Houseplants Sweep The Air Clean On Earth Day & Every Day
Thank a plant today. Silently and always “working”, these green heroes toil tirelessly to purify our environment and enrich our lives, naturally cleansing the very air we breathe. …
Month: April 2012
Ball Horticultural & Costa Farms Launch New Mirel-Based Plant Container
Metabolix, Inc., a bioscience company focused on developing clean, sustainable solutions for plastics, chemicals and energy, Ball Horticultural Company and Costa Farms, today announced that the Mirel®-based biodegradable SoilWrap® plant containers are now available at Lowe's Home Improvement stores in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. …
U.S. Pork Supply Rises 6.7% From 2011; Beef At Record High
Pork stockpiles in the U.S. were 6.7 percent higher on March 31 than a year earlier, the government said. Beef supplies were the highest ever for the date. …
Beef Consumers & Flavor
When it comes to food, the alternatives are endless: spicy or bland; Mexican, Italian, Asian or Southern-style comfort dishes. But when it comes to beef, almost everyone agrees on a few features. “Consumers tell us that higher fat levels are more desirable; they like it better,” says Mark Miller, meat scientist at Texas Tech University. “We’ve found that marbling level has a really big impact on the consumer’s desire for beef.”
Berwick Meat Market In Nova Scotia Retesting Hams For Listeria
Meadowbrook Meat Market is in the process of retesting one of its products because of possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
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