You have to admit that WhereFoodComesFrom.com is a great url. Don’t you? It’s the answer to the question a lot of people ask these days. This is done by IMI Global which is “America’s leading provider of third-party identification, verification and traceability solutions for the livestock and agricultural industries. The Company supports more than 6,000 ranchers, feed yards, meatpackers, food retailers and restaurants with a wide range of solutions – including its USDA Process Verified (PVP) programs – which annually verifies marketing claims for approximately one half of all U.S. beef exports.”

The Company’s Where Food Comes From® retail and restaurant labeling program connects consumers directly to the source of the food they purchase by requiring all product carrying the label to be sourced from third-party verified suppliers. With the use of QR code technology, consumers can instantly access information about the producers behind their food. We know every meal has a story, and Where Food Comes From® allows consumers to discover it.

Where Food Comes From has added two new sections to their website, Food to Know and Food 2 Grow. Consumers, educators and students who are seeking a trusted resource for all types of food information can find it here. There are over 400 categories of information, including unique data on world food production statistics not available anywhere else. They also have a Today In section where I learned that today is National Cordon Bleu Day.