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GoodLeaf Joins Hope Blooms for Expansion BBQ
Community groups provide direction and hope for the communities they serve, and Hope Blooms is certainly no exception. Through the production of salad dressings and sauces, with inner-city youth in Halifax’s North End, they are able to provide funding and scholarships for those same youth to go to post secondary education. The team at GoodLeaf has been following the success of ...
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British tomatoes - the best of the best!
2014 has just witnessed the 9th Tastiest Tomato Competition, sponsored by Marks and Spencer, organised by the British Tomato Growers’ Association and held at the National Fruit Show in Kent. Staged towards the end of the British tomato season, there was no shortage of entries in four separate classes at the show, ranging from tiny cherries to juicy beefsteaks, proof of the skill of British ...
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Boar`s head helps turn Churchill downs pink with one-day offering of specialty pink ribbon sandwich during Kentucky Oaks race April 30
Boar's Head Provisions Co., Inc. ('Boar's Head') one of the nation's leading manufacturers of deli meats and cheeses, is supporting the fight against breast cancer with its Pink Ribbon EverRoast™ Chicken Salad Croissant, during the 136th running of the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs®. Boar's Head will donate $1 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure® for each sandwich sold from food service venues ...
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Bloomberg - California Blackout Risk Prompts Produce Plant to Build Its Own Grid
California’s repeated brushes with blackouts proved too much for Taylor Farms. The produce supplier, based in the farm country John Steinbeck made famous, can’t afford to lose refrigeration at its facilities where lettuce and vegetables are trimmed, mixed into salads and packaged for sale. So working with Bloom Energy Corp., Taylor Farms is installing a microgrid at its 450,000 ...
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Local produce gains popularity
It seems like just yesterday natural and organic was the hot ticket, but local is quickly becoming a consumer favorite, as locally-sourced products are becoming more popular at grocery stores and restaurants alike. According to recent Mintel research, the same is true in the fruit and vegetable industry with more than half (52%) of consumers reporting that it’s more important to buy local ...
By BIO-CAT
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Here`s our salad – fresh and green!
A lettuce plant spends around 10 weeks slowly growing in the ground. But once it's harvested, time is of the essence because the fresh leaves will quickly wilt, discolour or become home to germs. Gentle disinfection with chlorine dioxide helps to prevent the last problem. Nasty surprises in your salad Not only are fresh vegetables good for you, but they taste great too. In the summer, there is ...
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Sainsbury`s introduces Wild Rocket salad in compostable packaging
Major UK retailer Sainsbury’s has introduced its Sainsbury's SO organic Wild Rocket salad in Amcor's NaturePlus compostable film. This innovative concept (patent pending) has been created through a joint venture between Amcor Flexibles and Flextrus. “Food packaging is very important to our customers and it influences their buying decisions. Amcor's NaturePlus compostable film helps us to meet ...
By Amcor
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Best thing since stale bread - Nancy`s pop-up bread restaurant goes down a storm
Foodie fans raved over a slap-up feast at an exclusive pop-up diner, but were left eating their words when the chef revealed the main ingredient -- stale bread. Reigning Great British Bake Off champion Nancy Birtwhistle joined forces with charity, Love Food Hate Waste, to dream up a menu with one requirement - each course had to contain bread which had gone stale. The national charity cooked ...
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Engage Agro Europe to attend the Elsom’s Seed Days
Engage Agro Europe will be attending the Elsom’s seed days for the first time in 2016. The seed days are now an essential part of the vegetable calendar and are held this year on the 12th and 13th of October 2016. The seed days cover an extensive range of vegetable and arable plots available to view, featuring new and novel introductions with specialist technical advice available on both ...
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A commitment to 31 million children
The Healthy and Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 paves the way for the most significant improvement to school lunches and childhood nutrition in three decades. Today I joined the students of Harriet Tubman Elementary School in Washington, DC as we witnessed President Barack Obama signing into law the Healthy and Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, boosting the health, quality and wellness of school ...
