Interest Soars In Ikebana Art Form
Learn about the grace and eloquence of Ikebana, the Japanese art of floral arranging, when Yuko Hancock presents a demonstration Tuesday afternoon for the Melbourne Chapter of Ikebana International. …
Month: March 2011
New Super Hero Rose A Sure Winner For Spring
Wholesale growers have been bringing lots more low-maintenance, long-blooming roses to retail markets. One of the better brands is the Easy Elegance collection of no-fuss roses from Bailey Nurseries, a St. Paul, Minn., operation. …
Obama: Mexican Trucking Deal Reached
President Barack Obama announced today that a deal has been reached in the longstanding dispute over cross-border trucking with Mexico. The announcement was made during a news conference with Mexican President Felipe Calderon. …
Euroshop 2011: Bizerba Presents A Total Store Solution With A New 3D Applicator
With the GLM-E Retail a combination of packaging machine, scales and pricing tool retailers can independently process fresh food even in small preparation spaces and thus flexibly respond to variations in demand. A new 3D applicator makes it possible to apply up to two labels at any desired position of the packaging surface. As the user controls both the packaging machine and the pricing tool via the same touch screen terminal, a higher degree of data consistency and reliability is ensured. Bizerba will launch the system in North America during the year. …
Beef Industry Carves A Course
Colorado native Jen Johnson loved raising cattle and eating steak, a lifestyle some of her friends at Princeton University found a bit hard to swallow. Ms. Johnson tried winning them over with sheer enthusiasm. But she soon realized she needed help persuading her salad-nibbling sorority sisters to order steaks. So she went back to school to get her MBAMasters of Beef Advocacy. …
