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Growing urban greenhouse sector looks to deliver local produce

by Emma Jacobs
Dec 14, 2020
Lufa Farms, a Canadian company, sees rooftop gardening as a way to cut energy costs.
Tomato plants grow in a rooftop greenhouse in New York.
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Turkey company to miss Thanksgiving after fire wipes out inventory

by David Brancaccio , Meredith Garretson , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
Nov 24, 2020
But the loyalty of Greenberg Turkeys' customers has the business hoping for a strong return in 2021.
Greenberg Smoked Turkeys usually gets about 200,000 birds to people each year.
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Feeding America CEO: 'We simply can't do this alone'

by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban
Aug 13, 2020
Claire Babineaux-Fontenot of Feeding America said about 40% of the people the organization is serving have never before relied on the charitable food system.
A food distribution event for people in need of food in New York in July.
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From California to the Midwest, examining the perils of industrial farming and the risk to food

by Tom Philpott
Aug 12, 2020
An excerpt from "Perilous Bounty: The Looming Collapse of American Farming and How We Can Prevent It."
A farmer plows a field in Centreville, Maryland. The primary sources of America's food supply face ecological calamity.
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Bon Appétit editor-in-chief resigns after brownface photo resurfaces

by David Brancaccio , Nova Safo and Alex Schroeder
Jun 9, 2020
Allegations of racial discrimination and pay disparity at the magazine have followed.
The photo of Adam Rapoport and his wife ⁠— which was apparently first posted on Instagram in 2013 ⁠— shows the couple dressed as stereotypes of Puerto Ricans.
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Among essential operations during COVID-19: livestock auctions

by Madelyn Beck
Apr 14, 2020
Those auctions are an important part of the rural economy and the food chain. The people working the auctions are taking safety precautions.
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There's "no need to hoard," grocery store CEO says

by David Brancaccio and Candace Manriquez Wrenn
Mar 20, 2020
"There's plenty of food in the supply chain," said Rodney McMullen, CEO of the supermarket chain Kroger.
Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen explains the supermarket's new emergency leave policy, as well as why shoppers shouldn't panic.
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Businesses step up cleaning to keep new coronavirus at bay

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Mar 6, 2020
"Deep cleaning" companies are in demand.
A utility service worker for King County Metro deep cleans a metro bus on March 3, 2020 in Seattle, Washington.
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Restaurant gift cards are getting more popular as holiday presents

by Justin Ho
Jan 10, 2020
As gift giving has shifted toward experiences and not physical items, restaurant gift cards are getting more popular. And restaurants are catching on.
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Packaged food giants turn to acquisitions, startups, and research to stay relevant

by Renata Sago
Feb 8, 2019
As food giant Conagra reportedly plans layoffs at newly-acquired Pinnacle Foods, a look at what’s keeping the food business fresh.
Pre-packaged bananas are shown for sale at a Fresh & Easy grocery as Tesco PLC, the UK's biggest retailer, officially enters the U.S. market, opening its first six stores in southern California on November 8, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. Tesco is importing its own system of grocery store operations, making heavy use of pre-packaged produce, in contrast to U.S.-based grocery chains, to reduce overhead and refrigeration costs. The Fresh & Easy markets, which are significantly smaller than typical U.S. supermarkets, will use its own truck fleet for single deliveries from a centralized distribution center. The chain will operate from a relatively small $10,000 per square foot, producing more than a projected $200,000 a week, twice that per square foot of typical U.S. food stores .
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