Extra Matter | May 1, 2018 | Comment

Who owns whom in the food industry Made from concentrate

The number of firms that own the food brands you see is much smaller than you think. That's not good for consumers or suppliers.
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in Podcasts | April 30, 2018 | 16 Webmentions | Comment

The Hamlet Fire What an industrial accident tells us about industrial food

The Imperial Food Products fire wasn't really an accident; circumstances conspired to make it extremely likely If it hadn't happened in Hamlet, it would have happened somewhere else.
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in Podcasts | February 19, 2018 | 6 Webmentions | Comment

That Chicken From Whole Foods Isn’t So Special Any More

Everyone Is Copying Whole Foods Now (Bloomberg.com)
Big poultry and meat producers have absorbed many of the organic grocer’s practices—and become its suppliers.

If this article has any impact, I would like to know whether sales fall at Whole Foods or rise elsewhere. Probably neither.

in Extra Matter | August 15, 2017 | Comment

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