Co-owner of butcher shop chain pleads guilty for shorting charity By Tom Johnston on 2/3/2015 The co-owner of a New Hampshire-based butcher shop franchise has pleaded guilty for his role in the company’s failure to pay a veterans’ charity the money raised for it at a fundraiser, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office announced. Justin…

Wonder if there is a secret allocation of territory agreement with the PFG purchase? Sysco finds buyer for 11 food distribution centers By Rita Jane Gabbett on 2/2/2015 Houston, Texas- based Sysco announced it has reached a definitive agreement to sell Performance Food Group 11 US Foods facilities related to its pending merger with US…

Iowa’s farmers need attitude change John Gilbert 11:25 p.m. CST January 30, 2015 (Photo: practical farmers of Iowa) As farmers we have little choice but to take the Des Moines Water Works lawsuit over nitrate levels very seriously. Maybe not "the sky is falling" serious, but the seriousness that comes from realizing business-as-usual is no…