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63rd Annual Food Shippers of America Conference Sponsors for 2018 include:

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"Extremely silly," "very difficult," "terrible" and "incredibly dumb." A few choice words which suggest Elon Musk doesn’t believe in a future in which hydrogen-powered vehicles play a particularly important role. But he’s wrong. In this blog post, we aim to highlight some of the success stories in the sector, and suggest that there are in fact many reasons to be cheerful when imagining an (at least partly) hydrogen-powered future.

Visit https://www.cleantech.com/why-elon-musk-is-wrong-the-future-of-hydrogen-fuelled-transportation/ to view the full article online.

Future of Transportation HYPERLOOP One Conducts First Pasenger Pod Test

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Food Shippers of America is proud to announce its partnership with Cvent in creating a new registration process for the 63rd Annual Food Shippers of America Conference scheduled March 11-13, 2018, at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix, AZ. Registration is on target to open July 1, 2017. If you have attended an FSA conference in the last three years, you will receive an email invitation that will include your own unique voucher number. This number will be needed when you access the link within the email invitation to complete your conference registration.

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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking qualified sources for one or more firm-fixed price performance-based service contracts for third party logistics firms to transport, receive, store and deliver food shipments purchased by USDA for their recipients.

Visit https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=3c1d5e49ad87e2c4e84be19983c07c2e to view the full article online.

Oprah Winfrey, whose endorsement and investment has breathed new life into Weight Watchers, is branching out into food branded under her own name.

Winfrey is behind a new line of refrigerated soups and side dishes in conjunction with Kraft Heinz that will come with a clever name: "O, That's Good." The products start coming to store shelves this week.

Marketed as healthy riffs on comfort food, the inaugural offerings include mashed potatoes with cauliflower mixed in, creamy parmesan pasta with white bean puree replacing some of the cheese and broccoli cheddar soup infused with butternut squash.

Visit https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/08/09/oprah-winfrey-joins-kraft-heinz-new-supermarket-food-venture/549308001/ to view the full article online.

A pop-up restaurant in New York City features a menu with entirely Cheetos-inspired dishes.

The Spotted Cheetah, at 211 W. Broadway, will be open only three days, from Aug. 15 to Aug. 17, and seating is by reservation only.

Celebrity chef Anne Burrell, the spiky-blonde haired co-host of Food Network’s Worst Cooks in America, created the menu.

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Come on now ... you can all admit it to yourselves at least, if not to me. Is there anyone out there who has ever seen a piece of bubble wrap plastic and not started to pop some of the bubbles?

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Westwood Holdings Group Inc. decreased its position in J.M. Smucker Company (The) (NYSE:SJM) by 6.3% during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 131,342 shares of the company’s stock after selling 8,815 shares during the period. Westwood Holdings Group Inc. owned approximately 0.11% of J.M. Smucker Company (The) worth $17,216,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Visit https://www.chaffeybreeze.com/2017/08/01/westwood-holdings-group-inc-cuts-position-in-j-m-smucker-company-the-nysesjm-updated-updated-updated.html to view the full article online.

Poultry processor Sanderson Farms is launching another advertising campaign to tell consumers it uses antibiotics and explain why they're beneficial to the industry, according to PR NewsWire.

The newly released television and radio ad, called "Old MacGimmick," follows a similar push by the company last August to reveal what they call "prevalent falsehoods and half-truths within poultry marketing."

Visit http://www.fooddive.com/news/sanderson-farms-doubles-down-on-its-truth-telling-ad-campaign/448418/ to view the full article online.

The United Food Bank in Mesa lost about 21,650 pounds of frozen food after a compressor broke in the main freezer of its warehouse and transportation center on Monday, the agency said.

The food lost was about three weeks worth of meals for residents in need of assistance, the Food Bank said in a news release.

Visit http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2017/08/09/united-food-bank-seeks-help-after-losing-21-650-pounds-frozen-food/551381001/ to view the full article online.