by Becca Frazier | Sep 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
GM-omato: It’s a plum! It’s a grape! It’s neither! Plant scientists at the John Innes Centre in the UK have developed a purple tomato. That’s right, purple (remember the Heinz purple ketchup of the early 2000s?). The goal of the project was to create a tomato high in...
by Travis Martin | Mar 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
The seaweed is always greener in someone else’s… farm. Different varieties of seaweed and kelp have hit headlines the past few years, and interest is growing. But, interested parties are being entangled in red tape. Soundbite: “We lag behind the rest of the world in...
by Travis Martin | Mar 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
The cooking oil market is sizzling. Soaring food prices, inflation, and war are causing increased protectionism of food around the world, including the latest example: palm oil. Indonesia is the world’s biggest exporter of edible oils, but a new policy dictates 30% of...
by Travis Martin | Jan 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
New estimates of Florida’s orange crop are not so sunshiney: The USDA is predicting the lowest production figures since 1945. The current estimate is 44.5M 90-pound boxes, down 1.5M from last month’s forecast. Consumers may have to keep their...
by Travis Martin | Jan 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
The American squash and cucumber markets might be in a little bit of a pickle, according to a new U.S. International Trade Commission report. Report findings show the domestic market share was sliced, after years of above-average imports of the products from Mexico....
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