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FreightWaves partners with Innovative Logistics Group to create The Playbook
The trucking industry’s lifeblood is small carriers. They make up a majority of the operating authorities in the United States, and while large carriers dominate the headlines, small carriers keep the industry running. Adam…
The Road That Built Me
My name’s Rob Carpenter, and I’m your go-to driver voice for The Playbook. Whether you’re driving out on the road or running your own trucking business, I’m here to help you cut through the noise and figure out what actually…
Publisher’s Platform: We need more like Jim Jones with the courage to speak truth to power
Bloomberg reports that Jim Jones, the head of the food division at the US Food and Drug Administration who oversaw the agency’s banning of the food dye Red No. 3 earlier in 2025, stepped down on Feb 17, citing widespread cuts…
Op-ed: Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer?
Where was the best place to find them? Which brands were available? Were any stores completely out? Parents rattled off reports of what they had seen at various places, from the big box outlets to the local food co-op, from…
FAO to host workshop and establish regional food safety platform
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is helping to create a hub to improve food safety in the Near East and North Africa region. The FAO’s regional office for the Near East and North Africa is involved in the…
Arkansas Legislature approves bill to expand sales of unpasteurized milk
A bill to partially deregulate the sale of raw, unpasteurized milk has been approved by the Arkansas Legislature and is headed to Gov. Sarah Sanders to be signed into law. The bill was overwhelmingly approved by the State…
Foodborne outbreaks increased in 2024 despite decrease in food recalls
While food recalls dropped by 5 percent in 2024 compared to 2023, the number of foodborne illnesses increased, according to the Pubic Interest Research Group (PIRG). In its report, For for Thought 2025, the organization says…
Administration terminating employees at FDA and CDC; some food safety jobs likely impacted
Notice of layoffs went into effect this past weekend for employees at the Food and Drug Administration. Neither the FDA nor the Trump administration have release news about the layoffs, but employees of the FDA said they…
Daytona 500 brought to you by a truck; terror in I-80 tunnel; AI trucking teams | WHAT THE TRUCK?!?
On Episode 805 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Dooner is talking about meeting Daytona 500 winner William Byron and what he learned from his trucking team about what it takes to take the checkered flag. Terror in Wyoming as a truck…
Trucking goes to Vegas, and driverless technologies run the table
Trucking goes to Vegas, and driverless technologies run the table (Photo: Thomas Wasson/FreightWaves) This week I went to Manifest in Las Vegas to cover truck technology. The conference didn’t disappoint: Representatives from…
