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Bud Light – Foul Play!
Bud Light fouled consumers and corn farmers with their Super Bowl LIII commercials. Wielding corn syrup as the knife to cut down the competition confused and misled consumers by engaging in a fear-based marketing ploy.
Food Ingredients
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The Year in Food News: What To Know Before 2019
Trade disputes. Scientific debates. Food safety. Plenty of newsworthy food-related topics have made major headlines this year. Let’s look back and see where some of them stand before we enter 2019.
Agricultural Technology, Food Production, Food Regulations and Policy, Food Trade
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You Are What You Eat!
By following a healthy diet, chronic inflammation can be reduced by up to 50%.
Diet, Food Ingredients, Health
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The (Potential) Power of CBD
CBD may reduce stress, anxiety, and inflammation, and is a promising therapeutic agent in the battle against epilepsy, cancer, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
Food Ingredients, Health
California Megafires and the Effects on Agriculture
Wildfires are devastating, not only to the families whose homes are demolished but also to the land and farmers supplying our fruits, vegetables, wine grapes and cattle for dairy and meat production.
Animal Welfare and Health, Food Production, Soil and Crop Management
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Healthy Sugar? The Sweet Taste of Tagatose
Sugar can be addictive and bad for your health. What if there was a healthier option?
Food Ingredients, Future of Food
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What’s in a name? In this case, quite a bit.
Cell-based meat, an innovative protein, is being accepted as a viable component of a healthy, robust protein source. But what should we call it?
Food Production, Food Technology, Future of Food
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‘This One Here Is Gonna Kick My Butt’—Farm Belt Bankruptcies Are Soaring
Trade disputes over agriculture add pain to low commodity prices that have been grinding down American farmers for years.
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Interstate hemp commerce under fire despite Farm Bill assurances
Hemp entrepreneurs are facing jail time and hefty legal fees for transporting the plant across state lines, despite a federal guarantee that states can’t block legal hemp transport.
Soil and Crop Management
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An Open Letter to Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez From a Kansas Rancher
You don’t know me from Adam but I’ve been following your actions for several months now; both leading up to the election and, now that you’ve taken office, even more so.
Soil and Crop Management
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Consultant’s Corner: The Impact on Ag from the Trade War
The ongoing trade war begun with China last summer has prompted interested parties in the U.S. agricultural sector to question the impact this has already had on the U.S. and global agriculture sector and the implications for the future.