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From Farm to Shelf – COVID’s Impact on Global Supply Chains
In 2020, just before the pandemic hit, Bennett Jones Agribusiness, Food and Beverage practice group wrote about trends in agribusiness, namely AgTech, ESG and Export and Trade. After two years, the Bennett Jones Agribusiness...more
In recent years, consumers have expressed a growing interest in knowing where their food comes from and in sourcing that food directly from the producer. This style of marketing – popularly coined “farm-to-table” or...more
Grimmway Farms’ President & CEO Jeff Huckaby joins Stoel Rives agribusiness partner Adam Dittman to discuss Grimmway Farms and its rise to becoming a global produce leader and the world’s largest producer of carrots. The two...more
In this episode, host Jonathan Havens speaks with Kermit Nash, both of whom are co-chairs of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s Food, Beverage and Agribusiness (FBA) Practice, about how the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the...more
While drone deliveries have been tested for medical supplies, e-commerce/package delivery, and even pizza right from the oven, there are other, seemingly endless possibilities for delivery by drone. Recently, Reliable...more
On September 23, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a proposed rule to establish additional traceability recordkeeping requirements for companies that manufacture, process, pack, or hold certain high-risk...more
For the first time, FDA entered into a consent decree against a firm or grower for violations of the Produce Safety Rule. For the first time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has entered into consent decree of...more
In Washington: Sens. Ben Cardin (R-MD) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) led a letter from a group of 31 senators calling on Senate leadership to include an international response to COVID-19 in the next coronavirus package....more
Leaders of Small Business Committee Reach Consensus on Bill to Extend PPP Loan Deadline, Senate Fails to Clear Measure by Unanimous Consent as Phase 4 Negotiations Likely to Dominate June - Bipartisan leaders of the Senate...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected communities worldwide in a swift, unprecedented, and unpredictable manner. Many businesses have been financially affected, and America’s farming community is no exception to the financial...more
The European Commission (EC) on May 4 announced the adoption of exceptional derogations from EU competition rules to allow certain types of cooperation in the following sectors: milk and milk products, potatoes, and live...more
All is not coming up aces for Masa Son and his faltering SoftBank empire, which warned investors on Monday of a coming $16.7 billion loss to its landmark Vision Fund, the tech-focused venture that’s been hammered by “the...more
The pandemic is bringing rivals Apple and Google together in an effort to develop a system for “tracking through Bluetooth technology the contacts of those who have tested positive for COVID-19, a method the tech giants...more
FDA Warning Letters Provide Opportunity for Food-Safety Reminders During Viral and Bacterial Outbreaks - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent warning letters to Jimmy John’s Franchise, LLC and its supplier...more
Restaurant owners may be wondering how the FDA’s new produce safety regulations affect them. Through these new regulations, the FDA has attempted to tackle the growing number of outbreaks involving produce traditionally...more
Growing investment in technology (AgTech) and innovation, Environment, Sustainability and Governance (ESG) and Export and Trade are three of the big trends coming out of Canada's Agriculture Summit held in Calgary recently....more
Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 2 (January 23, 2020)- United States President Donald Trump announced in December 2019 that a trade deal with China would require approximately three phases. On Jan. 15 President...more
U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators are “laying the groundwork for a delay of a fresh round of tariffs set to kick in on Dec. 15” as the countries continue to work through how a Chinese promise to make huge ag purchases from...more
Google announced late Tuesday that co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are “stepping down from executive roles at Google’s parent company, Alphabet.” Google CEO Sundar Pichai will now helm both operations, while Page and...more
The year-long trade conflict between the U.S. and China has caused a number of economic casualties. North American farmers have struggled, as they watched their primary market for soy and pork disappear,...more
The US has blacklisted 28 Chinese companies—mostly in the tech sector—over China’s “campaign targeting Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities in the autonomous region of Xingjiang,” a move that’s drawn both...more
There is no dispute as to the national importance of agriculture. Over many decades, agriculture has been synonymous with “settlement,” “pioneering,” and “Zionism.” Jewish immigrants arrived from all corners of the diaspora,...more
On Tuesday, October 23, 2018, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important opinion reviving a decade-old Alien Tort Claims Act (ATS) suit based on alleged aiding and abetting slave labor in cocoa farms on the Ivory...more
Last Friday, China announced a second round of American products that could be subject to retaliatory tariffs between 10 to 25 percent. 1/ The proposed list would target $60 billion worth of additional United States...more
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch discussed White House proposed aid to farmers. Reuters discussed impact of drought in Europe. Real Agriculture reported on EU court ruling on new biotech techniques....more