JBS USA Reveals New Cedar River Farms Natural Beef Website

August 5, 2013 JBS USA

JBS USA announces the launch of CedarRiverFarms.com, an interactive website that highlights our premium Cedar River Farms® Natural Beef program. The website serves as an easy-to-use sales resource and informational tool for retail and foodservice operators, as well as a useful source of information for consumers.

Trendy New Cuts Of Beef: Chefs Love Them For Grilling & More

August 5, 2013 Larry Olmsted, Forbes

In recent years, as foodies have proliferated, culinary topics have become increasingly vital and the once impenetrable wall between professional chefs in the kitchen and the public has come tumbling down, and there has been increased use of the term “chef’s cuts” to describe tasty but less common cuts of meat (not just beef). Chefs are almost always the earliest adopters, and once these cuts find their way onto menus, they tend to end up on supermarket shelves, or at least at knowledgeable butchers, so don’t be surprised if you have only seen some of them in restaurants, though the lead time to consumers is shrinking.

Kenya's Flower Standards To Be In Place By 2015

August 5, 2013 Staff Reporter, Xinhua

Kenya's flower industry lobby said Friday it will complete the implementation of a national mechanism of compliance for all players in the sector by the end of 2015. Kenya Flower Council (KFC) CEO Jane Ngige told journalists in Nairobi that the move will help flower exporters in meeting stringent rules of importing nations.

The Helium Cliff: Will Government Gridlock Send Prices Skyward?

We've had college loan cliffs and tax cliffs, fiscal cliffs and global growth cliffs. And this October, unless Congress moves quickly, it looks like we're going to float over the latest precipice: the helium cliff.

Fleuroselect Convention Celebrates Sakata Centennial

August 5, 2013 Fleuroselect

More than 110 delegates, representing a broad cross-section of the international ornamentals industry, congratulated Sakata Ornamentals with their 100th Anniversary during the 44th Annual Fleuroselect Convention held in Odense, Denmark from 3rd to 5th July. Sakata invited the members to its European ornamental headquarters and together with co-host Takii, who has a breeding station in Odense, offered ‘a taste of Japan in Denmark’.