Phillips New Culinary Crab – Say Goodbye To Broken Lumps

March 19, 2013 Phillips Foods

Phillips Foods is proud to introduce a new, innovative product line Culinary Crab™.  Culinary Crab™ features a patented process that utilizes 100% natural blue swimming crab, shaping it into Jumbo and Super Lump sizes. These large, uniform lumps truly deliver the flavor of fresh crab and are produced without any artificial binders.  The Culinary Crab™ line currently offers two items: Culinary Jumbo and Culinary Super Lump.

Third Annual Fresno Food Expo Declared A Success

March 19, 2013 Fresno Food Expo

The 3rd Annual Fresno Food Expo, presented by Union Bank, held on March 14, 2013, was a huge success featuring 106 food and beverage producers from the 8-county San Joaquin Valley and marked the debut of 55 new innovative products and packaging concepts. These Valley-based food and beverage producers gained exposure and made connections with 643 pre-qualified regional, national and international foodservice and retail buyers, restaurant chefs and institutions.

20th Annual Ag Woman Of The Year Nominations Needed

March 19, 2013 Ag Against Hunger

Ag Against Hunger is seeking nomination requests for the 2013 Agricultural Woman of the Year from Monterey, Santa Cruz or San Benito counties. The nominee should have unique leadership qualities held by women working within the local agricultural industry. We will honor the deserving woman at our 20th Annual Ag Recognition Luncheon on June 7, 2013 at Paraiso Vineyards in Soledad.

'Born In BC. Raised In The Okanagan' Apples Receive 'Buy Local' Funds

The growers of two varieties of apples that were first known as SPA493 and 8S6923 and then introduced to consumers as Salish and Aurora Golden Gala are now receiving Buy Local program funds to help promote these tasty new B.C. products.

Ten Strategies For Wise Water Use Through Food & Agriculture

March 19, 2013 Food Tank

March 22, 2013 is the 20th anniversary of World Water Day. Although about 70 percent of the earths surface is covered by water, only 0.001 percent is fresh and available for human consumption. The largest portion of this70 percentis used for agriculture. Global agricultural water consumption is expected to increase by approximately 19 percent by 2050.