Apr 01
ART’S PERSPECTIVE: A Milestone in Successful Wine Grape Field Trials as Conducted by the Dawson Company. AgroThermal Systems 2012 Wine Grape Field Trials, Enhancement of Wine Quality. The Dawson Company consults for cutting edge technology providers in the area of strategic marketing, sales direction, and demonstration/efficacy field trials. AgroThermal Systems, The Dawson Company’s client, has …
Jan 07
Food Consumption vs. Food Waste in the USA: Thought Provoking Statistics….. The average person in the USA eats about 4.7 pounds of food per day! At the same time, USA consumers waste between 9 and 11 ounces of food per day. This means that the per capita food consumption is about 1716 pounds per year …
Nov 15
International Agriculture: The Dawson Company continues its mission – Introduction of Technologies…….. throughout the world. Our favorite Ozone Sanitation Company, Aqua-Tech, Inc.,has been breaking ground in New Brunswick, Canada. Atlantic Potato Distributors, Canada’s leading and most innovative fresh potato packer, selected purchased and adopted Aqua-Tech’s “tried and true” ozone sanitation system. Atlantic Potato Distributors known …
Apr 19
Thermal Pest Control Heats Up with Agro Thermal Systems! AgroThermal Systems is the new U S /Europe based incarnation of the former Lazo TPC thermal pest control company. AgroThermal Systems is newly organized and located in Walnut Creek, California. It is poised to enter the “Very” Bio Rational pesticide market this spring. You may recall …
Dec 02
ART’S PERSPECTIVE: Want a Career with “Room at the Top”? Want Your Professional Life to Make a Difference? Become a California Pest Control Adviser! Authority, Respect, Good Income, Upside Potential; work out of doors, meet and influence people, do work that “matters for our Country”-Just a few fruits of a Pest Control Adviser’s (PCA) career. …
Sep 14
Good News for California Rice! Bad News for Algae! ART’S PERSPECTIVE: California’s Rice Crop is a Big Deal. 575,000 Northern California Acres are devoted to Rice. More than 2 million pounds of rice are produced each year. Sixty Percent (60%) of the entire crop is exported. Customers are found in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Turkey. …
Aug 09
Good News Flash! McDonald’s is Getting Sweeter with Maraschino Cherries! ART’S PERSPECTIVE: The “Good News” is that McDonald’s is creating new demand (1). McDonald’s will consume Three Million Pounds of Maraschino Cherries each year……to start! The new item is known as the McCafe shake. Each individual milk shake will consume one Maraschino Cherry! For cherry …
Aug 09
FAO Food Price Index … A useful tool and handy when you are looking for the “Bad News”! ART’S PERSPECTIVE: We find the FAO Food Price Index useful for getting a quick perspective on the general state of the world’s food economy. It doesn’t cover fresh fruits and vegetables, per se, but it does reflect …
May 23
Food Prices are Up! But, how are consumers reacting? I think they are getting sharper, becoming more aware of just how far their dollar can stretch. It’s a good thing this is happening because manufacturers are doing the same thing. Look at what the New York Times* had to say: “consumers are beginning to encounter shrinking …
Feb 20
What’s Going On: SmartFresh is not “just for apples” anymore! Tomatoes, too! SmartFresh, the almost magical new apple storage treatment was introduced a couple of years ago by AgroFresh. Since then it has taken a huge market share in the U S apple industry. It has a huge share in Europe too. SmartFresh comes in …
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