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Girl Scouts of the USA's 'Patch Pals' cookies for dogs, Aug. 19, 2026.
Consumer Trends
Girl Scouts to Begin Selling Cookies for Dogs
The blueberry muffin-flavored cookies were developed with dog treat and toy seller Bark.
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Kelp shown underwater, May 1, 2025, Channel Islands, Calif.
Facility
Plans for the Country's Biggest Kelp Farm Move Forward
The project aims to boost soil and plant health in California’s avocado farms and strawberry fields.
September 10, 2026
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Supply Chain
U.S. Banning Dairy Products, Most Alcohol From Canada
The new limits include various Canadian wines and spirits.
September 9, 2026
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Ingredients
Italian Pasta Giant to Acquire Mac and Cheese Brand Goodles
The California boxed macaroni and cheese company hit retail shelves just over four years ago.
September 9, 2026
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Safety
Cyclospora Outbreak Followed Years of Declining FDA Foreign Inspections
Inspections of foreign food sites are down nearly 35% since 2019.
September 8, 2026
Brent Williams pets an ostrich at Alpha Roost Farms in Danville, Ky., Aug. 18, 2026.
Ingredients
Ostrich Farms Aim for Growth Amid Rise in Red Meat Allergies
The flightless bird’s meat, red in color and high in iron, has a look and taste similar to beef.
September 8, 2026
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Deadly THC Explosion; SpaceX's Big Salvage Job; PBR Heist | Today in Manufacturing Ep. 284
September 7, 2026
Bryce Black inspects strands of wheat at his farm in Beloit, Kan., July 29, 2026.
Farmers Turn to Perennial Grains as One Solution to Extreme Weather
September 4, 2026
A pint of Guinness beer is poured on St. Patrick's Day on March 17, 2023, in Bellows Falls, Vt.
Police Looking for $155K Worth of Stolen Guinness Stout
September 4, 2026
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Kraft Heinz to Invest $30M in Indiana Plant
September 3, 2026
Fisherman Federico Zago poses next to a trap containing blue crabs at his fishing cabin over the Scardovari Lagoon in Italy's Po River Delta, Aug. 21, 2026.
Reviled at Home, Italy Begins Exporting Invasive Blue Crabs
September 2, 2026
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Chobani Announces $1.2B Pennsylvania Dairy Plant
September 1, 2026
Austin Benes has joined BinMaster as senior vice president of sales.
BinMaster Sensors and Technologies Taps Austin Benes as Senior Vice President of Sales
September 1, 2026
Crust-less sandwiches from Smucker's and Trader Joe's are displayed in Detroit, Oct. 15, 2025.
Smucker's Frozen PB&J Lawsuit Against Trader Joe's Allowed to Proceed
September 1, 2026
A pineapple grows on Djoda Farm in Matourkou, Burkina Faso, May 7, 2026.
Can Pineapples Thrive in Africa's Sahel?
September 1, 2026
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40,000 Pounds of Beer Swiped From California Distribution Center
August 31, 2026
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How Does Salmonella Contaminate Everything Under the Sun?
August 31, 2026
This cookie is made using waste plant materials and plastic and could feed humans everywhere from submarines to spaceships.
This Cookie Is Made from Plastic Bottles
August 28, 2026
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How to Stay Competitive as a Premix Processor
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How to Stay Competitive as a Premix Processor
The key to delivering consistent, reliable premix products while simultaneously helping your team meet the industry’s stringent sanitization standards.
August 27, 2026
An Apple employee watches a machine in a learning lab at Apple's Advanced Manufacturing Center, Houston, Aug. 13, 2026.
Consumer Trends
Wholesale Prices Rise in Latest Sign of Stubborn Inflation
The Labor Department’s producer price index rose 5.4% last month.
September 10, 2026
A statute of CĂ©sar Chavez in Cesar Chavez Park, Laveen, Ariz., March 18, 2026.
Labor
Former Volunteer Sues CĂ©sar Chavez Nonprofits
The complaint names the CĂ©sar Chavez Foundation and the United Farm Workers Foundation as defendants.
September 10, 2026
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Security Breach: Shadow AI Is Amplifying OT Threats
Well-intended but poorly executed AI use is putting more companies, employees and supply chains at risk.
September 9, 2026
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Facility
Shadow AI’s Potential Risk to Food Manufacturing
AI adoption is ahead of and going beyond what leadership approved.
September 9, 2026
Neal Flanagan, right, a research scientist at Duke University, uses a tool to take a soil sample from a peatland as Curt Richardson, an ecology professor at Duke, observes, May 6, 2026, Belhaven, N.C.
Facility
In North Carolina, a Race Is on to Restore Critical Peatland
Ditches dug decades ago for an abandoned farming venture drained much of its water.
September 9, 2026
Joel Petersen carries a net of whitefish aboard a boat near Leland, Mich., 2025.
Supply Chain
With No Time to Spare, Michigan Hatches a Whitefish Rescue Plan
Zebra and quagga mussels from Europe have steadily eradicated whitefish from the lower Great Lakes.
September 9, 2026
Tyler Gruen Jeremy De Coste Stacking Packages
Safety
5S Lean Solutions in Food Processing: 5 Steps to Audit Readiness
The standard for compliance has been elevated from reactive cleanliness to proactive hazard prevention.
September 9, 2026
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Products
Time-Temperature Monitoring Device
This indicator offers universal visual assurance, compliance and profit protection.
September 9, 2026
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Ingredients
AI Model Identifies Hundreds of Promising Plant Proteins
The discovery brings the next generation of plant-based foods closer.
September 9, 2026
Hose-Pull can move across various types of surfaces, reducing ground friction to ease movements and physical stress.
Products
Hose-Pull Designed to Improve Mobility of Large Hoses, Pipes
Omnidirectional wheels are made of 12 overmolded olive-shaped components integrated into a polymer rim.
September 8, 2026
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Packaging
Meritus Gas Partners Acquires Colorado, Arizona Companies
The addition in suburban Phoenix will expand Meritus into a critical advanced manufacturing market.
September 8, 2026
Students who fell ill, allegedly due to food poisoning after consuming free meals at their school, receive medical treatment at a hospital in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, Sept. 2, 2026.
Safety
Nearly 2,000 Fall Ill in Food Poisoning Linked to School Meals Program
The latest incidents add to a growing number of food poisoning cases linked to the program.
September 8, 2026
Workers assemble fuel-efficient cookstoves at BURN, a manufacturer of clean cooking appliances, Kiambu, Kenya, July 31, 2026.
Consumer Trends
Carbon Credit Financing the Biggest Bet for Expanding Clean Cooking
Nearly 1 billion Africans still rely on charcoal or firewood for everyday cooking.
September 8, 2026
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Ingredients
Green, Efficient Maize Varieties Could Raise Yields While Reducing Nitrogen Losses
Breeding higher-yielding maize is no longer sufficient on its own.
September 8, 2026