Wal-Mart Suspends Supplier Of Seafood

Wal-Mart Stores has suspended one of its seafood suppliers in the South as an advocacy group for foreign workers pressed the retailer to improve working conditions there and at a dozen other suppliers cited for hundreds of federal labor violations.

Calandiva Collect4Kids: Give Tanzania A Future

July 2, 2012 Fides B.V.

"You should have learned a profession…". In the western world a much used phrase, but not very common in Tanzania. And specifically in this country, where Calandiva cuttings come from, the educational conditions for children are very poor. It’s time to make a change! Provide these children with good education and a better life. Make a difference and contribute now. Give these kids a bright future!

Teleflora Survey Finds That Unexpected Flowers Really Do Make Someone Smile – Even Men

July 2, 2012 Teleflora

According to the results of a national survey, both men and women are in agreement that an unexpected gift of flowers brings about smiles. The survey, conducted online by Harris Interactive® on behalf of Teleflora, the world's leading flower wire service, offering only hand-arranged, hand-delivered floral arrangements, found that 71% of women ages 35-44 said that receiving a bouquet of flowers unexpectedly would make them smile and surprisingly, 49% of men in that same age group agreed. No matter the age, a bright bouquet of flowers can improve someone's mood, considering that 60% of US adults ages 55+ would smile upon unexpectedly receiving a floral gift.

Emerald Coast Growers Releases 2012-13 Catalog

July 2, 2012 Emerald Coast Growers

Hot off the presses, Emerald Coast Growers’ new 2012-13 Catalog is now available, with more than 100 new varieties including 3 exclusively available from the perennial and ornamental grass leader.

A New Frontier: Farmstead Sheep Milk Cheese

At Larkhaven Farmstead Cheeses, Clare Paris and her husband Sam Howell have been producing aged raw milk cheese for nearly 20 years and began marketing commercially about 5 years ago. Today, Clare and her husband Sam are members of a very exclusive club! How exclusive?