Webcasts

Research shows that family meals, however family is defined, are associated with better overall individual nutritional intake, better weight management, and stronger social interactions.

Did you know that plant breeding can help mitigate food waste, improve sustainability, and enhance food flavor?

Food packaging is in the news. Over the past year, there have been more than 250,000 news reports about food packaging. Topics including edible packaging, eco-friendly packaging, phthalates, and single-use plastics are creating headlines and generating interest.  This webcast and podcast is designed to help retail RDs cut through the headlines and gain clearer understanding about food packaging benefits and risks related to food safety, health threats, food waste, environmental impact and more. During this segment, David Smith offers an overview of the current food packaging industry and highlights some of the most common misconceptions. David also provides insights into the myriad of challenges food companies face when evaluating packaging choices, such as compatibility with food ingredients, material sourcing, integration into food processing, food protection/safety, consumer perception, recycling, and reuse.

David Smith offers an overview of the current food packaging industry and highlights some of the most common misconceptions.

As more and more grocery shoppers take an interest in how their food is grown and processed, RDBA has partnered with Potatoes USA on our newest webcast/podcast, titled the Role of Processed Foods in a Safe, Healthy and Sustainable Food System.

Join us for the final installment of our Morning Fix series, a quick 15-minute educational webcast to enjoy right along with your morning coffee or tea. This week’s webcast highlights a strategic partnership between Microsoft and Bayer to build a new cloud-based set of digital tools and data science solutions for use across the food and agriculture sector. It’s one you definitely won’t want to miss.

Decarbonization is key when it comes to combating climate change, and agriculture plays a major role in it. To support farmers in driving sustainability across the entire value chain, Bayer collaborates with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Bushel in Project Carbonview – a data solution that will help ethanol producers in the United States report, analyze and assess their end-to-end supply chain carbon footprint. This new solution marks the latest development by Bayer – who is working to build a portfolio of farmer-facing programs to complement our existing Bayer Carbon Initiative, a program which incentivizes the adoption of climate-smart practices, creating new revenue streams for growers who use technology to keep carbon in the soil – and out of the atmosphere.. Join Max Dougherty- Carbon Business Development Lead for Bayer- Crop Science as he chats carbon, farming, and what this could mean for the value chain.

This episode takes a deep dive into MSG's history, science, and benefits (like sodium reduction) as a way to equip retail professionals with the facts and support educated food decisions. This program is offered through support from Ajinomoto.