Expansion Planned for Iowa Beef plant in Tama

March 30, 2021 RADIO IOWA

A second production line is being added at the beef packing plant in Tama and the $100 million project should lead to “hundreds” of additional jobs.

Certified Piedmontese Beef Donates 2,000 Pounds of Beef to the Cincinnati Community

March 30, 2021 Certified Piedmontese

Certified Piedmontese—a Lincoln, Nebraska-based beef company—recently donated 2,000 pounds of ground beef to 2 food banks in Cincinnati, OH, including the Freestore Food Bank and St. Vincent de Paul’s Becky & Ted Catino Choice Food Pantry to kickoff a new partnership deal with the FC Cincinnati MLS Soccer Team.

Average Easter Spending Expected to be Highest on Record

Consumers plan to spend an average of $179.70 this Easter, the highest figure on record, according to results of the annual survey released today by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. A total of 79 percent of Americans will celebrate the holiday and spend a collective $21.6 billion, down slightly from last year’s pre-pandemic forecast of $21.7 billion.

ShrubBucket is Leading the Way in Plant Shopping Innovations

March 30, 2021 ShrubBucket

ShrubBucket was founded in 2015 with the mission to bring a wide selection of top-quality plants to the public with no hassle. Since then, they have grown into the largest consumer distributor of plants to the United States’ Northeast and Midwest regions.

Applications Now Available for Therapeutic Garden Grants

March 30, 2021 National Garden Bureau

Once again, National Garden Bureau, American Meadows and Sakata Seed America are uniting to provide $5,000 in grant money for three well-deserving Therapeutic Gardens in North America. In addition, Corona Tools will generously provide a set of quality gardening tools to each of the three winning therapeutic gardens.