by Jacqueline Kochak | Jan 7, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Food Fraud, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Threat Intelligence
This machine eliminates supermarket mass production: The Wilkinson Baking Co. of Walla Walla, Wash., has created the BreadBot, a machine that makes bread from scratch, with a fresh loaf coming out every six minutes. Designed for grocery stores, the machine yields a...
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 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 | May 18, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Food Safety, Food Security, Food Technology, Public Health, Terrorism, The Future, Threat Intelligence
Some fear wine-making region is victim of its own success: A growing coalition of wine-industry veterans and longtime residents fear that California’s Napa Valley, famed for its vineyards and wineries, has become a victim of its own success, pointing to the...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Feb 6, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Public Health, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence
By Robert Norton ISIS agent worked for British food company: ISIS has been interested in targeting the food supply for many years and has actually experimented with poisons on several very unfortunate human victims. The terrorist group’s efforts had not matured to the...