2026: The Year of the State Food Ingredient & Additive Bans

The Federal Trade Commission’s “Moving Forward: Protecting Workers from Anticompetitive Noncompete Agreements” workshop on January 27, 2026, underscored the agency’s sharpened enforcement posture toward restrictive employment covenants.

On January 8, 2026, the SEC’s Small Business Advocacy Office issued their annual report addressing the state of small business capital formation. The report provides a snapshot of what is happening with small businesses across the U.S. The U.S. is home to 36.2 million small businesses that make up 46% of private sector employment.

The dairy sector continues to impress with its innovation. As a kid growing up on a dairy farm in northern Wisconsin, I remember the local…