Month: October 2016

Residents of South Carolina continue to recover from the impact of Hurricane Matthew with many hard hit areas still in recovery and without access to nutritious food. To assist with recovery efforts in the Florence area, BI-LO, together with Genuine Georgia Group, recently donated 40,000 pounds of apples to Harvest Hope Food Bank, that will be distributed to residents who have been impacted by the storm. …

People who avoid potatoes to reduce their carb intake can now try a new Ontario-grown variety that's touted to have a lower glycemic response, meaning it doesn't cause the rapid spike in blood sugar that normally comes from eating carbohydrate-rich foods. …

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing to update its regulations to allow Hass avocados from Colombia to be imported into the continental U.S.  To be eligible for import, the avocados would need to be produced under a systems approach and be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate to ensure they can be safely imported while still protecting U.S. plant health. …