Butter Prices On Steep Rise

Just when it’s time to whip up some holiday pie crusts, butter prices have gone through the roof.

Beef Checkoff Gauges Consumer Issues Surrounding Beef Safety

October 29, 2010 The Beef Checkoff

The beef checkoff conducts periodic surveys to monitor consumer confidence in the safety of beef. These studies provide measures of the effects on consumers of issues in the marketing environment and support a strategic foundation for consumer and influencer programs in issues management and communications.

Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs & Ham In The Kitchen

October 29, 2010 National Pork Board

“Do you like green eggs and ham?” To answer the enduring question and celebrate the 50th anniversary of Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham, The National Pork Board teamed up with celebrity chefs and food experts to bring the story to life, with tasty new recipes inspired by the book. Thanks to chefs Michael Symon and Melissa d’Arabian, the time-honored Seussian classic will be in the hearts and on the plates of families this fall.

OH Food Bank To Distribute 30,000 Pounds Of Smithfield Foods Pork

Food pantries and kitchens in the tri-county area next week will begin receiving the 30,000 pounds of pork donated to Second Harvest Food Bank of Mahoning Valley by Smithfield Foods and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.

Consumers Don’t Warm To Eco-Friendly Products

October 29, 2010 Mark Doliver, Adweek

Two surveys released last month find many consumers lacking enthusiasm for buying green goods, particularly if (as people suspect is typically the case) they’d have to pay a premium for them.