Twenty-five percent of working Americans are at “high risk” of losing their jobs to automation, according to a recent Brookings Institution study. A 2017 report by McKinsey also predicted a third of workers in the …
The Food Institute Focus – Cattle Producers Call for Investigations into Beef Margins
Food Institute Focus – Better Protection for Meat Industry to Secure Food Supply
The Food Institute Focus – U.S. Corn Production Expected to Hit Record High
The Food Institute Focus – Banner Year Predicted for Peaches
Food Institute Focus – How Are Food Companies’ Financials Fairing?
Food Institute Focus – Is Food Supply in Trouble?
Food Institute Focus – Plant-Based Expands in Retail
“Sustainability has reached a tipping point,” according to Meet the 2020 Consumers Driving Change report from the IBM Institute for Business Value. Almost 60% of surveyed consumers are willing to change their shopping habits to …
Food Institute Focus – Agriculture to Face Huge Loss
With continuous daily and even hourly news affecting our nation’s food supply chain, business and capital markets for food and ag-centric private equity groups, operating companies, and their investors should expect highly volatile results and …
One-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted globally, amounting to about 1.3 billion metric tons per year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Food is lost …
The global meat industry is worth over $2 trillion, according to a report from IDTechEx. In 2017, the U.S. alone produced about 100 billion-lbs. of meat, with production growing at a rate of 2-3% per …
The Food Institute Focus – Congress Reacts to Coronavirus, Focus on Foods
To date, eight states-California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New York, Oregon, and Ver-mont-have banned the use of plastic bags. Though they may have prohibited plastic bags in the name of sustainability, some states like Maine …
Food Institute Focus – Coronavirus Cases at Meat Plants Put Supply in Danger
The Food Institute Focus – U.S. Pork Industry Achieves Record Production
The Food Institute Focus – Egg Prices Triple End of March
The Food Institute Focus – Asian Export Bans Affect Rice Supply
Food Institute Focus – Quarantine Baking Puts Pressure on Supply
Food Institute Focus – The Future of Food Industry Post-Pandemic
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to accelerate, several sustainability initiatives have experienced reversals due to safety concerns. The plastic bag industry, which has faced a wave of bans across the U.S., is using the coronavirus …
Food Institute Focus – Processed Food is Making a Comeback
Food Institute Focus – Coronavirus’ Impact on Pricing
Food Institute Focus – U.S. Dairy Farmers Dump Milk
The Food Institute Focus – Cannabis Infusion Remains Hot Trend, But will FDA Throw Cold Water on It?
Erik Knutson foresees a time soon when Amsterdam-like clubs, where consumers can smoke or drink cannabis-infused products and socialize, will become commonplace in the U.S. “Cannabis-infused drink sales will continue to expand,” said Knutson, CEO …
In October 2019, cannabis edibles became legal in Canada with Health Canada accepting applications from companies seeking to produce cannabis-derived goods. Brightfield Group, a market research firm specializing in the cannabis industry, projects Canada’s cannabis …
The Food Institute Focus – FDA Seeks Scientific Data on CBD
The Food Institute Focus – Hemp Production Plan Pushes Forward
The Food Institute Focus – California’s Grape Crush Drops
The Food Institute Focus – Cattle Producers Need Operational Certainty
The Food Institute Focus – Dropping Temps in Northwest Hurt Apricot Growers
Food Institute Focus – Food Industry Gives Back
As the conclusion of The Food Institute Report‘s Women’s History series, we are spotlighting the three female executives who were recently honored as the recipients of Specialty Food Association’s (SFA) eighth annual Leadership Awards. The …
Ten years ago, CBD-, plant-, and cell-based variations on food were more science fiction than real products on actual shelves. Online ordering was in its infancy as a market force. And while private labels existed, …
