Alice Swift on LinkedIn: 📝 My October note to members focusses on the importance of capturing… (2024)

It's been a progressive year for Aramark in building our commitments to purchasing with local/regional farmers with The Common Market, as highlighted in their recent blog on forward commitments to growers. Over the Summer, a team of Aramark chefs and district managers met with The Common Market Southeast to develop a plan for purchase commitments for the 2023-2024 academic year. These forward commitments support both the farmers in having a consistent, predictable market and support our chefs in being able to connect more directly with growers. From Tianna Rose Neal, owner of Starlit Roots: "I encourage new partners to stay committed to that ideal, of buying locally, and understand how much a forward commitment helps sustain the food system, and sustains natural resources. We don’t have to transport food from miles away when it is being grown and distributed right here—all local farmers need are the commitments and the resources to do so".Read more on The Common Market's blog: https://lnkd.in/d8Em997F

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Have you ever wondered, what is CDPEC?What is Dairy Judging?Is this just like Napoleon Dynamite?Does milk really taste like onions? 🥛 In this next series of posts, we’re chatting with former contestants and officials 🎖 of the Collegiate Dairy Products Evaluation Contest to see how tasting (and spitting out 😅) dairy products has impacted their careers in not just the Dairy Industry, but the Food Industry as a whole. Who’s ready to tag along on this journey? 🐄 🧀 🥛 #CDPEC #DairyJudging #FoodIndustryCareer #ProfessionalDevelopment.

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The Great Lakes Midwest USDA Regional Food Business Center, the new USDA Regional Food Business Centers, will support a more resilient, diverse, and competitive food system.The center will use a partnership of network coordinators to support more robust, more equitable local and regional food systems by further developing assets:🔸 Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems🔸 NWI Food Council🔸 Chicago Food Policy Action Council🔸 Menominee Indian Tribe Department of Agriculture and Food Systems🔸 Food Finance Institute of the University of WisconsinThrough the Great Lakes Midwest USDA Regional Food Business Center, $10M will be distributed to farmers, food business owners and technical assistance providers.https://lnkd.in/d6Af9vFu

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𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗲𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲.Ever wondered about the shelf life of minced pork, especially when it's infused with vegetables? 🤔 In DMRI Predict, we've been crunching the numbers to understand the mathematical models predicting the shelf life of minced pork – a fascinating journey into the world of food science! 📊 Our experiments at DTI (Danish Technical Institute) have revealed new insights. When vegetables are added into the meat, the shelf life takes an interesting turn. There’s no noticeable difference right after production. However, fast forward a week,the bacterial growth in the meat with added vegetables is significantly higher than in the traditional minced pork without vegetables.The experiments showed that the proportion of vegetables plays a crucial role. The higher the vegetable content, the faster microbial growth – resulting in a shorter shelf life compared to packages containing only minced pork.🔗 Dive deeper into our research and findings in this space by checking out our latest project on predictive food safety at (in Danish): https://lnkd.in/dzvU6wFG🧪🔬 Join us in exploring the complicated dynamics of hybrid food products and their implications on food safety!#foodscience #predictivemodels #foodsafety

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College kids control the future of food scienceOr at least the ones from these universitiesA top 5 list for you today 🎖 Food Science programs across the states These programs seem to stand out 😲 across the various lists and message boardsand a few fun facts to boot 🎓#foodscience #mascots #nobias

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For more than 165 years, @Anheuser-Busch has proudly supported American farmers.As the nation’s leadingbrewer, we spend $700 million every year purchasing the highest-qualityingredients from farms in the U.S.Today, we’re taking this commitment to the next level as the first company to bring U.S. Farmed certified products to shelves across the country. Led by @AmericanFarmlandTrust, the new U.S. Farmed certification is a CPG industry wide effort to strengthen #agriculture and support American farmers.This certification is a reminder that when you choose A-B beer, you choose aproduct that’s grown, made, and enjoyed in the USA.American farmers are the backbone of our country and crucial partners in bringing our iconic beers to life – and we’ll continue to support them for generations to come because #ThatsWhoWeAre.Eligible companies: Join the effort to contribute to the economic strength of U.S. agriculture.Consumers:#ChooseBeerGrownHere to cheers to our growers!

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Great books about Food Systems to read this winter 👌🏼 Courtesy of #Foodtank

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A total of $20 million over the next five years will be funneled through the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems to help farms and food businesses in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin access new markets and navigate federal, state and local resources.

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Happy Eat Local Challenge! Did you know that through our Farm to Fork program, we aim to purchase 20% of our food from small, owner-operated farms and ranches within 150 miles of our kitchens. (Small meaning under $5 million in sales when they first join our program!)Since it's inception, we have expanded this to include mid-sized producers of meat, poultry and eggs, dairy, and cheese. They must be owner-operated, within 500 miles of our kitchens, and produced under stringent third-party humane certifications.We’ve discovered the best way to achieve our goals of sourcing 20% of our food locally is to take a holistic approach to creating “foodsheds.”What is a foodshed? A diverse regional network of farmer and artisan suppliers that benefit from long-term purchasing dollars. More than just buying seasonal products here and there, many of our teams now work with producers to intentionally plan product purchases over a particular season or period of time. Read more about our groundbreaking (pun intended!) local purchasing commitment: https://lnkd.in/g9pxFSk2

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I am pleased to see this important review article published. My colleagues, Michelle Segovia and Damilola Giwa-Daramola, and I present one of the most comprehensive studies to date examining research on cognitive biases and behavioral economics to the challenge food safety problems and foodborne illness outbreaks. We find that most studies are conducted at the consumer side of the food system, with few studies examining the potential problems that can arise in the production and processing of food.This means there is a lot of potential and necessary work that needs to be done. #behavioraleconomics #foodsafety #mizzou https://lnkd.in/ggWCedYM

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