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 13, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Humanitarian Crises, Sustainability, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence
We can think of only one reason: Russian authorities and major internet providers are planning to disconnect the country from the internet as part of a planned experiment, Russian news agency RosBiznesKonsalting (RBK) reported last week. This is significant, as it is...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Dec 18, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Fraud, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Sustainability, Tariffs, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence
Wisconsin loses half its dairy herds: The news out of Wisconsin is discouraging for small to medium-scale dairy farmers and veterinary practices. Increased efficiency (more milk with significantly fewer cows) hasn’t necessarily improved the bottom line for dairy...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Dec 12, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Industry Technology, Food Safety, Food Security, Food Technology, Just Interesting, Terrorism, The Future, Water Safety
This lab is working on it: In the foothills of a mountain in a rural part of Japan northwest of Tokyo, a farm called Toriyama painstakingly breeds and raises cattle to make Wagyu beef–delicately marbled meat that sells for around $100 a pound. In a lab in San...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Nov 30, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Industry Technology, Food Safety, Tariffs, Terrorism, The Future, Threat Intelligence, Water Safety
Illnesses correspond with romaine growing season: FDA has released a list of the California Central Coast counties it has targeted as the potential origin of E. coli-tainted romaine lettuce. Monterey, San Benito, San Lis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz and Ventura...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Nov 26, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Food Security, Glyphosate Controversy, Humanitarian Crises, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence, Water Safety, Weird Stuff
Americans seeking fresher, healthier foods: Significant shifts in U.S. demographics will by necessity cause changes in food marketing and product development. Americans on the whole are looking for fresher, healthier food products. Baby boomers are frequently willing...
