Wish Farms hosts the third annual Bright House Networks Strawberry Picking Challenge on February 5 and 6, with sponsored teams racing relay-style and a public family day at Futch Farms. Proceeds go to the Redlands Christian Migrant Association, which got about $76,000 from last year's event.
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Pizzeria Toro Team to Open Restaurant in Former Monuts Location
The Pizzeria Toro partners plan a 30- to 35-seat, dinner-only restaurant at 110 East Parrish St. in Durham, the former Monuts Donuts space, opening in winter 2016. They will name it Hattie Mae Williams Called Me Captain, after the woman who helped raise co-owner Gray Brooks.
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Walkers Shortbread, Inc. Names Mark Kleinman As Next CEO
Walkers Shortbread, Inc. named Mark Kleinman CEO effective January 1, 2016, succeeding Steve Dawson after eight years of growth in U.S. distribution across grocery, mass, drug, club, ecommerce and specialty. Kleinman previously held posts at ConAgra, Danone and Novartis.
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Senators Stabenow, Perdue to Speak Before Produce Industry Leaders on Agriculture, Nutrition and Immigration Reform Policies
Senators Debbie Stabenow and David Perdue will address more than 500 produce executives at the United Fresh 2015 Washington Conference on September 30, speaking on child nutrition reauthorization, the 2014 Farm Bill and immigration reform.
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Sakata Seed America Sponsors Tour de Fresh Rider Brock Nemecek, Commits to Fundraising for Salad Bars in TwoLocal Schools
Sakata Seed America is sponsoring rider Brock Nemecek in the four-day, 300-mile Tour de Fresh and has pledged $6,000 to fund salad bars for school districts in Martinez, California and Irving, Texas, while promoting its Infinite Gold cantaloupe.
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Crawford & Company® Enhances Asian Operation with Senior Appointment
Crawford & Company named Mark Adderley technical director of its Bangkok adjusting team, handling Thailand claims and developing international business. He has more than 25 years in claims adjusting and spent 18 months on losses after the 2011 Thai floods.
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United Fresh and the Transportation Intermediaries Association Releases Broker/Shipper Transportation Agreement Template
United Fresh and the Transportation Intermediaries Association released a broker/shipper transportation agreement template for produce shippers and third-party logistics providers, which members describe as the first model contract of its kind written for the produce industry.
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Grape News! #GrenacheDay only 1 month away
The International Grenache Association counts down to the sixth International Grenache Day, held the third Friday of September, and invites fans to add events to its Google MyMap and post under #GrenacheDay. Last year's celebrations spanned more than 30 countries.
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United Fresh Announces 2015 BrandStorm Marketing Event (PR)
The United Fresh Produce Association will hold BrandStorm, a new day-and-a-half marketing event, on November 1-2, 2015 in San Francisco. Organizers aim it at young produce marketers, covering brand development, content creation, the creative process and segmented marketing channels.
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WISH FARMS expands its Argentina bluerry program (PR)
Wish Farms expects to roughly double its Argentine blueberry volume this season to close to 1.5 million pounds, running from early October to late November. Most of the crop grows under tunnels that shield it from rain, frost and hail.
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Polymer Logistics Debuts 'CleanPal' FoodSafe Plastic Pallet in USA
Polymer Logistics launched its nestable CleanPal plastic pallet in the US, piloting with two customers across produce, meat, dairy and bakery. The company says the pallet removes the cross-contamination risk of wood, weighs less and earns retailers a 50-cent rebate.
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Natural Products Pioneers, Husband and Wife Team Eric Schnell and Marci Zaroff to Speak at Inaugural Love Summit, June 13
Eric Schnell of MetaBrand and Marci Zaroff of Under the Canopy will speak at the first Love Summit in Portland on June 13 about building people, planet, profit and purpose into daily business. Dream Change founder John Perkins hosts with Dan Wieden.
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Co-Creating a World of Natural & Organic Products? Canada Is First Focus of New MetaBrand International Division
MetaBrand, an Edison, New Jersey firm that takes natural and organic food and beverage startups from concept to market, is opening a MetaBrand International division for Canada and other markets, led by Michael Lines and debuting at BEVNet Live on June 2-3.
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Lambrusco Fest 2015
Pompieri Pizza hosts an outdoor Italian food and wine festival on Durham's City Hall Plaza from 2 to 7 PM. Punch cards buy tastes of Emilia-Romagna foods and Lambrusco wines, a cappella groups perform free of charge, and there is a staffed children's play area.
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RedLine Cooler ™ Helps Track High Volumes of Produce at Auvil Fruit Company
RedLine Solutions says Auvil Fruit Company adopted its RedLine Cooler system after inventory tracking grew cumbersome past 70,000 boxes. Auvil reports order validation all but eliminated misloads, and mock recalls that once took days now run in about four minutes.
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ZIP-PAK® NAMED 2014 SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR BY TYSON FOODS
Tyson Foods named Zip-Pak its 2014 Supplier of the Year at an April 3 luncheon in Springdale, Arkansas, one of eight suppliers recognized. Tyson cited supply-chain performance, total cost of ownership, pricing, customer service and sustainability work.
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New design makes treadmill more like running outdoors
Ohio State researchers built a treadmill that uses sonar to track where the runner is on the belt and changes speed automatically, faster as they drift forward and slower as they fall back. The prototype is described in Medicine & Science in Sports and Exercise.
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Hannover Milano TuttoFood-WTCE- 2015-Press Release
India's World Tea & Coffee Expo and the Italian organizers of TuttoFood 2015 formed a marketing alliance: any company booking a stall at TuttoFood in Milan in May gets a complimentary stall of the same size at the Mumbai expo in October.
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