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Written by: Michelle Broom, President of the OPMA and Dietician KFC launched a plant-based chicken burger in Toronto this week. There was a line up before they opened and it sold out in just a few hours. While the popularity of this plant-based burger might appear to...Nov 29, 2019 | An Update from Jeff Honey
An Update from Jeffrey Honey, Director of Training & Development, Applying Knowledge – How to use what you already know to Inspect Asian Produce Part 2 of 2 Last month I wrote about “borrowing” information from one commodity to perform an inspection on something...Oct 31, 2019 | An Update from Jeff Honey
An Update from Jeffrey Honey, Director of Training & Development, Applying Knowledge – How to use what you already know to Inspect Asian Produce Part 1 of 2 There has been some talk recently about the ever-increasing amount of Asian produce available in the...Sep 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
When shiitake happens… call Second Harvest. The food system is imperfect: from unsold sandwiches to surplus shiitakes, unexpected surplus and shrink happen across all food categories and at all stages, not just produce. All businesses strive for better efficiencies,...Aug 29, 2019 | An Update from Jeff Honey
An Update from Jeff Honey, Director of Training & Development, Where’s the heat? What a Summer! Hot, cool, rainy, or dry weather is hard on crops. Things do not always grow evenly, so we see things that are small, misshapen, or have growth cracks or fresh...Aug 1, 2019 | Featured Article
Profiting in a Low Margin Industry – Martin Gooch Food loss and waste (FLW), quite rightly, is receiving considerable attention. However, the business case for reducing FLW often gets missed. I view FLW as a visible symptom of underlying inefficiencies and...Aug 1, 2019 | An Update from Jeff Honey
An Update from Jeffrey Honey, Director of Training & Development, Pink Colour and Pink Eye on Potatoes I was asked a question recently about pink colour on potatoes. The person who sent me the photographs was wondering if the inbound load that they were checking...Jun 28, 2019 | An Update from Jeff Honey
An Update from Jeffrey Honey, Director of Training & Development, Using Canada Grade Names in Advertising I recently saw an ad in a weekly flyer with Canada No. 1 grade on an ungraded commodity. I wondered if the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural...Jun 3, 2019 | Featured Article
Embracing Change to Help Reduce Food Waste and Remove Plastics – Andrea Watson With more of our focus turning to protecting our precious environment, the horrific images of plastic overtaking our lakes, oceans and landfills is increasingly concerning. There is a...Jun 3, 2019 | An Update from Jeff Honey
An Update from Jeffrey Honey, Director of Training & Development, Requesting and Submitting a Dump Certificate Written with contributions by Jaime Bustamante, Trading Assistance Manager, DRC You received a shipment of fresh produce, but it is in poor condition....