The Pork Checkoff has teamed up with Haylie Duff to create a one-of-a-kind Easter menu to show pork lovers how they can freshen up some familiar holiday favorites this Easter. “Easter is a holiday where ham reigns supreme,” said Randy Brown, chair of the Pork Checkoff Domestic Marketing Committee and a pork producer from Nevada, Ohio. “It is also a … Read More
Several Grocery Prices Down in Marketbasket Survey
According to USDA, Americans spend just under 10 percent of their disposable annual income on food, the lowest average of any country in the world, and the American Farm Bureau Federation’s (AFBF) Spring Picnic Marketbasket Survey highlighted a slight decrease in the current retail prices of several popular foods, including salad, orange juice, shredded cheddar, ground chuck, sirloin tip roast, … Read More
Alliance Summit to Feature Restaurant and Retail Leaders
Attendees at The Animal Agriculture Alliance’s 2016 Stakeholders Summit, held May 5-6, 2016 in Arlington, Va, will receive advice, insights and recommendations from industry leaders during a panel discussion titled “Cultivating Conversations: Approaches to Consumer Engagement.” The panel will focus on different approaches to help connect with consumers and opening a dialog about food and agriculture. Each panelist brings a … Read More
Tyson Foods, Animal Ag Donate Truckload of Protein
Tyson Foods, Inc., in conjunction with the Animal Agriculture Alliance’s College Aggies Online (CAO) scholarship competition and the Montana State University Collegiate CattleWomen, donated a truckload of chicken to the Gallatin Valley Food Bank. The donation was the result of a challenge posed to this fall’s participants in the Alliance’s CAO program. CAO is a nationwide initiative aimed at helping … Read More
FDA Designs Antimicrobial Mobile App
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) team has won a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Ventures Program Award to design a public health surveillance mobile application that will improve the ability of NARMS to carry out its mission. The mobile app will improve the collection of retail food surveillance data that … Read More
Hip Chick Farms Hits Gender Diversity Milestone
Hip Chick Farms, which makes gourmet, “farm to freezer” chicken products that provide time-crunched families delicious, simple and easy meal solutions, has been awarded the national certification by a Astra Women’s Business Alliance, a regional certifying partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). Hip Chick Farms was founded by Serafina Palandech and her wife Chef Jennifer Johnson, formerly … Read More
Cargill Acquires FPL Food
Cargill recently announced that the company has finalized the acquisition of the FPL Food, LLC ground beef processing plant in Columbia, S.C. The purchase of the 100,000-square-foot plant, which employs more than 200 people, complements Cargill’s meat processing facilities in Georgia and Pennsylvania, and greatly enhances the company’s ability to serve eastern retail and foodservice customers. “Cargill ground beef customers … Read More
National Milk Supports New Senate Food Labeling Bill
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) today urged the full Senate to act quickly on legislation that would establish national regulations to bring consistency and transparency to the labeling of ingredients and processes used in the food supply. This would prevent confusing marketing environment in the food industry this summer, when Vermont’s new law, requiring labeling of foods containing GMOs, … Read More
Grant Opportunity for Retail Meat Testing
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) intended to enhance NARMS surveillance, one of the key activities in the National Action Plan to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance Bacteria. NARMS, launched in 1996, is a partnership between the FDA, the CDC and the USDA that tracks resistance to intestinal bacteria from retail meats, human clinical … Read More
NPPC Highlights Policy Priorities for 2016
Some of the greatest minds in the swine community gathered in New Orleans this weekend to discuss key issues and research impacting pork producers across the country. During the Ceva Swine Launch event, National Pork Producers Council’s CEO Neil Dierks talked about some of their top issues in 2016. Food security is at the top of that list. “The world … Read More