Butter Up At A Record As California Drought Meets Shifting Diet

September 29, 2015 Linly Lin, Bloomberg News

Spot prices for the dairy product — perhaps one of the more overlooked commodities trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange — rose 2.5 percent to a record $3.10 a pound Thursday. Butter futures are up 65 percent this year on the bourse.

The Global Energy Bimbo Race Gets More Than 100,000 People Around The World Up And Running

September 29, 2015 Bimbo

The Global Energy Bimbo Race, a sports event that is being promoted around the world by Grupo Bimbo, with the support of FOX Sports, successfully got more than 100,000 people up and running in 22 cities located in 19 countries.

Marin's Rustic Bakery Supplies Pope With Organic Goodies During US Visit

Marin residents have long enjoyed the organic artisanal goodies from Rustic Bakery, including San Rafael’s George Lucas and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom of Kentfield. Now the San Rafael-based company has a new fan — Pope Francis.

The Tortilla Demand

September 29, 2015 Cargill's InPerpspective

Tortillas continue to grow in popularity while manufacturers seek new ways to increase their health appeal with some paying specific attention to sodium reduction.

New York School Nutrition Director Wins Nationwide Cranberry-Mushroom Recipe Contest

September 29, 2015 Mushroom Council

Teal Carpenter, School Nutrition Director at Gloversville Enlarged School District in Gloversville, NY was declared the $500 grand prize winner in the 2015 Cranberry Marketing Committee USA / Mushroom Council Search for the Next Great Cranberry-Mushroom Recipe Contest. School foodservice professionals from across the country submitted their best school foodservice recipe concept featuring cranberries (America’s Original Superfruit®) and mushrooms. Carpenter came out on top for her creative concept of chicken stir-fry with mushrooms, cranberries, and sugar peas.