This morning, I read a great piece from Krista Garver at Food Industry Executive. It was an interview of Christie Lagally, CEO and founder of Rebellyous Foods. Christie is not only the keynote speaker at next week’s Process Expo Women’s Alliance Network Breakfast, she is also a guest panelist for the ‘Tomorrow’s Foods Today: Plant
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This morning I had a great conversation with Vic Rose, Founder of G-Free Di Tobia who has generously donated the ingredients for gluten-free focaccia roll production line at Process Expo next month. This line will feature daily demonstrations of the production of this popular product, starting from the mixing of ingredients and running all the
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“No equipment?!?” That’s what I heard him say. One of our loyal attendees from a prominent mid-west meat packing company told me that he was considering not coming to Process Expo next month because he heard that there would be no equipment. I must have missed that memo. I asked our vendor who does material
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As we hold the last round of planning calls for the various panels we’ll be putting on as part of the PROCESS EXPO University education program, a comment made by one of the alt-protein manufacturers stuck with me. Not to give any secrets about what she’ll raise as one of her main concerns, but she
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It’s just not the same. I was on a webinar earlier this week. The topic was excellent, the speaker clearly managed the topic and even was able to impart some lessons, and yet it wasn’t the same as sitting in a live session. Maybe it was the fact that I wasn’t able to ignore the
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So I read today that the Biden administration is cracking down on the meat industry to address rising prices in protein. While it is certainly not my job to go out and defend the meat industry, I couldn’t help but feel that that the situation was being grossly mischaracterized. Imagine that from politicians! Yes, I
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I am a marketer building three different production lines for live demonstrations with actual food ingredients taking place at Process Expo this November.  On top of that, I am not an engineer so you can imagine what goes on in my head during our planning sessions with a dozen or so participating exhibitors as we
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The first annual Rittal Innovation Days (RID) will take place August 24 and 25, 2021, offering attendees the opportunity to tap into a wealth of industry expertise, and discover how forward-thinking products and solutions drive the evolution of the industrial automation and IT space. The two-day, completely virtual event will feature a
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The discussion couldn’t have been more interesting. On this Zoom call, I gathered panelists for a session on Robotics and Automation that we will be putting on at Process Expo on Thursday, November 4th at Chicago’s McCormick Place, discussing how we all currently see developments in the market. The interesting part of the conversation was
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FPSA Press Release Media Contact: Andy Drennan SVP, Membership and Business Development 703-663-1201 [email protected] For Immediate Release July 13, 2021 FOOD PROCESSING SUPPLIER’S DAIRY COUNCIL ANNOUNCES IMBORDINO SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS McLean, VA – The Food Processing Suppliers Association’s Dairy Council today announced it has awarded three $3,500 scholarships that will be used towards completing the winners’
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