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The Race Against Food Inflation Starts on Rusty Soviet Railway Lines

European leaders are desperately trying to figure out how to get grain out of Ukraine, whose exports are normally bigger than the entire European Union’s.

A gantry crane loads a shipping container filled with corn onto a cargo ship at Yuzhny Port in Yuzhny, Ukraine. Photo: Bloomberg.

Shining a Light on the Value of Dark Stores

“Dark stores” enable deliveries of online orders in 15 minutes or less, enhance operations and inventory management, and elevate the customer experience.

Baby Formula Shortage Shows Risk of U.S. Industry Concentration

Decades of market consolidation in the U.S. have resulted in problems like the one millions of American families are now facing. Four companies — Abbott, Perrigo, Nestle and Mead Johnson — control 90% of the U.S. supply of formula.

A parent prepares baby formula in a bottle. Photo: Getty.

Coffee Shipped by Sailboat Is the Whimsical Way These Companies Are Cutting Emissions

There’s never been a more dreamy way to have your coffee delivered than a sailboat across the Atlantic.

Coffee beans from Colombia. Photo: Getty.

Amazon May Be Proof That Delivery Drones Aren’t Practical

Delivery drones bearing your dinner or prescription have yet to take to the skies over any major city or even suburb. Why is that?

A drone releases a package before landing. Photo: Paul Kagame/ flickr.

Biden Invokes Emergency Powers to Try to Ease Formula Shortage

President Biden invoked emergency powers under the Defense Production Act to try and boost production of baby formula, while ordering the use of government planes for imports to alleviate shortages.

A can of Similac infant formula. Photo: Creative Commons.

Fewer Nuggets, Smaller Salads: Shrinkflation Hits U.S. Restaurants

America’s restaurants are in the same boat as the rest of the country, battling the soaring food and fuel costs that recently helped send U.S. inflation to a 40-year high.

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FDA Announces Steps to Help Boost Baby-Formula Supply

Abbott Laboratories reached a pact with U.S. authorities that would allow it to begin making baby formula again at a troubled plant in Michigan, a move that could help ease a supply shortfall that has rattled many parents.

A can of Similac infant formula. Photo: Creative Commons.

Biden Under Fire for FDA’s Delay in Fixing Baby Formula Shortage

The White House raced Thursday to show it’s trying to ease a national baby formula shortage, as Republicans showered criticism on President Biden for a crisis that has left frantic parents scouring store shelves to feed their children.

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Baby Formula Shortage Sparks Democratic Inquiry, GOP Attack

Democrats are scrambling to address a baby formula shortage, as Republicans add it to their election-year criticisms of the Biden administration.

A parent prepares baby formula in a bottle. Photo: Getty.

Can the World Feed Itself? Historic Fertilizer Crunch Threatens Food Security

For the first time ever, farmers the world over — all at the same time — are testing the limits of how little chemical fertilizer they can apply without devastating their yields come harvest time. Early predictions are bleak.

A farmer fertilizes his crop in Guna, Madhya Pradesh, India. Photo: Bloomberg.

Five Cold-Chain Logistics Challenges, and How to Solve Them

There's an urgent need for systems that optimize temperature-controlled logistics and detect damaged goods.

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