Month: January 2012

Kroger Now Offers Nolan Ryan's All-Natural Texas Beef

January 16, 2012 Kroger

Nolan Ryan Beef and Kroger are proud to announce that their long-standing partnership now includes exclusive sales of Nolan Ryan’s All-Natural Texas Beef at Kroger Southwest Division stores, which includes locations in Texas and Louisiana. Procuring the highest quality beef exclusively from Texas, the new Nolan Ryan Beef product is all USDA choice and helps to support local agriculture and ranchers. …

Black Petunias Build On Successful 2011 Debut

January 16, 2012 Allen Owings, Louisiana Nursery & Landscape Association

Black petunias have been getting a considerable amount of discussion the past year. Black petunias, you ask? Are there black-flowering petunias? Yes, there are. These are new to the market, with spring 2011 seeing their successful debut in Louisiana garden centers.
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Hydrangeas Find New Generation Of Fans

January 16, 2012 Jane Wrigglesworth, The Southland Times

I'm a big fan of hydrangeas, and so it seems is the rest of New Zealand. As soon as they hit the garden centre shelves they sell out in next to no time. They've shaken off their old-fashioned image and morphed into beautiful long-lasting blooms that the home gardener is enamoured with.

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Anthura To Share Some Promising New Products At The TPIE

January 16, 2012 Anthura

The TPIE, the Tropical Plant Industry Exhibition, is held from January 18 until January 20 this year in Fort Lauderdale (United States of America). Every year Anthura shows promising new products. …

Half A Year Without Louisiana Oysters "Were The Dark Days"

January 16, 2012 Judy Walker, Times-Picayune

Louisiana oysters have long had a reputation as the best type for cooking. Executive chef Mark Falgoust of Grand Isle seafood restaurant found out why the hard way. When the BP oil spill happened last year, Falgoust was one of many local chefs who couldn't get Louisiana oysters from regular suppliers.

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