Changes At Fair Flowers Fair Plants

August 29, 2011 Staff Reporter, Florint.org

The Fair Flowers Fair Plants certification system has seen some developments as of late: a number of growers and traders have left, while two new chains have also joined the accreditation program. Moreover, cooperation with other, similar, certifications has been undertaken and will soon result in an increase in participating producers and therefore products.

Colombia Considers Mexico As Market For Flowers

As part of their plan to diversify Colombia's flower exportation in the face of rising import tariffs in the United States, Colombia looks to Mexico and other countries as potential destinations for their flowers, despite the fact that Mexico also cultivates many flowers for exportation.

Proposed Colombian Trade Agreement Spurs Labor Rights, Job Creation Debate

The Association of Floral Importers of Florida hosted a meeting in Miami on Wednesday with Colombia’s ambassador to the United States, Gabriel Silva, to show its support for a U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.

Fromer Fairway Foods Meat & Deli Operations Head To Be Inducted Into Hall Of Fame

In November the retired supermarket company executive and Mankato resident will be inducted into the Meat Industry Hall of Fame, which annually honors leaders from all sectors of the livestock, meat and poultry processing industries.

Goffle Road Poultry Among The Best-Known Farms In North Jersey

August 29, 2011 Elisa Ung, The Record

Opened in 1948, Goffle Road Poultry Farm is among North Jersey's best-known farms; it's held in high esteem by home cooks and restaurant chefs alike for its naturally raised, antibiotic-free, cage-free birds fed a high-protein, soybean-based diet.