What the Food and Beverage Industry’s Rapid Transformation Means for Trade Compliance Today, I attended the 14th Annual Food & Beverage Exchange in Chicago, and one theme kept coming up for me throughout the day: the food industry is being asked to change faster than ever. Consumer preferences are shifting. Technology is accelerating innovation. New products and ingredients are coming to market. GLP-1 medications are influencing how some consumers think about portions, protei

This weekend started with a different kind of investigation. Not tariffs. Spider mites. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been nursing several of my houseplants back to health after discovering what can only be described as a spite mite situation . If you’ve ever dealt with spider mites before, you know they are tiny, persistent, and incredibly good at quietly creating chaos. The primary victim in my home has been my cordyline plant ; it took the brunt of the infestation. Tha

Brought to you by The Trade Whisperer—your guide through the customs chaos with a wink and a W-9. This article originally appeared on LinkedIn on July 19, 2025. Saturday mornings are usually sacred around here. I’m out back tending to my perennial garden —hostas thriving, daisies holding on—and watching my shiba inu sprint victory laps around the yard like she just solved Section 301. But this morning, as I pulled a few weeds and sipped my coffee, the only thing I could