‘Add Milk!’ Program Launches in Mother’s Nutritional Center Stores Across Southern California

A nutrition incentive program that helps low-income families purchase healthy fluid milk products is expanding to California. The Add Milk! program is being launched in grocery stores to provide a dollar-for-dollar match for participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, when they purchase low-fat or non-fat milk. A community event held at Mother’s Nutritional Center in San Bernardino, Calif., marked the launch of the HFMI project, Add Milk!, at 78 participating Mother’s Nutritional Center grocery stores across Southern California. Representative Pete Aguilar (CA-33) was in attendance.

California Dairy Families and Raley’s Food For Families Partner to Deliver Nutritious Milk and Dairy Foods to Families Facing Food Insecurity

In California, over 3 million households face food insecurity. In honor of June as National Dairy Month, the California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) has announced a partnership with Raley’s Food For Families program to deliver milk and dairy foods to nourish families in need.

Empire Bakery Equipment: Bread Production at the Wholesale and Industrial Level 

Bread production at the wholesale and industrial level relies on quality equipment to ensure both quality and consistency. When it comes to the equipment needed in an industrial bread facility, a quality industrial baking oven is paramount.

Bashas’ Announces 10 Arizona Finalists in its Annual Donut Flavor Craze Contest

The theme of this year’s 9th Annual Donut Flavor Craze Contest was “pop culture,” so Bashas’ challenged Arizona kids and adults to dream up new donut flavors inspired by their favorite album, video game, television series, book, cartoon or even motion picture. 

USDA Sustainable Packaging Innovation Lab Grants Open, IFPA Urges Industry Participation 

Citing the need for the specialty crop industry to develop innovative solutions to emerging overseas packaging and labeling regulatory requirements, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service recently announced the availability of up to $5 million in grant opportunities via the Assisting Specialty Crops Exports initiative (ASCE).