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Inspiring Insights & Visions for the Future Conference

Inspiring Insights & Visions for the Future Conference

I was privileged to attend Food Processing’s Food Leaders Summit 2015 in April in Chicago. This event provided inspiring insights & visions for the future conference, but it also explored the frontiers of food innovation. Speakers provided rare but important...

Is Gluten Free a Trend or Fad?

Is Gluten Free a Trend or Fad?

This last week I gave a presentation on trends in the food industry at the May 2012 Food Executive Women's meeting. The Chicagoland-based group (http://fewchicago.blogspot.com) was founded about 21 years ago and its membership profile is somewhat similar to the...

Five Trends—Chips, Black Soybeans, Seaweed, Ginger & Gluten-free Oats

Five Trends—Chips, Black Soybeans, Seaweed, Ginger & Gluten-free Oats

Here are five trends—Chips, Black Soybeans, Seaweed, Ginger & Gluten-free Oats—seen at the 2012 Natural Products Expo West to be added to the “sweetener,” “kale,” and “coconut water” trends discussed in previous Global Food Forum blogs this March 2012. 1. Health...