With baseball’s Opening Day upon us, even Republicans and Democrats on the Hill can agree that nothing captures the spirit of spring and summer better than enjoying a fresh, delicious hot dog at the ball game. For that reason, Opening Day 2011 is truly monumental for Washington, DC hot dog lovers and baseball fans, as there is a new top “dog” at Nationals Park. …
Come Friday, two locals of the United Food and Commercial Workers will merge. Auburn-based Local 81, with about 1,500 meat cutters and wrappers in Kitsap, Mason and Thurston counties, will join Local 21, the Seattle-based local made up of grocery-store, retail and health care workers. UFCW 21 has 35,000 members in Western Washington, 2,682 of them in Kitsap County. …
Cincinnati-based nonprofit Cooperative for Education (CoEd) recently received international support in the form of a prestigious grant from Chiquita Brands. The $10,000 grant will support the organizations Guatemala Textbook Program, bringing first-ever textbooks to more than 1,200 youths in rural Guatemala. …
Wishnatzki Farms, a Florida-based grower-shipper, has hired Darwin Reich as Director of California Operations. Reich will oversee Misty Ranch, the companys joint venture with Berry Valley Farms in Salinas. He will also recruit independent growers in California who want to sell their crops through Wishnatzkis marketing arm. And, he will look for opportunities for the company to own and operate acreage in California. …
Hollandia Produce, LLC grower shipper of Live Gourmet brand living lettuces and leafy greens is the first North American greenhouse producer of hydroponically grown living lettuces and leafy greens to achieve a Primus Global Food Safety Initiative Certification. …
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