Format: Commentary / Subject Term: food industry / Within Last x Years: within 5 Years

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Southwood, Andrew (author)
Format:: Commentary
Publication Date:: 2020-07-15
Published:: USA: Farm Journal Media
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11762
Journal Title:: Packer
Notes:: Online from publisher. 2 pages., Author suggests that while many in the produce industry use "sustainability" and "stewardship" as interchangeable terms,they are not. "True sustainability is a mindset that is international in its approach, purposeful in the value it adds to all stakeholders, resource-optimized for operations, circular in thinking, supply chain resilient, ecologically friendly and culturally attuned."

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Commentary
Publication Date:: 2019-05-20
Published:: USA: DairyBusiness, LLC
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 30 Document Number: D10556
Notes:: 3 pages., via website, DairyBusiness., Those within the food system wring their hands about the decreasing influence of science, often blaming consumers for our “post-truth” society. But, there is another reason for the decline of trust in science, according to The Center for Food Integrity (CFI) – one less comfortable to talk about, especially for those who conduct and sponsor research.

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Gale, Wayne (author / Chair, American Seed Trade Association)
Format:: Commentary
Publication Date:: 2019-06-18
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11041
Notes:: The June 7, 2019 commentary by Barber in the New York Times was retrieved online at: https://seedfreedom.info/opinion-save-our-food-free-the-seed. It is filed with this document., Online via seedworld.com. 3 pages., Response to an opinion piece in the New York Times by celebrity chef Dan Barber. Barber reported on visiting a 24,000-acre farm in North Dakota and observing the large scale of operations. He concluded: "We should be alarmed by the current architects." In this commentary author Gale offered a differing view of the changes in plant breeding and the seed industry over the past 100-plus years - and what they mean for the future.

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Woodall, Colin (author / Chief Executive Officer, National Cattlemen's Beef Association)
Format:: Commentary
Publication Date:: 2019-09-26
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11004
Notes:: 3 pages., National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Centennial Colorado., Commentary on messaging being used by interest groups to pit beef producers against one another.

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Nickle, Ashley (author)
Format:: Commentary
Publication Date:: 2021-01
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12157
Journal Title:: Packer
Notes:: Online from publication. 7 pages., Author identifies 10 LinkedIn sources of "great information and perspective" about produce in 2021.

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: O'Brien, Mike (author)
Format:: Commentary
Publication Date:: 2020-09-14
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12019
Journal Title:: Produce Market Guide
Notes:: Online from periodical. 3 pages., Author described the responsibilities and importance of the produce manager/specialist. "These hardworking individuals live in two worlds; they have one foot in the stores and one foot in the corporate office." Emphasized the need for communications leadership among the teams with whom they work.

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Sowder, Amy (author)
Format:: Commentary
Publication Date:: 2020-10-09
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D11966
Journal Title:: Packer
Notes:: Online from publication. 2 pages., Author notes how, in the food marketing complex, diversification can help a business survive in this changing industry.

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