The Ruse of COOL: Comments are due by this Thursday on USDA's proposed revision to the country of origin labeling (COOL) requirement. A recent letter with 229 signatures cheerleads the Obama Administration's effort to help consumers "know the origin of their food." Many of the signatories have long held opposition to food imports (NFU, R-CALF, etc.); others have no seeming direct interest (American Raw Milk Producers Pricing Association) other than that they are part of the cabal of left-leaning activists seeking to upend a food system they do not like. Still others are likely well-meaning but ill-informed (Church Women United), or simply shell groups with no actual following in numbers but created in name to imply broader support for a c...
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From WPI Consulting
Infrastructure investment due diligence
On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.