Hormel Removes Ractopamine From Its Hog Supply

The company is joining the likes of JBS and Tyson Foods Inc. by eliminating ractopamine from its supply chain.

Mushy steamed veggies and mystery meat are a thing of the past at the Holmen School District in Holmen, Wisc. That’s happening in part because times and nutritional standards have changed, but mainly because the students in the high school’s FFA program play a huge part in supplying the proteins, vegetables and fruits to the district’s cafeterias.

Around the country, local butchers are regaining a foothold by offering restaurants alongside whole-animal butchery, according to a Civil Eats article.

Food waste adds to the world’s greenhouse gas emissions because rotting waste gives off methane, a greenhouse gas 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide. One company has an innovative solution: It takes food waste and turns it into a natural sweetener, writes Gina-Marie Cheeseman in a Triple Pundit article.

A recent study, Grocery Store Density and Food Waste, shows that a handful of American cities do not have the ideal density of grocery stores and could reduce regional food waste significantly by adding more, according to a Modern Farmer article.