by Jacqueline Kochak | Feb 22, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Border Security, China, Environment
Personal freedom is eroding: China is rapidly moving backwards to the old days/old ways of Mao Zedong. Personal freedom is being eroded at a remarkable rate, which will have profound effects on companies wishing to do business with the nation. Companies will be...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Feb 21, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Fraud, Food Safety, Food Security, Food Technology, Humanitarian Crises, Privacy, Tariffs, Terrorism
Insects in rapid decline: Nearly half of all insect species worldwide are in rapid decline and a third could disappear altogether, according to a study warning of dire consequences for crop pollination and natural food chains. The recent decline in bugs that fly,...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Feb 20, 2019 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, The Future, Threat Intelligence, Water Safety
Latest case involves strawberries from Mexico: Commercial food and agriculture are increasingly encountering problems when illegal substances are being co-mingled with food shipments. This problem will have to be addressed, or eventually food corporations will...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Feb 19, 2019 | Bobs Blog, China, Cyber Security, Emergency Response
The continuing dangers of terrorism: The end of ISIS as we know it is drawing near, as the military noose tightens around the last remaining vestiges of the fighters that once terrorized large swaths of Iraq and Syria. This is siege warfare at its purest and most...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Feb 15, 2019 | Bobs Blog
Food and ag could be future targets: New drone-related technologies are emerging, including the potential for adversaries using “Swarms,” meaning large numbers of coordinated drones. China and Russia are heavily investing research dollars into this potential...