Month: April 2011

Back to the Roots (BTTR Ventures) is helping to solve this problem by collecting 40,000 pounds of coffee grounds each week, cultivating them into a rich substrate from which to grow oyster mushrooms and make grow-it-at-home mushroom kits. …

Jackie Caplan Wiggins, Vice President; Frieda Rapoport Caplan, Founder; and Karen Caplan, President & CEO, celebrate the company’s 49th anniversary and officially kick off their 50th year in business. …

Ocean Mist Farms added a promotional page to its website for the 2011 peak artichoke season that allows shoppers to find artichokes on sale in their markets. …

The Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) today announced the official launch of its website (www.producesafetyalliance.cornell.edu/) and issued a call for farmers, researchers, state officials, produce industry experts and others interested in produce safety to join an Alliance working committee. …

Starting in mid-April, Mann will place instant redeemable coupons on 100,000 packages of 8-ounce Stringless Sugar Snap Peas and 12-ounce Green Beans. The offer is good for $1 savings for any two packages of the Manns products purchased. This annual promotion is historically a success nationwide; the 2010 redemption rate was 18 percent. …