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Recipe for Food Supply-Chain Security

A tale of two production models

Ryan E. Day
Mon, 04/08/2013 - 11:11
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When discussing supply-chain security, what could be more important than the security of our food supply? In view of the fact that we die if we don't eat, I'd say food supply-chain security ranks very high indeed. Unfortunately, the food supply system that has developed across much of the world can only be described as industrial food production (IFP). Recent debacles such as pink slime, meat glue, and horseburgers perfectly demonstrate the frailty and risk presented by the long and convoluted road of the IFP supply chain.

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First, what is industrial food production?

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Submitted by elaineharris on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 11:26

Food Supply Chain Security

Excellent article.  I find many of the articles and editorials in the Quality Digest Daily to be very informative and I'd like to share them.  It's rather frustrating that there is no link to share them on LinkedIn or Twitter.  Quality Digest needs to move into the new communication age!

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Submitted by Ryan E. Day on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 13:46

In reply to Food Supply Chain Security by elaineharris

New communication age

Thanks for the compliment. I couldn't agree more, we're working on transmogrifying into the new millenium.
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Submitted by umberto mario tunesi on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 21:47

A "day" in the life ...

... dear Mr. Day. Italy's "Slow Food" restaurants chain, as opposed to fast food, was somewhat successful, until the end of the past Century. But  industrial people are less and less concerned with food quality: we need to eat, sure, "we want it, and we want it now". No matter what. This says a lot about the relevance that we give to our life quality: we care much more for the car we buy, for how we dress, for where we go for vacation, than for what we'll eat once there. How many and how severe cases are being recorded of tourists been intoxicated by food in foreign Countries? I was born in a small farm, we ate the animals, the vegetables and the fruit we grew - but it took TIME. An apparently simple vegetable soup takes a lot of time to make it ready to eat, from roots to dish: what housewife can nowadays afford the time to do it? Buy it frozen, microwave-heat it and serve it: that's not the rule, but the "shall". Thank you.

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Submitted by Ryan E. Day on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 12:44

In reply to A "day" in the life ... by umberto mario tunesi

Choosing a lifestyle for health and hapiness

Funny you should use the term “slow food.” In the U.S. there actually is an awakening of sorts concerning the quality of food, food production, and life (I cannot speak for where I do not live). There is even a nationwide community called Slow Food USA. Other organizations such as the Weston A. Price Foundation are having great success teaching youngsters and oldsters alike the value of local, organic, sustainably, and humanely raised food. With over 16,000 members, and 450 chapters worldwide, the foundation stresses nutrient dense foods prepared in the old world traditional methods. It appears that many people are questioning the wisdom of choosing large mortgages, after school sports, and 3 cars instead of a long term relationship with their and their children’s health.
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