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Jan
30
2010
 
Magical Mystery Eatery – Ogori Cafe in JapanPosted by Edward Noon in General Trading, Japan, tags: MarketingOgori Cafe located in Kashiwa, a very nice town in Chiba is a restaurant with a twist. You order and pay.  Ordering at Cafe Ogori Your order will be a complete surprise because you have no idea what the person in front of you order. Likewise the person to follow you has no idea what you order.  Sign Cafe Ogori You might spend $30 on your meal but only get a coffee! Would this work at your local restaurant? Supermarket?
Jan
19
2010
Pesticide Contamination Has China Found The SolutionPosted by Edward Noon in China, Environment, Food Products, General Trading, tags: Health, PesticideEight Standards of Zhan’s Zero Pesticide Residual On November 8th, 2009 several of China’s top agriculture experts (the eight standards) met in Beijing. One of the presenters of interest was Professor Zhan Jingchun who spoke of his research on his Zero Pesticide Residual. This should be of interest to all of us who are concerned about pesticides on our foods. Professor Zhan after 18 years of work has developed what he calls the Zero Pesticide Residual degradation technology. At its core it will control a series of biochemical reactions in the plants that will cause it to degrade pesticide residual to zero or near-zero. In addition it will reduce heavy metal toxins by 50% to 86%. The product is to be applied either by seed treatment, leaf application or through irrigation into the root of the plants. The product does not have any negative side effects or contamination. After review and discussion by the experts it was determined that the Zero Pesticide Residual be approved and further testing be done on a commercial basis. The experts feel that not only will the process comply with China’s eight standards but will also meet the standards of Europe, Japan and USA. All efforts will be concentrated on moving forward and getting final registration in Beijing. We look forward to seeing more details and explanation of the entire process and how it impacts the plants. Source: Chinese Food Quality Newspaper, Nov 9, 2009
Jan
15
2010
China Coldest Winter In DecadesPosted by Edward Noon in China, Food Products, General Trading, tags: Environment, weatherA report from PaiPai who has been monitoring the news out of China: “China is suffering the coldest winter (record breaking cold temperature in 30 years history) in Northern, NW, East coast (Yangzi River Triangle Area farm land grounds are frozen solid which is very unusual in that area) part of China, even Southern provinces are affected. The Winter/Spring Crops are damaged. People are scrambling to source fresh vegetables from Sichuan province to many parts of metropolitan areas, like Shanghai for example and prices are going sky high. Many frozen vegetable processing /packing facilities are all having nothing to do, due to lack of raw materials, because fresh vegetables are all going to local markets for people’s daily consumption. Fresh Broccoli and Cauliflowers are in huge demand and hard to come by for frozen vegetable processors. We will see severe shortage of these items in the near future. This condition will get worse, if the weather condition will not improve in short period of time. It will affect our packers’ ability to get decent prices and good quality/quantities of raw materials in order to fulfill our contracts.” If you would like to donate or help here are some links that might be useful: The White House Website Merry Christmas. While we enjoy the season let us not forget all the suffering through out the world. A video worth watching: Merry Christmas Video
Dec
18
2009
Coke To Expand Target MarketPosted by Edward Noon in General Trading, tags: Health, Marketing |
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