By 3BL Media
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Outback steakhouse presents $1 million donation in support of the U.S. troops through operation homefront
Outback Steakhouse concluded its Thanks for Giving program today with a presentation of a $1 million donation to Operation Homefront, a non-profit organization providing everyday and emergency support for active troops, veterans and their families. The check was presented by OSI Restaurant Partners CEO Liz Smith and Outback Steakhouse President Jeff Smith to Jim Knotts, President/CEO and Amy ...
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Compostable plastics part of UK Parliament’s sustainability initiative
Berlin, 27 September 2018. As part of its 2018 initiative to cut down on the use of single-use items where feasible, or to substitute them with more sustainable alternatives, the Parliament of the United Kingdom has rolled out a new range of bio-based, certified compostable catering items, such as coffee cups, soup containers and salad boxes in the House of Commons and the House of Lords. New ...
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Packaging beliefs contested in ACP report
A report examining some of the most common concerns about packaging has been published by the Government’s Advisory Committee on Packaging (ACP). It challenges some widely held beliefs such as ‘bins are full of packaging’ and ‘packaging is increasing’ with statistics that show packaging makes up less than 3% of all UK solid waste. Packaging research organisation Incpen director Jane ...
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Sure, let`s call HFCS what it really is - by Michael Prager
From Marion Nestle, I learned this week that the FDA is taking comments through this week on the Corn Refiners Association request to change the name of high fructose corn syrup to corn sugar. Previously, she says, she didn't oppose the move, on the grounds that it didn't matter, except, of course to the corn refiners, since HFCS has come under suspicion as a particular cause of the nation's ...
By 3BL Media
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Salmonella Contamination Suspected in Bagged Salads
Dole Fresh Vegetables recently announced a voluntary recall of bagged salads due to possible Salmonella contamination after New York authorities found that a random sample of the product tested positive for the pathogen. 756 cases of DOLE® Seven Lettuces salad with Use-by Date of April 11, 2012, UPC code 71430 01057 and Product Codes 0577N089112A and 0577N089112B are being withdrawn from ...
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Vertically integrated partnership serves hot thanksgiving-style meal to Nickelsville tent city residents
Recently, several Vertically Integrated Partnership (VIP) partners, including University of Washington Housing & Food Services, Hirai Farms, Food Services of America, Annie's Fun and Sodexo, served approximately 100 residents of the Nickelsville Tent City (http://www.nickelsvilleseattle.org/) in Seattle a hot Thanksgiving-style meal. The meal included smoked turkey with mushroom gravy, ...
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NEW in Solvi: Plant Counts, Elevation Maps and High Resolution Prescriptions
Today we are releasing several big updates in Solvi and would like to share the details. As the season is now in full swing (even here in Northern Europe after late Spring), we are really excited to give you tools that help you get most out of drone imagery! Plant Counts Last autumn we announced plant counts in beta and since then have received a lot of great feedback. Today we make plant ...
By Solvi AB
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Providence St. Peter Hospital achieves MSC Chain of Custody certification
Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, WA, has announced that it is the first hospital in the Providence Health Care System, and the second hospital in North America, to achieve Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Chain of Custody certification for sustainable, wild-caught seafood. MSC certification ensures that seafood products bearing the blue MSC ecolabel are fully traceable to a fishery that ...
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Vertically integrated partnership holds major food serving event to stop hunger in southwest seattle
The "Vertically Integrated Partnership to Feed Those in Need" (Vertically Integrated Partnership or VIP) recently held a barbeque at Greenbridge Plaza in White Center (Southwest Seattle) and served over 2,000 people in need a BBQ meal including chicken, sweet corn, potato salad, dinner rolls, soft drinks, etc. as part of the Governor"s Feeding Washington ...
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From the Executive Director: Timely Legislation Passed to Aid Farmers During Crisis
My column this week features important information on recent COVID-19 state and federal legislation, including some below that was taken from the Minnesota Farmers Union’s April 14th e-newsletter. If you are seeking timely information on state and federal local food- and farm-related policy, I encourage you to sign up for the Farmers Union newsletter here. The Minnesota State Legislature ...
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