LibGuides: Manufacturing, Co-Packing, Supply Chain, and Legal Contracts (MFBS-565): Course Readings

Full List of Course Readings in Moodle

ALWAYS check your Moodle course page for the complete list of required readings

The course readings provided here are resources in the CIA Library or Open Access

There may be additional readings provided by your instructor.

Required Readings

Michael Porter, Mark Kramer, and Jane Nelson: Creating Shared Value: Connecting Business, Societal Value, and Opportunity (on YouTube)
Equator Coffees & Teas: Chain of Well Being (on Vimeo)
J.G.A.J. van der Vorst – Supply Chain Management: Theory and Practices, Cambridge, Training College, 2004
Access to Document PDF link
https://edepot.wur.nl/357992
Business Roundtable – The Business Roundtable Redefines the Purpose of a Corporation, 2019
Seven-Steps Process for Procurement (PDF posted to Moodle)
Redwood – Five Challenges in Food and Beverage Supply Chains
Food Processing – Key Ingredients for Optimizing the Food Supply Chain
The University of Tennessee – Purchasing Specifications and Standards
US FDA – GMO Crops, Animal Food, and Beyond, August 2022
Marion Nestle – Go Forth and Fortify, Food Politics, Chapter 13
CIA ebook and PDF posted to Moodle
Robyn Metcalfe – What Does “Local” Mean? And Is It Better?, The Counter, 2018
Fortune – Happy Cows Contribute More Emissions to Climate Change
FSR Magazine – Can Farm to Table Food be Accessible to All?
Farm-to-Table Liabilities
Entine and Randall – GMO Sustainability Advantage? Glyphosate Spurs No Till Farming, Preserving Soil Carbon
Branden Born and Mark Purcell – Avoiding the Local Trap: Scale and Food Systems , Journal of Planning Education and Research, 2006
Open Access online and PDF posted to Moodle
Animal Agriculture: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) + Greenhouse Gas Emissions (on YouTube)
University of New Mexico: Growing Peanuts (on YouTube)
Gregory Unruh – Strategic Sustainability Uses of Life-Cycle Analysis – MIT Sloan Management Review, 2015
Life-Cycle Assessment: an Overview – Science Direct, 2017
Contact Sonia Lisboa-Ochoa to obtain full-text articles from Science Direct
Christopher Weber and H. Scott Matthews – Food Miles and the Relative Climate Impacts of Food Choices in the United States – Environmental Science & Technology, 2008
Unilever – Cool Farm Tool
Unilever – Cool Farm News + Resources
Climate Neutral – Brand Emissions Estimator
Green Brown Blue – Ten Principles of Agrobiodiversity
Oatly’s LCA [LT1]
How Good – The World’s Largest Product Sustainability Database (website)
88 Acres – Water Footprint of Seeds versus Nuts
Financial Analysis Framework (posted to Moodle)
Adam Clark Estes. – America’s Meat Shortage is More Serious Than Your Missing Hamburgers, Vox
Sanford Stein – Rethinking Supply Chains in a Time of Crisis, Forbes
The Press Democrat – Postcards from the Drought: How a Local Dairy Farmer's Struggle Reflects Our New Normal
Jesse Newman – Almonds Swept California Farms. Then the Water Ran Out, The Wall Street Journal
In CIA Library ProQuest database
PDF posted to Moodle
Deena Shanker – Beyond Meat Sparked a Run on Peas and a Protein Revolution, Bloomberg Businessweek (free for a single article)
Supply Chain Dive – From Twinkies to Nutter Butters, Lack of Ingredients Hampers Snack Food Production: CPG Giants are Unable to Produce Popular Items as Supplier Delays Have Left Them Waiting on Key Ingredients, 2022
Rachel Sugar – Everything You Need to Know About the Meat Scandal Taking Over Instagram, Grub Street
