Eat Up Tweet Up Success For Produce For Kids, Kroger SW & Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals

June 23, 2011 Produce for Kids

Produce for Kids and Kroger Southwest hosted an Eat Up Tweet Up event June 17 and 18 in both Houston and Dallas to promote the launch for the Kroger spring Produce for Kids campaign to raise money for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

The Sun Will Keep Del Monte Fresh Produce Cool

June 23, 2011 Del Monte Fresh Produce

Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc. is pleased to communicate that Gloucester Marine Terminal, where a large portion of its products for North America are being discharged, is partnering with solar technology leader SunPower Corp. to build the largest rooftop solar installation in North America – a massive, 1.1 million square-foot project on the roof of the Gloucester Marine Terminal’s refrigerated warehouse near the Walt Whitman Bridge on the Delaware River in New Jersey.

NJ Lt. Governor, Agriculture Secretary Unveil Online Ag Photo Collection

Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno and Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher today unveiled an online data- and image bank describing more than 7,000 vintage photographs produced by the Department of Agriculture to document farming in New Jersey from the late 19th century through the 1970s. Of these, more than 2,000 photos have been scanned and are now publicly viewable in the image bank at www.njarchives.org/links/agphotos.html.

Dole Announces Recall Of Limited Number Of Italian Blend Salads

June 23, 2011 Dole Fresh Vegetables

Dole Fresh Vegetables is voluntarily recalling 2,880 cases of DOLE® Italian Blend salad with Use-by Date of June 19, 2011, UPC code 7143000819 and Product Codes 0049A157201A, 0049A157201B, 0049A157202A, 0049A157202B, 0686A157202A, 0686A157202B and 442 cases of Kroger Fresh Selections Italian Style Blend salad with Use-by-Date of June 19, 2011, UPC code 1111091045 and Product Codes A157201A & A157201B, due to a possible health risk from Listeria monocytogenes.

Scallops Ride To Rescue Of Former Whaling Port In Massachusetts

Known as the "Whaling City," this coastal New England community celebrates its salty air and maritime heritage at every turn. A section with cobblestoned streets is known as the New Bedford Whaling National Historic Park. But the city's modern fortunes are tied to a far smaller sea creature: scallops.