Month: April 2012

Inline Plastics Corp. has announced the introduction of new grab and go 12oz snack cups, the newest version of the company’s breakthrough Safe-T-Fresh® line of products. Typical applications for the containers include fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, bakery items, yogurt, parfait, and a variety of snack goods. …

The American Heart Association’s Heart-Check mark* will now appear on select pistachio nuts grown and marketed by members of the American Pistachio Growers (APG). This coveted certification may now appear on packages and promotional materials featuring roasted and salted pistachio kernels, roasted and unsalted pistachio kernels, roasted and salted pistachios in the shell and roasted, unsalted pistachios in the shell. …

Interrupcion* is a Fair Trade social enterprise working to improve producer livelihoods, practice environmental sustainability and foster a global community. The organization not only helps farms and cooperatives to become Organic and Fair Trade certified (free of charge), but also purchases and exports their fresh produce to the US market. …

To support peak season artichoke sales this year, Ocean Mist Farms and Rouses Supermarkets tried to build the world’s largest fresh artichoke display on Saturday, April 21, at the Rouses store at 4500 Tchoupitoulas Street in New Orleans. The Rouses team used 20,000 fresh green globe Ocean Mist Farms artichokes to build the display and an artichoke-filled ornament suspended above the display in the shape of New Orleans' beloved symbol: the Fleur-di-lis. …

The Senate Agriculture Committee voted 16-5 to pass theAgriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012. This marks the beginning of efforts to reauthorize the 2012 Farm Bill which is set to expire on September 30, 2012. For the fresh fruit and vegetable industry and United Fresh members, this bill answers the call over the last year to continue to build on the investments made in the 2008 Farm Bill. …