Food + Business
The Shutdown Notebook cover
Instagram Live Q&A with Gavin Kaysen: Marking one year since The Shutdown Notebook
The Shutdown Notebook cover
03.08.2021
by The Counter
Volunteer stacks USDA Farmers to Families Food Boxes to the edge of a semi truck for distribution at the Athens County Fairgrounds in Athens, Ohio on December 19, 2020.
An Oklahoma man made people attend a “ghost story” (read: sermon) before getting USDA food boxes. Then he let them take up to 30 at a time.
Volunteer stacks USDA Farmers to Families Food Boxes to the edge of a semi truck for distribution at the Athens County Fairgrounds in Athens, Ohio on December 19, 2020.
03.04.2021
by Jessica Fu + H. Claire Brown
Aerial photography of Yangshan deep water port terminal ships for lifting operations, including many of the world's container ships carrying the exhibits for the third China International Fair. Shanghai, China, October 25, 2020
Pandemic “doom shopping” is clogging up shipping ports. That means a lot of food destined for export is getting stuck.
Aerial photography of Yangshan deep water port terminal ships for lifting operations, including many of the world's container ships carrying the exhibits for the third China International Fair. Shanghai, China, October 25, 2020
03.02.2021
by Jessica Fu
A customer buys Hostess snacks at a Jewel-Osco grocery store in Chicago, Illinois. February 2021
Why do Coca-Cola, Frito-Lay, and Mars get the best real estate in grocery stores? Because they pay for it.
A customer buys Hostess snacks at a Jewel-Osco grocery store in Chicago, Illinois. February 2021
02.25.2021
by Sam Bloch
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott cropped portrait. Feb. 2021
42 food banks prepare to spend mega gifts from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott cropped portrait. Feb. 2021
02.25.2021
by Ambreen Ali
AUGUST 18: People wear protective face masks at a seafood market in China Town as the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on August 18, 2020 in New York City. The fourth phase allows outdoor arts and entertainment, sporting events without fans and media production. February 2021
The pandemic could change U.S. fisheries forever. Will it be for better or for worse?
AUGUST 18: People wear protective face masks at a seafood market in China Town as the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on August 18, 2020 in New York City. The fourth phase allows outdoor arts and entertainment, sporting events without fans and media production. February 2021
02.18.2021
by Katarina Zimmer
7-day grocery forecast with toilet paper, frozen pizza, and beer on grocery aisle black and white photo. January 2021
Smaller but made to last: Meet grocery store forecasters, who crunch data into visions of a nimbler industry
7-day grocery forecast with toilet paper, frozen pizza, and beer on grocery aisle black and white photo. January 2021
02.17.2021
by Rosamund Lannin
Saveur magazine has turned is going online-only
02.16.2021
by The Counter
A pool of GM salmon at AquaBounty location. February 2021
America’s biggest retailers and foodservice companies have already agreed not to sell GMO salmon
A pool of GM salmon at AquaBounty location. February 2021
02.11.2021
by Sam Bloch