This grilling season, the National Pork Board is challenging grillers to share their secret about what makes their chop pop for the chance to win $15,000 toward a backyard makeover, a Large Big Green Egg® Grill Package, a summer of free pork and all the fame and glory associated with being named America’s Top #ChopGriller. …
Leading Midwestern retailer Shopko announced the springtime re-opening of its Garden Centers as well as its renewed commitment to stocking plants certified to the Veriflora standard for environmental sustainability. As a Veriflora Preferred Retailer since 2011, Shopko stocks sustainably grown annuals, perennials and vegetables plants from Floral Plant Growers, a Veriflora-certified operation based in Denmark, Wisconsin. Veriflora certification, issued by SCS Global Services, a leading third-party certifier, recognizes horticultural practices that limit environmental impact while providing social and economic benefits. …
Parliamentary Secretary Pierre Lemieux, on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, announced today an investment of close to $80,000 to Flowers Canada Growers (FCG) to help expand sales in the United States, as well as increase their domestic market share. …
Buddleia, known by most home gardeners as butterfly bush, is becoming an increasingly popular plant in the home landscape. Mostly because this perennial is highly favored by butterflies as a nectar plant. Why was this butterfly bush named a Louisiana Super Plant? Tutti Fruitti is non-invasive, stays small (24-30 inches tall at maturity in the landscape), is continually in flower during the warm seasons of the year, and has been a proven perennial in south Louisiana landscapes for three years. …
With its 2014 graduating class, the Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker® program celebrates 20 years of providing the nation’s only advanced training course of its kind for veteran cheesemakers. This year’s class includes four new Wisconsin Master Cheesemakers and three veteran Masters who repeated the program to earn certification in additional cheese varieties. …
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