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3 Ways the U.S. Government Plans to Reform the Food Supply Chain

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The food supply chain is a complex and intricate system that is responsible for getting food from farms to grocery stores. One of the biggest problems facing the food supply chain today is delays. government has announced that it is taking actions to reform the food supply chain. Now, the U.S. Now, the U.S. Next, the U.S.

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How training and tools turned one mother from fruit buyer to fruit seller

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WFP’s livelihood programmes in Ethiopia are helping refugee families help themselves with new agricultural skills Story by Edward Johnson Nyangun’s garden is flourishing. She was given basic gardening tools and seeds in exchange for attending practical and theoretical agriculture classes. Nyangun with one of her tools.

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PepsiCo’s Massive, Complex, and Difficult Greenhouse Gas Initiative

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PepsiCo is a very big company, the second largest food and beverage company in the world. PepsiCo generated $79 billion in net revenue in 2021, with 23 food and beverage brands that generate more than $1 billion each in retail sales. Those brands include Pepsi, of course, but also Lay’s, Quaker, Doritos, Cheetos, and Gatorade.

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Meet Ali’s cash cow, Subha

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Meet Ali’s cash cow, Sabah The Bekaa Valley is the agricultural heartland of Lebanon where many people own cows. One day in spring, a conversation with a local vet about Sabah’s problematic knee resulted in Ali enrolling in a paid course on livestock care. Ali’s cash cow, Sabah. He met his wife there and raised five children there.

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Low cost, high impact?—?World Food Programme (WFP) pioneer recounts his work in Mongolia, a new…

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I’ve been with WFP on and off since 2009 when I joined as a Food Security Analysis Intern in The Gambia. This has an indirect but very real effect on food security and nutrition in the country, and the recurrent nature of the Dzud means vulnerability is chronic among many pastoralist communities. Two boys I met on a field visit.

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Looking Back at the Thanksgiving Supply Chain: How Turkeys Were Delivered to Millions of Americans

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What would Thanksgiving be without any fresh food and turkeys? If there is a special acknowledgement, it should definitely go to the field agents who delivered turkeys and fresh food before that special day. US Department of Agriculture, Aug 31, 2021. – US Department of Agriculture Turkey market news report, Nov 26, 2021.

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Eco-Friendly Packaging + Shipping Materials for Ecommerce Orders

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Yup, corn isn’t just a delightful food to have at a summer BBQ; it’s an eco-friendly ecommerce alternative. Since cornstarch is derived from corn grains, utilizing it a lot can impact human and animal life that rely on corn heavily for their food ecosystems. No worries. The material is bound together by mycelium (i.e.