Bisbee Farmers Market offers more than fun this weekend (The Daily Dispatch)
Octogenerian grower, Leo Dunaetz shows Douglas High School students how to select a really ripe watermelon on his Dragoon Road farm last week during their field trip to two organic growers. (Leo's watermelon picking tip: look to see that the second tendril on the vine is brown and dry.)...more...Innovation needed to boost lactic acid profits, Purac said (Food Navigator)
17/10/2007 - Lactic acid producer Purac has said price increases for its product have not been enough to offset the cost of raw materials and energy. The firm revealed at a management meeting yesterday that innovation was needed in processing to try and boost profits....more... Dairy groups look to organic in commodities panic (Food Production Daily)
08/10/2007 - While conventional dairy processors continue to fret over increasing prices for milk powder and other ingredients, a leading US organic group believes that current conditions in the commodities market will continue to boost industry profitability....more... Oprah?s chef shares his signature dishes (MSNBC)
Cookbook author turned restaurateur Art Smith brings his culinary expertise into your kitchen with these two recipes: hummingbird cake and goat cheese biscuits. ...more... GROCERY: Ice Cream/Frozen Novelties: Churn, baby, churn (Progressive Grocer)
From Skinny Cow to single-source gourmet chocolate, the ice cream and frozen novelty industry is mixing it up to satisfy contradictory consumer desires....more... Raising a little gourmet (Portsmouth Herald)
Now that teen daughter Avalon is a freshman in high school, talking about boys (OMG! Mom, that guy is so not my BF), playing rock music that I used to listen to back in the olden days (Mom, have you ever heard of Led Zeppelin?), and slinking around in... ...more... Hope Creamery has Ellendale ties (Albert Lea Tribune)
ELLENDALE ? In 2001, Victor Mrotz, an Ellendale man who had returned to the area from the Twin Cities in 1997 to farm corn with his father, decided to purchase the Hope Creamery from the owners, who were selling off the building in Hope and others across the street....more... She caters to needs of veggie eaters (Boston Globe)
A few years ago, Andrea Mason and a vegetarian friend attended a wedding and found that there were hardly any meatless dishes there. "She ended up eating spinach pies all night," says Mason. That prompted a shift in focus for her catering company, Dinner is Served. "There was a need for someone who could offer vegetarians and vegans good-quality, nourishing ......more... Pomegranate panoply: A newfound fame (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
You can't escape pomegranate "flavor" and pomegranate "essence" these days. But are the products any good?...more... |