Meat Consumption Expected To Hit A New Record This Year In The US

March 30, 2018 Peggy Lowe, KWBU

Healthy eaters are helping drive what the U.S. Agriculture Department said will be a record year for meat consumption. The USDA estimates that each one of us, on average, will consume more than 222 pounds of beef, pork, chicken or turkey.

6 New Farms Earn American Grown Certification

March 30, 2018 Certified American Grown

Six new flower farms have recently officially become Certified American Grown, joining a cadre of 45 certified farms nationwide. These farms vary in size and in the varieties of flowers they grow, from small urban flower farm to a large greenhouse farm that propagates 90 percent of the nation’s gerberas.

Dillon Floral Joins International Floral Distributors

Dillon Floral, Bloomsburg, PA has become the newest member of International Floral Distributors, Inc (IFD). Dillon Floral is headquartered in Bloomsburg, PA where the company was established in 1875. Dillon Floral has grown and distributed flowers for five generations providing exceptional personal care to each customer order. “Adding a wholesale distributor of the quality of Dillon Floral to IFD not only expands IFD’s distribution area”, stated Chris Berglund, President of IFD from Washington Floral Company, “but enhances the overall strength and resources of IFD.”

Chinese Flower Market Is Fast-Forwarding Towards Rapid Growth In Volume And Quality

March 30, 2018 Danziger

The 2018 China International Floriculture & Horticulture Trade Fair in Guangzhou, China unveiled two market trends: growth potential and demand for high-quality products. “The Chinese market is really embracing high quality flowers", says Micha Danziger, Danziger chairman of the board.

What Refrigerated Soup Has To Do With The Future Of Grocery Stores

March 30, 2018 Maggie McGrath, Forbes

E-commerce is unlikely to go away anytime soon, so grocers are wise to invest in that area. But for food retailers looking for deeper insight on how to build better consumer resonance, an answer lies in an unlikely place: an announcement from Panera Bread about how well its grocery-store soups sold in 2017.