Month: January 2016

Brothers Duffy and Jordan Kniaziew are first generation farmers and local entrepreneurs who are transforming their family-owned business. What started as a small greenhouse in 1997 has since evolved into Zing! Healthy Foods™, offering a range of specialty produce and positioning Orangeline Farms as a cutting-edge operation in the heart of Canada’s premier growing region. …

An estimated 3 million Americans have glaucoma, and 120,000 are blind because of the disease. A study published this week in JAMA Ophthalmology shows that a diet rich in green, leafy vegetables might reduce the risk of this debilitating disease. It is time to break out the spinach. …

Arctic® Fuji is poised to follow in the footsteps of OSF’s first distinctly nonbrowning apple varieties, Arctic® Golden and Arctic® Granny, which were approved for commercial sale in February 2015. On December 31st, OSF formally submitted a petition to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requesting the deregulation of the next nonbrowning variety – Arctic® Fuji. …

Duda Farm Fresh Foods created the celery snack line to meet the growing consumer demand for healthy snacks. The new Dandy® Celery Snack Line includes ready-to-snack celery in a variety of sizes that pair celery with either peanut butter from Peanut Butter & Co.® or Ranch-flavored dips. …

LGS Specialty Sales, Ltd. is proud to tell present and future customers that it is the first and only U.S. importer/broker to attain SQF (Safe Quality Food) Level 2: Certified HACCP Based Food Safety Plans Certification, for citrus fruit, grape, avocados, apples and pears. …