Month: August 2017

The fourth bi-annual Power Your Lunchbox Pledge™ by Produce for Kids®, encouraging families and classrooms to eat more nutritious lunches and make healthy choices this school year, kicks off on Aug. 7 and runs through Sept. 22. Power Your Lunchbox Pledge partner brands will collectively donate $1 for every pledge taken to Feeding America® programs that impact children and families, adding to the near 660,000 meals* provided to Feeding America in previous years. …

With the longest cherry season in the industry, Stemilt Growers continues harvest daily in Wenatchee, WA and will take cherries to new heights this August. …

The blended burger’s growing fan base spreads to one of the most unlikely locations next week when the Mushroom Council serves blended burgers at the 77th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. …

What makes produce trend? Wall Street Journal writer Karen Stabiner sought out to answer that question in the newspaper’s latest food trend story, “Forecasting the Next Food Fad: Are ‘Kohlrabi’ and ‘Yacon’ the Next Kale?” published on July 27. …

The California Agricultural Leadership Foundation (CALF) today heralded the receipt of a pledge from Stewart and Lynda Resnick, co-owners of The Wonderful Company, in the amount of $2.5 million for the creation of an endowment fund to benefit its renowned Ag Leadership Program. …