Freeze-Frazzled Brevard County Gardeners Seek Hardier Plants
Gardeners already are ripping out sensitive tropicals and shopping for cold-hardy plants as we bid goodbye to two winters of freezes. …
Month: March 2011
Celebrate Spring With Camellias Discounts From CA’s Western Star Nursery
Now is the perfect time of year to plant Camellias. They are at the height of their bloom and beauty in early spring. Western Star Nursery, a wholesale nursery in the Bay Area and Sacramento, is offering discounts of up to 50 percent on many varieties of Camellias in 1, 5 and 15 gallon containers. It’s a great opportunity for nurseries, landscaping contractors and developers to take advantage of the spectacular beauty of camellias while many other plant varieties are dormant. …
Find Citrus Bliss With Cara Cara Oranges
You ate pizza and chips all weekend. Now it’s time to get your diet back on track. How? We recommend cara cara oranges, also known as pink navels. …
Traceability & Food Safety Will Be Focus Of PMA Fresh Connections: North Carolina
Produce industry members in the Kannapolis, N.C. area will have the chance to connect with regional buyers and suppliers and learn more about food safety risks and traceability efforts during Produce Marketing Associations (PMA) Fresh Connections: North Carolina event. …
DeFranco & Sons Recalls Hazelnuts/Mixed Nuts With Hazelnuts
DeFranco and Sons of Los Angeles, CA, is voluntarily recalling bulk and consumer-packaged in-shell, hazelnut and mixed nut products containing hazelnuts because they may be contaminated with Escherichia coli O157:H7 bacteria (E. coli O157:H7). The recall was initiated after the nut products were linked to 7 illnesses in the states of MI, MN, and WI. To-date, no E. coli 0157:H7 has been detected in the nut products; however, we are notifying our valued consumers and customers out of an abundance of caution. …
