by Jacqueline Kochak | Dec 10, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Employee Safety, Food Safety, Food Security, Glyphosate Controversy, Restaurant Security, Tariffs
Moscow may be plotting: The U.S. and its NATO allies have warned that an uptick in Russian submarine activity near undersea fiber optic cables means Moscow may be plotting to disrupt or intercept sensitive or other critical internet communications in the event of a...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Nov 8, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Restaurant Security, The Future, Uncategorized, Weather Emergencies
California voters approve Prop 12: California voters overwhelmingly (by 61 percent) approved a measure Tuesday requiring that all eggs sold in the state come from cage-free hens by 2022. Proposition 12 also bans the sale of pork and veal in California from farm...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Oct 17, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Food Security, Public Health, Restaurant Security, Threat Intelligence, Water Safety
Bees have become big business in California: Bees have become big business in California because they are an essential ingredient in the state’s yearly almond harvest, and three-quarters of America’s domesticated supply is trucked into the state each winter and rented...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Oct 8, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Industry Technology, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, Restaurant Security, Tariffs, The Future, Threat Intelligence, Water Safety
The problem is aging infrastructure: Americans across the country, from rural Appalachia to urban areas like Flint, Mich., or Compton, Calif., are facing a lack of clean, reliable drinking water. At the heart of the problem is a water system in crisis: aging,...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Oct 4, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, Restaurant Security, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence, Weather Emergencies
Robots could conserve water, cut labor costs: Brandon Alexander would like to introduce you to Angus, the farmer of the future. He’s heavyset, weighing in at nearly 1,000 pounds, not to mention a bit slow. But he’s strong enough to hoist 800-pound pallets...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Oct 1, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Emergency Response, Employee Safety, Food Safety, Humanitarian Crises, Public Health, Restaurant Security, Tariffs, Threat Intelligence
Smithfield is reassessing disaster preparedness: The biggest U.S. pork producer is reassessing its disaster preparedness following Hurricane Florence. The pork industry could relocate additional hog farms on floodplains after this month’s hurricane swamped dozens of...
