Month: November 2011

Export of Chile’s “Little Blue Dynamos*” to U.S. and Canadian markets this year is supported by an aggressive multi-tiered promotion campaign aimed at getting the berries into more stores, restaurants and consumer kitchens during the North American winter. With a growing season opposite that of the U.S., Chilean blueberries don’t compete with their northern counterparts, but help build a stronger year-round market for both American and Chilean blueberry farmers. …

In an experiment on rats, European researchers have proved that eating strawberries reduces the harm that alcohol can cause to the stomach mucous membrane. Published in the open access journal Plos One, the study may contribute to improving the treatment of stomach ulcers. …

With all the benefits of technology, there is something about sitting down face to face that can make it easier to think through industry problems and move toward improving the situation. So at the upcoming edition of The New York Produce Show and Conference, we are going to steal a page from our IDEATION FRESH Foodservice Forum and do some ideation about this cantaloupe situation and its broader meaning for food safety and the industry. …

Even though the New York Produce Show and Conference is a serious event, just as in life, there are lots of opportunities to provide some fun. For this year’s show, we brought along a superstar athlete who turns out to be focused on cooking, and he is going to do a cooking demo with students from culinary schools serving as sous chefs, talk us all through recipes as he prepares them, offer up samples and then sign autographs and have his photo taken! What a treat. We asked Pundit Investigator and Special Projects Editor Mira Slott to find out more from retired New York Knick, and current Assistant Coach for the Charlotte Bobcats, Charles Oakley. …

The framework of the Fresh Summit 2011, in Atlanta, GA was taken to give continuity to this agreement, that was signed for the first time in 2009, and that has benefited the members of this organization. The AMHPAC is presented as a new image of the Food Chain Partnership program, under the caption of sustainability in crop production. …