Foster Farms Introduces Certified Organic & Antibiotic-Free Chicken

June 1, 2015 Foster Farms

Foster Farms is introducing two new product lines, Foster Farms Certified Organic and Foster Farms Simply Raised antibiotic-free chicken at major retailers throughout the West, making the family-owned company the largest producer of USDA certified organic and antibiotic-free chicken in the Western United States.

Pork Checkoff Launches Summer Grilling Promotion

Grilling season is heating up, and the Pork Checkoff is encouraging Americans to spice up this year's grilling celebrations with the unexpected flavor of lean, heart-healthy pork cuts through a multi-platform summer promotion.

Test Your Beef IQ In 'I LOVE BEEF' Trivia Challenge This Month

The national beef checkoff, through its Northeast Beef Promotion Initiative (NEBPI) and in partnership with the South Dakota Beef Industry Council (SDBIC), encourages the public to test their Beef I.Q. through the “I Love Beef Trivia” Challenge for the chance to win tickets to the 23rd annual Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle in Washington, DC, on June 27-28.

Boston Flower Exchange In Center Of Development Boom

Boston is in the middle of perhaps its biggest building boom ever. Construction cranes have blossomed on the city’s skyline. And multiple developers are now circling on Albany Street. A wide majority of the exchange’s shareholders have voted to sell the place, the latest home for a venerable institution that dates to 1909. And even some of them, acknowledging a lucrative development market too tempting to ignore, don’t seem thrilled about abandoning the South End exchange where 14 or so flower wholesalers rent floor space for up to $300,000 a year on primo real estate.

UMASS Fertilizer Trials Recommend Nature's Source Organic Plant Food 3-1-1

June 1, 2015 Ball DPF, LLC

In a recent online fact-sheet at its extension website, the UMass Amherst Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment lists Nature’s Source Organic Plant Food 3-1-1 as “the best liquid organic fertilizer,” according to Dr. Douglas Cox, Stockbridge School of Agriculture. It is called-out by the extension after a number of years studying the use of organic fertilizers for growing commercial greenhouse crops. The trials evaluated traditional water