University Of Iowa Chef Wins 2013 Iowa Pork Taste Of Elegance Contest

The executive chef for housing and dining at the University of Iowa in Iowa City captured top honors at the Iowa Pork Producers Association's 2013 Iowa Pork Taste of Elegance competition in Des Moines.

Butterball Named NC Exporter Of The Year

The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services named Garner-based Butterball as the 2013 N.C. Exporter of the Year.

Hartley Ranch Angus Beef First Customer Of Northern Beef Packers

Hartley Ranch Angus Beef, LLC of Austin, Texas is the first customer of Northern Beef Packers, LP and will purchase 66% of its boxed beef production.

Tyson Foods Honored With Edward C. Jones Community Service Award

February 1, 2013 American Meat Institute

Tyson Foods today was awarded the American Meat Institute’s (AMI) Edward C. Jones Community Service Award during the 2013 AMI International Production & Processing Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia. The award is named in honor of former AMI Board member, the late Edward C. Jones of Jones Dairy Farm, in Ft. Atkinson, Wis., who was a model of community service.

The Failure Of Tesco's Fresh & Easy: Diverse Voices & 'Déjà Vu All Over Again'

Our piece, "Twenty Lessons Learned From Tesco’s Fresh & Easy Failure," brought many responses. Edna St. Vincent Millay was among the first women to receive the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. She advised that “It is not true that life is one damn thing after another. It's the same damn thing over and over.” Which is pretty much what seems to have happened here.