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Harvard Study: Nut Consumption Is Inversely Associated With Mortality

February 5, 2015 The International Nut & Dried Fruit Council (INC)

According to a recent study run by Harvard University, which analyzed over 100,000 people over 30 years, nut consumption was inversely associated with total mortality by over 20%, disregarding the cause, and had an inverse relationship with some of the most common causes of death, such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. …

Sunsweet Celebrates The Season With Music & Chocolate

February 5, 2015 Sunsweet Growers Inc.

Move over cupid, Sunsweet® is taking over Valentine's Day this year with PlumSweets, chocolate-covered Amaz!n™ Prunes, and giving people something to listen to. Sunsweet is sponsoring PlumSweets radio on Pandora at www.Pandora.com/PlumSweetsRadio. …

Waitrose Creates Exclusive Fruit Sourcing Partnership With Primafruit

February 5, 2015 Waitrose

Waitrose has announced a long term partnership agreement with fruit supplier Primafruit to exclusively manage the sourcing of imported fruit categories. …

Whole Foods Recalls Raw Macadamia Nuts Due To Possible Health Risk

February 4, 2015 FDA

Whole Foods Market is recalling packaged raw macadamia nuts due to possible Salmonella contamination. …

Wholesum Family Farms To Deploy Linkfresh ERP

February 4, 2015 LINKFRESH

LINKFRESH Inc., a leading provider of supply chain ERP solutions designed specifically for the fresh food industry, announced that the Nogales, Ariz, based organic fruit and vegetable producer Wholesum Family Farms, Inc. will deploy its Microsoft Dynamics NAV LINKFRESH ERP solution. …