House Committee Report Distorts the Record: Worker Health and Safety is First Priority in Meat and Poultry Industry

The North American Meat Institute, the nation’s trade association for meat and poultry packers and processors, today said the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis’ partisan report distorts the truth about the meat and poultry industry’s work to protect employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Proven Winners ColorChoice Shrubs Among the Best Low-Water Plants at UC Davis

May 13, 2022 Spring Meadow Nursery

In the UC Landscape Plant Irrigation Trials, UC Davis horticulturists evaluate landscape plants with the potential to be good performers in low-water use landscapes. Cultivars are provided by growers and breeders who want to evaluate their varieties for low-water use in hot California gardens. To earn the Blue Ribbon™, the plant has to stand out in the garden, look good most of the year, and require minimal pruning. In the latest trials, three of the seven plants that maintained these high standards of aesthetic quality were Proven Winners® ColorChoice® varieties.

Laura Chenel Everything Bagel Fresh Goat Cheese Wins 2022 sofi New Product Award

May 13, 2022 Laura Chenel

Laura Chenel’s Everything Bagel Fresh Goat Cheese, an inspired pairing of America’s original goat cheese with the ever-popular blend of sesame seeds, garlic, poppy seeds and onion, has won the new product award in the Cheese — Non-Cow Milk, Mixed Milk category as part of the Specialty Food Association’s (SFA) 2022 sofi™ Awards, a top honor in the $170.4 billion specialty food industry.

Lioni’s Stracciatella Cheese Wins the Highly Esteemed sofi Award

May 13, 2022 Lioni Latticini

The sofi™ Awards have been honoring the best in specialty food for 48 years. This year, Lioni Latticini, well-known producer of Fresh Mozzarella, Burrata and Bufala Cheese proudly announces the New Product Award in Cheese, boasting the best in Specialty Food, a top honor as part of the Specialty Food Associations (SFA) Fancy Food Show. 

Dairy For The Next Generation – NY Milklaunch Returns With a Dairy Startup Competition Focused on New Products for Gen-Z

May 13, 2022 VentureFuel

The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, the New York Dairy Promotion Order (DPO) Advisory Board, and VentureFuel announced today this year’s MilkLaunch startup competition. The program focuses on accelerating product innovation for dairy products in New York State with a new theme of products targeting Generation Z consumers (10 – 23 years old), with a focus on sustainability.