It's Harvest Time & Umpqua Dairy Is Featuring Pumpkin Egg Nog

October 6, 2011 Umpqua Dairy

Fall leaves, pumpkins and egg nog. Yes, we said egg nog. Umpqua is excited to once again offer our award winning egg nogs, complete with our delicious Pumpkin Egg Nog.

Broadbased Coalition Files Legal Petition With FDA To Require Labeling Of GM Foods

October 6, 2011 Organic Valley

A coalition of nearly 400 businesses and organizations dedicated to food safety and consumer rights today called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to require labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods, to give consumers the right to know what is in our food.

Hood Simply Smart Milk Recognizes The Women's Lunch Place's Sharon Reilly

October 5, 2011 HP Hood LLC

Hood® Simply Smart® Milk and Chris Evert, Simply Smart spokesperson and tennis legend, presented Sharon Reilly, Executive Director of The Women’s Lunch Place, with a $7,500 donation at an event held today at the Women’s Lunch Place. Reilly was announced in May as the recipient of the “Make a Difference, Taste a Difference” program for her dedication and hard work serving local Boston women in need. The Women’s Lunch Place is a non-profit that has provided food, shelter and services to homeless women in Boston for almost 30 years.

Oakhurst Dairy Focuses Retail Sales Team With Addition Of Ed Crockett

October 5, 2011 Oakhurst Dairy

Oakhurst Dairy, northern New England’s largest independent family-owned dairy company, announced today that W. Edward Crockett (Ed) has joined the company as its Retail Sales Director. Crockett will have direct sales responsibility for the mass merchant, drug and club segments. He will also have management responsibility for the grocery and convenience segments. Reporting to Crockett will be Jim Carvalho, Sales Manager – Chain Grocery, Dwayne Dunn, Sales Manager – Chain C-store, Andy Russell, Sales Manager – Independents/Wholesalers and Jeff Reinold, Sales Service Supervisor.

Fuel Up To Play 60 Announces Contribution To The Million PALA Challenge

October 5, 2011 National Dairy Council

Fuel Up to Play 60, in partnership with the President’s Challenge Program of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition (PCFSN), is pleased to announce it secured the participation of more than 80,000 youth and adults to help meet “Million PALA Challenge.” Launched by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, PSFSN, and the First Lady’s Let’s Move! initiative in September 2010, the PALA Challenge aimed to have one million Americans meet requirements to earn a Presidential Active Lifestyle Award (PALA) by September 2011. Today, Fuel Up to play 60 was honored by Secretary Sebelius at an event on the National Mall commemorating the end of the Million PALA Challenge.