Perennial Plant Association Announces Call for 2024 Landscape Design Award Entries

December 12, 2023 Perennial Plant Association

Do you have a project that showcases perennials? The Perennial Plant Association is excited to announce the application period for the 2024 Landscape Design awards is now open! 

Northeast Beef Promotion Initiative Reaches Future Culinary Professionals in The Northeast

The Beef Checkoff’s Northeast Beef Promotion Initiative (NEBPI) launched their Beef and Veal in the Culinary Classroom grant program earlier this month. The grant program, which provides monetary support for post-secondary culinary classroom to provide ‘above and beyond’ hands-on learning opportunities in the classroom with beef and veal, is funded by beef farmers and ranchers through the Beef Checkoff program. Additional program support comes from the South Dakota Beef Industry Council.

Certified Angus Beef Expands Culinary Team

December 12, 2023 Certified Angus Beef Brand

Certified Angus Beef is “beefing up” it’s culinary team with the addition of Chef Kenny Scott as executive sous chef at the brand’s renown Culinary Center.

FDA Releases Small Entity Compliance Guide on Final Rule to Revoke the SOIs for Lowfat Yogurt and Nonfat Yogurt and to Amend the Standard for Yogurt

December 12, 2023 FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the availability of a Small Entity Compliance Guide (SECG) to help explain the actions a small entity must take to comply with recent changes made to “Milk and Cream Products and Yogurt Products; Final Rule To Revoke the Standards for Lowfat Yogurt and Nonfat Yogurt and To Amend the Standard for Yogurt.”

Over $520,000 Awarded by PCC-DBII to Stabilize and Expand Dairy Businesses in California, Oregon and Washington

Dairy processors along the Pacific Coast are receiving a catalytic investment that will strengthen the industry’s resilience. The Pacific Coast Coalition – Dairy Business Innovation Initiative (PCC-DBII), hosted by California State University, Fresno, has awarded $521,764 in grant funding to 12 dairy companies in California, Oregon and Washington. Each awardee is receiving up to $50,000, dependent on their submitted budget. These awards are all for equipment-related investments.