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A supply chain can look efficient right up until one region, season, or process becomes unavailable. Taylor Farms’ response to the 2026 Cyclospora outbreak offers a timely example of how food companies can rethink that exposure, and how resilience takes more than finding another
Read MoreA worker opens the door to a smoker at Kayem Foods' Chelsea, Massachusetts plant. Photo by Jesse Costa/WBUR. In October 2026, Kayem Foods announced a voluntary recall of approximately 1,584,361 pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products. The company attributed the recall to a malfunction in a cooling system at one of its warehouses, which...
Read MoreIn 2026, Taylor Fresh Foods initiated two significant voluntary recall actions involving different ingredients and different foodborne illness investigations. The August recall involved finished products containing jalapeños potentially linked to a multistate Salmonella outbreak. The July recall involved iceberg lettuce from central Mexico...
Read MoreAdding a drying step can help a farm, food manufacturer, or CPG company turn seasonal ingredients into products with a longer selling window, lower shipping weight, and greater value. But choosing between dehydration and freeze-drying is not simply a question of which process produces the “best”
Read MoreFor a 3-to-5-acre mixed vegetable farm or organic market garden, harvest day is a high-stakes balancing act. You have spent months cultivating the soil, managing weeds, and tending crops through unpredictable weather. Now, your root vegetables: carrots, beets, turnips, and potatoes: are out of the ground. But before they can go to a CSA box,...
Read MoreThe landscape of the Central Valley is changing, and for many California cling peach growers, the view is sobering. As of early 2026, the news has settled into a harsh reality: approximately 420,000 peach trees are being removed across 3,000 acres of prime orchard land. The catalyst? The permanent closure of Del Monte Foods’ iconic Modesto and...
Read MoreIn the world of food processing, the "perfect cut" isn't just about aesthetics: it’s about yield, shelf life, and operational efficiency. Whether you are an American family farm looking to scale into value-added products or a large-scale manufacturer optimizing a CPG line, choosing the right vegetable slicing and dicing equipment is one of the...
Read MoreIf you’ve been tracking the news lately, you know that the "Section 232" buzz is back: and it’s not just for policy wonks in D.C. anymore. On June 1, 2026, a new presidential proclamation hit the books, effectively shifting the landscape for anyone buying agricultural processing
Read MoreIn the world of vegetable farming, there is a traditional "bottleneck" that keeps small family farms from ever truly breaking into the big leagues of wholesale. It isn’t the planting. It isn't even the sales. It’s the harvest. If you’ve ever spent a Tuesday afternoon on your hands and knees in a muddy field, pulling carrots one by one, you know...
Read MoreIf you’ve ever spent a July afternoon hunched over a row of vegetables with a hand hoe, you know exactly what I’m talking about. It’s back-breaking, it’s soul-crushing, and quite frankly, it’s a drain on your farm’s potential. In the world of the American family farm, labor isn't just an expense; it’s the biggest variable that can make or break...
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