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# What We're Reading
- URL: https://bevnews.net/what-were-reading-162/
- Published: 2026-08-19T02:44:11.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-19T02:44:11.000Z
- Author: Joel Whitaker
- Tags: What We're Reading

## [The Great Modern Train Robbery: Thieves Steal $200 Million a Year](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-08-17/thieves-steal-200-million-a-year-from-america-s-trains?ref=bevnews.net)

Railroads are fighting back with new tech, more help from the Feds and a bill in Congress to crack down. (Bloomberg) 

## [**How cyclospora evaded the US food safety system to sicken thousands**](https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2026/08/15/how-cyclospora-evaded-the-u-s-food-safety-system-to-sicken-thousands-2/?utm%5Femail=7495F43414098534647F258272&utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fterm=https%3a%2f%2fwww.pressdemocrat.com%2f2026%2f08%2f15%2fhow-cyclospora-evaded-the-u-s-food-safety-system-to-sicken-thousands-2%2f&utm%5Fcampaign=sonoma-press%5Fdemocrat-daybreak-nl&utm%5Fcontent=curated)

The Trump administration delayed a rule last year that could have sped up the effort to pinpoint the source of the contamination. Critics charge that food safety oversight has eroded overall. (New York Times/The Press Democrat)

## [‘You’re always right with wine’: Meet the woman behind 1 in every 4 bottles of Oregon wine sold in America.](https://fortune.com/2026/08/15/amy-prosenjak-oregon-wine/?%5Fbhlid=f832a3af0e147e7ff324658a943837bf2a025f77&ref=bevnews.net)

Amy Prosenjak was running inventory for a billion-dollar furniture company in Ohio when she applied for a job as chief financial officer of A to Z Wineworks. One of A to Z’s founders, Bill Hatcher, who was CEO at the time, called to ask whether she understood cost accounting, and Prosenjak replied, “I’m the director of inventory for a $1 billion furniture company. That is my specialty.” “He said, ‘Well, I can teach you the wine business,'” Prosenjak said. “And he did.” (Fortune)