
Jenn Ladd
Food Features Writer at The Philadelphia Inquirer
Food features writer for @PhillyInquirer
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2 weeks ago |
mahoningmatters.com | Jenn Ladd
Throughout February and March, the workers at Pasa Sustainable Agriculture faced a conundrum: They hadn't been paid and they were out of money. They also weren't allowed to stop working. If they did, they would violate the terms of their grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the organization that owes them $3 million. "They say they have no idea when we're going to be paid," Pasa executive director Hannah Smith-Brubaker said late last month, letting out a long sigh.
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2 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Jenn Ladd
Throughout February and March, the workers at Pasa Sustainable Agriculture faced a conundrum: They hadn’t been paid and they were out of money. They also weren’t allowed to stop working. If they did, they would violate the terms of their grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the organization that owes them $3 million. “They say they have no idea when we’re going to be paid,” Pasa executive director Hannah Smith-Brubaker said late last month, letting out a long sigh.
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2 weeks ago |
mahoningmatters.com | Jenn Ladd
"Force majeure" was the term of the day in the food-wholesaling world on Thursday, a day after the Trump administration announced a sweeping array of tariffs on imported goods the world over. Mark Oltman, chief financial officer of Burlington County-based distributor Foods Galore, was fielding letters from the company's many vendors, all pretty much saying the same thing.
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2 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Jenn Ladd
“Force majeure” was the term of the day in the food-wholesaling world on Thursday, a day after the Trump administration announced a sweeping array of tariffs on imported goods the world over. Mark Oltman, chief financial officer of Burlington County-based distributor Foods Galore, was fielding letters from the company’s many vendors, all pretty much saying the same thing.
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2 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Andrew Seidman |Nick Vadala |Nate File |Jenn Ladd
A manufacturer of protective cushioning and packaging products in Bustleton is holding off on hiring and making capital investments. A seafood wholesaler in South Philadelphia is scouting potential domestic sources in case a cut of branzino from the Mediterranean Sea becomes economically unsustainable.
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