Today’s quick hits, June 28, 2018

CDC admits mistakes in calculating farmer suicides (New Food Economy): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that there were errors in its widely cited data on farmer suicide rates.

Consolidation in the freezer aisle (Bloomberg): Conagra has announced that it will acquire Pinnacle Foods, and with it the company’s Birds Eye and other frozen food brands, for $8.1 billion.

Pay-as-you-like grocery (Broadsheet): A vegetarian restaurant in Melbourne, Australia, will open a pay-what-you-like — or, in some cases, pay-what-you-can — grocery store stocked with goods from a food rescue program.

Grizzly killed after cattle attacks (Drovers): Wildlife officials trapped and killed an adult grizzly bear in central Montana following attacks that killed four beef calves within two miles of one another.

 

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