Tucked into President Barack Obama’s 2016 budget outline is a plan that would radically alter the responsibilities of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as well as other agencies by creating a stand-alone, federally funded food safety unit. “A single Federal food safety agency would provide focused, centralized leadership,...
Albany, NY—Rats running amok and other unsanitary conditions have Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to crack down harder on many of the nation’s food facilities. The senator submitted a three-point plan for addressing the alleged food safety crisis. First, any facility hit...
With current strong market expansion for hemp products and state-legalized marijuana, the Cannabis plant is the foundation for some of the fastest growing industry segments in the United States today. This is in spite of the fact that no commercial production of hemp is occurring in the United States and...
Advice for targeting marketing efforts to the various generations.Harrah’s in Lake Tahoe, CA, once ran a television/radio advertising campaign that involved three different jingles. The first featured Beach Boys-esque music and a deep male voiceover. The second was reminiscent of a 1980s female soloist and included an energetic male voiceover...
Ideas for making tea, coffee and drinking chocolate sizzle in your store.Are your food demos and store promotions getting stale? Consider highlighting some of the hottest drinks on the market: coffee, tea and drinking chocolate. Here is some fun and important information to share with shoppers when showing them off.
Glory Bee has introduced Aunt Patty’s 100% pure and unrefined Maguey Syrup, which contains the prebiotic fiber metlin. This traditional sweetener is derived from the Agave salmiana plant and has a low glycemic index. It is GMO free, gluten free and certified organic. Aunt Patty’s Maguey Syrup can be used for different cooking purposes.
Washington, D.C.—More organic farmers and handlers will soon be exempt from paying for the marketing and research of conventional agricultural products, due to a new proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The collective savings involved for organic stakeholders may amount to $13.6 million annually, according to USDA...
Chicago, IL—Generation Z (includes ages 0–23) and Millennials (ages 24–37) are the primary groups behind a recent rise in consumption of fresh foods, according to new market research from NPD Group. Fresh food, including fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, fish and eggs, has become more popular over the last 10 years,...
A newly available Web domain is beginning to be adopted by organic groups and companies. Global registry services provider Afilias made .organic available as an alternative to common domains like .com or .org back in August of 2014. It is only available to companies that sell at least some certified...
The Specialty Food Foundation, a philanthropic program of the Specialty Food Association, just awarded $250,000 in grants to 14 food recovery and hunger relief groups. Recipients include Ceres Community Project, Sebastopol, CA; Farmer Foodshare, Chapel Hill, NC and 12 others. The Foundation was created in Spring 2014. Boulder, CO-based...
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Glory Bee has introduced Aunt Patty’s 100% pure and unrefined Maguey Syrup, which contains the prebiotic fiber metlin. This traditional sweetener is derived from the Agave salmiana plant and has a low glycemic index. It is GMO free, gluten free and certified organic. Aunt Patty’s Maguey Syrup can be used for different cooking purposes.
