AIFD Announces Accreditation Results

21 of 79 candidates who participated in the American Institute of Floral Designers' (AIFD) Professional Floral Design Evaluation (PFDE) July 2 in San Francisco were successful in their quest to become CFD and were invited to become an Accredited Member of AIFD, it was announced by AIFD.

Vancouver's Greener Flowers Are Bloomin' Marvelous

Purple calla lilies, green hydrangeas, lime lizard chrysanthemums, and golden sunflowers fill the space at Full Bloom Flowers on Vancouver’s Commercial Drive. Ms. Diane Levings and her Full Bloom Flowers co-owner, Joan Dewling, look for flowers that carry the stamp of approval of the Flower Label Program (FLP), a Bonn, Germany-based association of human-rights groups, flower producers and retailers. The FLP promotes socially and environmentally-responsible flower and foliage cultivation by setting universal health, safety, social, labour and environmental-protection standards.

USPB Makes Summer Potato Salads Sizzle

October 3, 2011 United States Potato Board

Americans from coast to coast are in agreement: a backyard barbecue, poolside party or campfire cookout just isn’t complete without potato salad on the table. According to a 2010 poll on AOLFood.com, potato salad is the number one pick among cold side salads, edging out pasta salad, green salad, coleslaw and three-bean salad with 48 percent of the vote.

Battistoni Italian Specialty Meats Selects Travers Collins As Agency Of Record

Buffalo-based integrated marketing communications firm Travers Collins has been named agency-of-record by Battistoni Italian Specialty Meats, headquartered at 81 Dingens St. in Buffalo. Travers Collins will work to promote and reposition the Battistoni brand, which was founded by Umberto Battistoni in 1931 as Bison Products Co.

Greencore USA Recalls Chef Salads Due To Possible Salmonella Contamination

October 3, 2011 USDA FSIS

Greencore USA, Inc., a Cincinnati, Ohio, establishment, is recalling approximately 57 pounds of salad products containing meat and poultry, because the grape tomatoes used in these products may be contaminated with Salmonella, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.