by Jacqueline Kochak | Sep 24, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Emergency Response, Employee Safety, Food Safety, Public Health, Tariffs, Terrorism, The Future
Complacency breeds peril: The world changed for everyone on 9/11, including for farmers. Bob Norton says farmers must not replace due diligence with a belief that the federal or state government will stop all adversaries, since no agency has the resources and work...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Jun 29, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Water Safety
Some gravitate to Oregon: When an Oregon valley famed for its wine heats up under the afternoon sun, Pacific Ocean winds rush through a dip in the mountains, cooling the grapes in Jeff Havlin’s vineyards. The Van Duzer Corridor, the lowest point in...
by Jacqueline Kochak | May 11, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Food Security, Terrorism, Water Safety, Weird Stuff
But power costs are a problem: There’s a budding industry that’s trying to solve the problem of the limp lettuce and tasteless tomatoes in America’s supermarkets. It’s full of technologists who grow crops in buildings instead of outdoors,...