Month: June 2015

Benedetti Farms Recalls Chicken & Turkey Sausage Products Due To Misbranding

June 8, 2015 USDA FSIS

Benedetti Farms, Inc., a Sonoma, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 11,670 pounds of chicken and turkey sausage products due to misbranding, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The chicken and turkey sausages were wrapped in hog and sheep casings that were not listed on the labels. Hog and sheep casings may elicit allergic reactions in the rare cases of individuals known to be allergic to pork or sheep proteins. …

Flower Trials At HilverdaKooij 2015

June 8, 2015 HilverdaKooij

The setting of the show will be typically Dutch. For example our new introductions can be admired in front of the ‘Nachtwacht’ of Rembrandt. Or did you ever sit on a cargo bike over 50 years old with beautiful pot plants in it? All that is possible at HilverdaKooij. Besides a beautiful show, you can also have a look at our striking new introductions. Behind the scenes you can visit our breeding & selecting department where a significant number of possible future developments will be on display. …

Meet The 2015 Kitayama Bros. Cup Judges

June 8, 2015 Kitayama Bros.

KB Cup Floral Design Competition during KB Open House, is a benefit event for Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks! (KB is part of the Monterey Bay Greenhouse Growers Tour) …

The Hmong Flower Farmers Of Seattle

June 8, 2015 Alexia Fernández Campbell & Mauro Whiteman, National Journal

Scott Chang grew up among the tulips and irises at Pike Place Market. The 30-year-old Seattle native remembers taking naps in one of the flower stalls as a toddler while his mother sold their bouquets. Chang's parents were among the first Hmong refugees from Laos to start selling the market's famous bouquets in the late 1980s. Now, about 40 percent of the dozens of flower vendors at the market are Hmong too. …

Why Spanish Cheese Smuggling Will Likely Continue In Canada

June 8, 2015 Julio Cesar Rivas, The Costa Rica Star

Canada is the North Korea of dairy products with a tight border through which foreign dairy products only pass in dribs and drabs but where, despite everything, Spanish cheeses are the rage. …