Phillips Foods Adds To Retail Sales Team

July 27, 2012 Phillips Foods

Phillips Foods, the number one selling brand of crab meat and crab cakes in the United States, is proud to announce the hiring of industry leading sales experts for retail and foodservice to their successful U.S. sales team.

Selecta Reviews FlowerTrials 2012

The FlowerTrials® 2012 had been a very exciting event for Selecta. For the first time we had two locations and everybody of the Selecta Team was very eager to see how the second location would be received by the visitors.

Seventeen Scholarships Awarded Through AFE

Seventeen horticulture students have been awarded scholarships from the American Floral Endowment (AFE), totaling more than $26,000. “It is always rewarding to see how many amazing young people there are who love the floriculture industry, and we are very pleased to be able to help them continue along this career path,” said AFE's Scholarship Chairperson PJ Ellison, of Ellison's Greenhouses in Brenham, Texas.

Cut Cymbidium Not Very Familiar, But Well-Liked

July 27, 2012 Florint

In Europe, consumers are not all that well-acquainted with the cut version of the Cymbidium, a Product Board for Horticulture study suggests. Those that do know it, however, are quite enthusiastic about the ‘boat orchids’.

Dean's Organic Milk Claims Draw Criticism From Cited Scientist

Cartons of Dean Foods Co.’s Horizon organic milk fortified with DHA feature a picture of a young girl to illustrate the heart, eye and brain benefits of the additive, referencing the work of a prominent nutritionist. The problem: the author says her study doesn’t support those health claims, and has joined with the scientific journal that published the work to demand removal of the citation.