TMN Update 0028 - Getting Pork On The Menu

Truffle Media Update 0028 Show Notes: Pork on the Menu! This panel talks about how pork is thought of on menus and what chefs are doing to engage consumers around food with pork. Panel: Ernie Meier, McDonald's; Dominic Iannarelli, Splash/Jethros; Jonathan Cook, Iowa Event Center Executive Sous Chef. Moderated by Dallas Hockman, National Pork Producers Council, from the 2019 Iowa Pork Congress, January 23 - 24, 2019, Des Moines, IA, USA. Subscribe to the Truffle Media Update podcast series on iTunes: https://agtoday.us/tmn-update-podcast

TMN Update 0020 - Brands And Their History

Truffle Media Update 0020 Show Notes: What can soap boxes, sweet wrappers and tin cans tell us about our shopping history? BBC's Manuela Saragosa visits Robert Opie at his Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising in west London. He's been keeping discarded items and packaging since he was a school boy - well over 50 years. In the process he's created a collection that charts the retail revolution of the past century. It's one that showcases how the whole idea of branding and packaging evolved and tells us something about how we once lived. Subscribe to the Truffle Media Update podcast series on iTunes: https://agtoday.us/tmn-update-podcast

TMN Update 0019 - The Future of Consumer Choice

Truffle Media Update 0019 Show Notes: Dr. Jayson Lusk, Professor and Department head, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, walks through research and reviews of how consumers approach food and the questions they ask. Dr. Lusk highlights several key consumer research experiments and their findings. Subscribe to the Truffle Media Update podcast series on iTunes: https://agtoday.us/tmn-update-podcast

TMN Update 0012 - Consumer Perspectives on Food Labels: Additives, Allergies and Alternative Proteins

Truffle Media Update 0012 Show Notes: Mark Gale, CEO and Partner, Charleston|Orwig, shares data points and observations on consumer perceptions of food and their labels. Takeaways:

• Changing consumer relationship with food is impacting information needs/demands.
• Nutrition is critical label information but what is nutrition to modern consumers?
• Despite increasing holistic/emotional drivers, science remains impactful… though confusing.
• Clarity, simplicity at odds with breadth of information required and demanded.

TMN Update 0011 - Traceability Talk: Global Perspectives on Animal Health Surveillance

Truffle Media Update 0011 Show Notes: Dr. Mo Salman, Professor of Veterinary Epidemiology, Animal Population Health Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, shares with the audience the global perspective of the link of traceability to the animal health surveillance system.

TMN Update 0010 - An Interactive Hour with Dr. Gopie, On The IBM Blockchain And Food

Truffle Media Update 0010 Show Notes: Dr. Nigel Gopie, Marketing Leader, IBM Food Trust, IBM Blockchain, shares thoughts on how thinking about traceability at IBM is leading to changes in approaches to food recall, food safety, and food freshness. Dr. Gopie also spent time answering audience questions about the technology, youth entering the work force, and how to approach change in a faster paced society.

TMN Update 0006 - Why Butter, Meat & Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet

Truffle Media Update 0006 Show Notes: Nina Tiecholz, Investigative Journalist and New York Times Best-Selling Author of "The Big Fat Surprise", during her 2018 Minnesota Pork Congress presentation question and answer session, shares thoughts on food, mental & physical health, and research with respect to fat.

TMN Update 0002 - Courageous Leadership, Food Innovation

Truffle Media Update 0002 Show Notes: Jeff Simmons, President of Elanco Animal Health, talks about the need for courageous leadership for food innovation. Jeff highlights some of the current issues and possible solutions. Key take away: communications is key.

TMN Update 0001 - How Are You Tackling Wicked Hard Problems?

Truffle Media Update 0001 Show Notes: Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, presented to the 2017 Ag BioSciences Innovation Summit "The World is our Agribioscience Stage", in which he shared several "wicked hard problems" for people in agriculture, food, and health. These include land/water constraints, changing income & diet, and a growing disbelief in science.