CCOF Applauds Food Safety And Inspection Service For Guidance On Non-GMO Label Claims

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced the availability of new guidance on use of the term “non-GMO” to label meat, poultry, and egg products. The guidance clarifies that FSIS now considers organic certification to be sufficient documentation to support any claim related to the non-use of GMO ingredients. CCOF applauds this guidance and anticipates imminent FSIS-approval of CCOF’s “Organic is Non-GMO & More” seal.  

New Survey, Pinterest Insights Show Shift To Better Ingredients

August 23, 2016 Foster Farms

According to the national survey, commissioned by leading West Coast poultry producer, Foster Farms, 73 percent of consumers have changed their opinions about the food they feel good about eating.

Armour 'Great Moms' Campaign Celebrates Cincinnati Teacher

August 23, 2016 Smithfield Foods

Armour, the makers of great and convenient products including frozen meatballs, pepperoni and portable meal kits honored an unsung hero today.  Armour hosted a school assembly at Evanston Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio to honor Laura Marsh as part of their campaign to recognize "Great Moms" across the count

New Life Breathed Into Former Agriculture Canada Rose Breeding Program

August 23, 2016 Yorkton News Review

The better-known Canadian hardy roses came from two Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada breeding programs that produced the Parkland Series and the Explorer Series. Sadly, due to changing mandates, retirements and reduced budgets, the AAFC rose breeding programs were discontinued. Fortunately, all was not lost.

Brian Minter Looks At Changing Dynamics Of Garden Retailing At Farwest Show

At the 2016 Farwest Show, August 25-27, in Portland, OR, garden retail expert Brian Minter, president and owner of Minter Country Garden, will speak on the quantum shift in the role of plants in people’s lives today. His talk, ‘The Changing Dynamics of Garden Retailing’, will point out how in today’s garden realities we need to understand the new values of a changing consumer blend.