It's with a heavy heart that I write this blog post.

This morning, I woke up to the news that Anthony Bourdain had killed himself in a hotel room in Alsace. One of the most intriguing writers of my time killed himself in what is one of the most intriguing parts of the world I've ever visited.

Let's start with an exercise.

Two things are guaranteed this May: 1) the Indianapolis 500 and 2) the GDPR.

I assume you have heard of the Indy500. What is the GDPR?

GDPR stands for the General Data Protection Regulation. The GDPR is a new EU Regulation which will replace the 1995 EU Data Protection Directive to significantly enhance the protection of the personal data of EU citizens and increase the obligations on organizations who collect or process personal data. 

My mom was an elementary school teacher.

I'm not one to sugarcoat things, and I'm not going to start now. If you spend just 15 minutes looking at food supply manufacturer and distributor websites, there's one general commonality. Many of them are bad.