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 3, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, Tariffs, Terrorism, The Future, Threat Intelligence
Will designer microbes replace fertilizer? In the spring, Indiana farmer Jake Misch will douse his freshly furrowed corn seeds with a liquid probiotic for plants. As the seedlings grow, these special microbes will colonize their roots, forming hairy nodes and...
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...