Janelle Bitker – Michelin-Starred Restaurants Touted This Caviar as the Best in Local, Sustainable Products. But it Wasn't What it Seemed, San Francisco Chronicle
Ocean.org Video: Global Fishing Watch (on YouTube + Take a look at the Using Technology to Increase Transparency and Traceability)
KPMG: Transforming Food + Agribusiness Industries with Blockchain + Emerging Technologies (on YouTube)
The Food Industry: Real World Blockchain Applications (on YouTube)
Jack, L., Florez-Lopez, R., & Ramon-Jeronimo, J.M. – Accounting, Performance Measurement and Fairness in UK Fresh Produce Supply Networks– Accounting, Organizations and Society, 64, 17-30 (PDF posted to Moodle)
EY Report – Supply Chain: Skills for the Digital Era
WRAP (Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production)’s 12 Principles
ZestLabs.com
Lili Pike – How a Human Rights Law Targeting Forced Labor in Xinjiang is Shaking Up the U.S. - China Supply Chain
Karim, A. and Arif-Uz-Zaman, K. – A Methodology for Implementation of Lean Strategies in Manufacturing Organizations – Business Process Management Journal
Specialty Food Association – Co-Packer Confidence: What You Need to Know About Finding & Selecting a Co-Packing Manufacturer
Specialty Food Association – The Food Modernization Act and Co-Packers: What You Need to Know
The Balance Small Business – Questions to Ask a Food Co-Packer
Food Tech Connect – Tips for Scaling Your Food Start-Up with a Co-Packer
Manufacturing – Q&A: Co-Packing As A Competitive Advantage
Hiperbaric.com
TED Talk featuring Michael Rozyne on Logistics: Our Local Food Blind Spot
Paccurate.io
Paccurate.io "What is Cartonization?"
Primer on Terminology + Abbreviations (PDF posted to Moodle)
Co-packer Manufacturing Agreement (PDF posted to Moodle)
Sample Spec Sheet (PDF posted to Moodle)
Apeel Sciences Introducing Apeel Produce (on YouTube)
Apeel Sciences: Apeel’s + Houweling’s Partnership for Plastic-Free Cucumbers (on YouTube)
Online Labels, Inc.: Are Your Food Labels FDA Compliant? (on YouTube)
San Jose Recycling: San Jose Recycles: What Happens to a Multi-Ingredient Tetrapak? [Milk & Juice Cartons]
San Jose Recycling: San Jose Recycles:Tetrapak Cartons
Understanding Food + Beverage Carton Recycling! (on YouTube)
Packaging Law – California Governor Signs Bill to Limit Recycling Claims
Solubag
Okeanos
Matt Reynolds – The Rise of Refillable, Packaging World
Greenpeace – What is Recyclable? Greenpeace Argues that Circularity Claims Fall Flat
Bain + Company – A Roadmap for Sustainable Packaging in Consumer Goods, 2022
Michigan State University – What’s the Risk? Food Packaging, 2022
Lisanne Addink – Cherish Your Trash (on YouTube)
Ellen MacArthur Foundation – The New Plastics Economy, Catalyzing Action
The Guardian – Forget Carbon Offsetting, Insetting is the New Future
Jacobides, M.G., Cennamo, C., & Gawer, A. – Towards a Theory of Ecosystems – Strategic Management Journal
The Role of Supply Chain Initiatives in Reducing Deforestation, Nature Climate Change, 2018
CIA Library database and PDF posted to Moodle
Coffee Based (website)
Sustainable Packaging Coalitions – Extended Producer Laws

Supplemental Readings (Not Required)

TED Talk featuring Angel Chang: The Life Cycle of a T-Shirt (on YouTube)
Our Common Future – Bruntland Commission
Green Blue Brown – Conservation Agriculture (and Regenerative Agriculture)
• Christian Buscht and Lisa Henenberger – How to Evaluate the Impact of Corporate Purpose, MIT Sloan Management Review, 2022