 Press
Center
If you are
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please contact Jim Fallon at 816.880.0204, or jim.fallon@foodintegrity.org
Consumer Survey:
Rising Cost of Food Rates High on List of Consumer Concerns
INDIANAPOLIS (Oct.
9, 2008) - When Darla Leatherman shops for groceries
these days, she sometimes stops and asks herself, "How did the
bill get so high?" She's not alone. New research shows the rising
cost of food is among the three greatest consumer concerns in
the United States today.
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to read more]
Click
here for a Summary of CFI’s 2008 Consumer Trust Survey Results
Consumer Survey:
Food System Practices Must Reflect Community Values
Research
showing technical expertise trails ethical considerations on food
safety issues to be discussed at Center for Food Integrity 2008
Food System Summit
Kansas City, Mo
(Sept. 30, 2008) -
Shared values are five times more important than technical know-how
when building consumer trust in the food system’s commitment
to ensuring food safety. The finding is contained in the Center
for Food Integrity’s (CFI) new Consumer Trust Survey.
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to read more]
Officials to Discuss
Workable Solutions on Animal Handling Practices
Colorado experience
to be highlighted at Center for Food Integrity 2008 Food System
Summit
Kansas City, Mo
(Sept. 18, 2008)
- When food animal handling practices came under fire in Colorado
a coalition of livestock groups came together for a solution.
The group helped form state legislation that would allow producers
to address the issue in a workable timeframe and avoid a ballot
issue to mandate change. [Click
to read more]
Consumers Demand
Industry Commitment on Food Safety
Produce
Marketing Association official to discuss changing consumer expectations
at CFI 2008 Food System Summit
Kansas City, Mo
(Sept. 11, 2008) --
The recent food scare involving tomatoes probably cost the industry
$140 million according to an official with the Produce Marketing
Association (PMA).
[Click
here to read more]
Restaurant Chain
Official Discusses Pioneering Food Safety Efforts
Jack in the Box’s Darren Blass offers insight on how
his company survived 1993 crisis
Kansas City, Mo
(Sept. 3, 2008)
-- Jack in the Box is recognized as having one of the most comprehensive
food safety programs in the industry after bouncing back from
the 1993 incident that threatened the company’s future.
[Click
here to read more] (Click here to download audio:
Darren Blass)
Food System Leaders
to Address Sustainability at 2008 Food Industry Summit
Wal-Mart,
Bon Appétit officials to discuss how they balance ethics,
science and economics
Kansas City, Mo
(Aug. 27, 2008) -- Jack Sinclair, executive vice president
of the grocery division for Wal-Mart, and Fedele Bauccio, co-founder
and chief executive officer of Bon Appétit Management Company
(BAMCO), will provide their views on sustainability and other
food system issues during keynote presentations at the Center
for Food Integrity (CFI) 2008 Food System Summit.
[Click
to read more] (Click to download audio: Jack
Sinclair | Fedele
Bauccio)
New
Survey: U.S. Consumers More Concerned about Food Safety than War
in Iraq or Climate Change
Consumer Trust Survey results to be released at the
Center for Food Integrity 2008 Food System Summit
Kansas City, Mo
(Aug. 20, 2008) -- U.S. consumers are more concerned
about the safety of the food they eat than they are the war in
Iraq or global warming according to a new study. The finding is
contained in the Center for Food Integrity’s (CFI) annual
Consumer Trust Survey. [Click
to read more]
Top
U.S. Food Safety Official to Address Consumer Concerns and Prevention
Methods at Food System Summit. FDA’s Acheson says rapid
distribution systems and imported foods need more attention.
Kansas City, Mo
(Aug. 6, 2008) -- It’s understandable that consumer
confidence in the food system has taken a hit in recent years
according to the Associate Commissioner of Foods at the United
States Food and Drug Administration. “Consumers have seen
large outbreaks and they question what’s going on,”
said Dr. David Acheson, a speaker at the upcoming Center for Food
Integrity Food System Summit. “But if you look at the total
number of cases of foodborne illness, we’re not seeing a
dramatic increase.” . [Click
here to download his remarks].
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to read more]
Conservation
Group Favors Intensive Agriculture to Meet Growing Global Food
Demand. World Wildlife Fund’s Jason Clay to discuss the
relationship between sustainability and intensive food production
at Center for Food Integrity 2008 Food System Summit
Kansas City, Mo
(July 29, 2008) -- Farming and ranching occupy over half
the habitable land on the planet. Simply expanding agriculture
to feed a growing population that eats increasing amounts of animal
protein is not a viable option according to Jason Clay of the
World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the featured speakers at the
upcoming Center for Food Integrity 2008 Food System Summit. [Click
here to download his remarks].
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to read more]
The food Industry
should plan on continued high energy costs says Kevin Lindemer
of Global Insight’s energy group. Lindemer will discuss
future role of renewable fuels at CFI Summit
Kansas City, Mo
(July 22, 2008) - Energy costs for producing food are
up 150 percent in the last four years and transportation now accounts
for 20-cents of every food dollar. What lies ahead will be the
focus of an internationally-recognized expert on the oil industry
at the upcoming Center for Food Integrity (CFI) Summit. [Click
here to download his remarks].
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Nationally-known
immigration advocate Tamar Jacoby will examine why past efforts
have failed and what is needed to ensure a stable, legal workforce
in the future
Kansas
City, Mo (July 15, 2008) - Without a strong constituency
of ordinary Americans who vote, this country will never see better
immigration law according to a veteran of the immigration reform
wars in Washington, D.C. The issue will be discussed in-depth
by panelists at the upcoming Center for Food Integrity 2008 Food
Systems Summit in Indianapolis. [Click here
to download her remarks].
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to read more]
Jocie Antonelli
to discuss school’s in-depth investigation of the ethical,
scientific and economic aspects of egg production systems
Kansas City, Mo
(July 8, 2008) - A group of students brought their concerns
about caged-hen egg systems to Jocie Antonelli, manager of nutrition
and safety at the University of Notre Dame. The students requested
that the school begin serving only cage-free eggs. [Click
to download her remarks here]
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Wal-Mart, Bon
Appétit to Headline 2008 Food Industry Summit
- We are pleased
to announce that Jack Sinclair, executive vice president of the
grocery division for Wal-Mart Stores Division, and Fedele Bauccio,
co-founder and chief executive officer of Bon Appétit,
will provide keynote addresses at CFI’s 2008 Food Industry
Summit, scheduled for October 8 – 9 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
[Click
to read more]
Center for Food
Integrity 2008 Food Industry Summit – Balancing for Success
Kansas City, Mo
(June 18, 2008) – Food and energy prices are soaring,
consumer interest in sustainability is at an all time high and
there are increasing questions about food safety and production
practices.
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to read more]
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