WF&FSA President Talks Challenges, Successes And Industry Shifts

January 15, 2016 Society of American Florists

When Rob Shibata assumed the presidency of the Wholesale Florist & Florist Supplier Association on Oct. 22, he returned several times to those three words. His message? The floral industry, and wholesalers in particular, have been through a tremendous amount of change in recent years, but the businesses left standing are tougher and better for those challenging times.

Preservative Found In Cheese Kills Cancerous Tumors In Rats

Eat cheese and fight cancer? Nisin — a preservative found in Brie, cheddar and Camembert — was found to greatly reduce cancerous tumors in rats, according to a new study.

Kitchen Table Bakers Revamps Product Line With rBST Hormone-Free Cheese

January 15, 2016 Kitchen Table Bakers

Kitchen Table Bakers, makers of the original, premium, hand-made 100% Aged Parmesan cheese crisp, will proudly debut its newly refreshed line of Mindful Munching™ ParmCrisps™ at the 2016 Winter Fancy Food Show, now made using all natural, gluten and hormone-free Parmesan cheese.

Ohio's Own: Kokoborrego Cheese

Kokoborrego (say it, it’s lovely to say)* makes cheese in Mt. Gilead, Ohio. But not just any cheese. This isn’t regular cow milk cheese… or goat milk cheese.  It’s sheep milk cheese. And unlike its goaty cousin, sheep cheese doesn’t taste so much like the mammal from which it originates.

ADL And Gay Lea Foods Launch Co-operative Dairy Alliance

ADL and Gay Lea Foods, the largest dairy co-operative in Ontario, are joining forces by launching the Co-operative Dairy Alliance.