Coronavirus

Specialty Food Association Pivots to Help Members through COVID-19: No Summer Fancy Food Show for 2020

April 13, 2020 Specialty Food Association

The Specialty Food Association’s (SFA) 66th annual Summer Fancy Food Show scheduled for June 28-30 at the Jacob Javits Center in New York will not take place as planned due to events outside SFA’s control – notably the national and global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including travel restrictions, and the Javits Center’s critical service in fighting the pandemic that impacts the facility’s availability. …

Disaster Relief Playbook Teaches Shared Kitchens How to Feed Thousands Using Donated Food During COVID-19

April 13, 2020 Galley Solutions

PIVOTING a commercial kitchen to feed thousands of elderly, immunocompromised, and other at-risk individuals, largely with donated food, is no small task. One commercial kitchen, the OKC, wanted to share every step of their process so organizations around the country can create an impact in their local communities. …

DMI Outlines Business Plan Shift in Letter to USDA’s Perdue

April 13, 2020 Dairy Management Inc.

Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) leaders outlined a shift in its business plan in a letter to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue that will help farmers weather the growing challenges they face amid the COVID-19 pandemic. …

PMA and iTradeNetwork Announce Partnership to Help Members Establish Trading Partnerships Amidst COVID-19

April 13, 2020 Produce Marketing Association

Produce Marketing Association (PMA) and iTradeNetwork have announced a partnership that will make iTradeNetwork’s newly-created iTradeMarketplace free to PMA members for 6 months. …

Gulf Oystermen are Original Environmentalists Used to Navigating Crisis After Crisis

April 10, 2020 Ed Lallo, Gulf Seafood News

Hurricanes, droughts, flooding and oil spills, the Louisiana Oyster Task Force had thought they had seen it all. The novel coronavirus that is sweeping through the state, the nation and the world is just one more obstacle to overcome and according to Task Force chairman Mitch Jurisich there is little doubt they will. …