AC Foods and California Giant are now ‘Bee Better Certified’

As California Giant Berry Farms celebrates a partnership with a key grower partner in Oregon, they are also celebrating a new certification program together that boosts sustainability efforts, protects endangered species and provides delicious fresh organic and conventionally grown blueberries to the consumer.

National Watermelon Promotion Board Foodservice Director Megan McKenna Promoted, Takes on Additional Responsibilities

In this role, McKenna will perform various marketing duties for the Foodservice program including event activations, media relations, and providing operators with assistance with ideation, usage ideas, education and promotion support, to name a few. McKenna will also serve as the primary point of contact for consumer, retail, foodservice, nutrition and sustainability research.

Allen Lund Company Kicks Off Christmas in July Toy Drive

July 3, 2019 Allen Lund Company

Allen Lund Company has kicked off its Christmas in July Toy Drive to benefit the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in downtown Los Angeles. ALC welcomes local communities to donate toys for underserved families at Christmas. Donated toys will be presented to families along with donated baskets of food at Christmas to help families and children who are suffering.

Grants Awarded to Support Aspiring Floral Designers

Four floral design programs have received a total of $30,000 through the American Floral Endowment’s James and Helen Phillip Program.

For Growers, Outstanding Varieties Provides Opportunity to Stand Apart

Toward the end of 2018, Juan David Lecuona began fielding hundreds of queries from industry members hungry for more information on ‘Alma’— a bright white chrysanthemum with a perfectly green center grown by his company, Deliflor Latin America.

The reason for that spike in interest? In September, ‘Alma’ scored Best in Show honors during the Society of American Florists’ annual Outstanding Varieties Competition.