Food Industry

Coffee farms bet on sustainability Buyers see sustainability key when it comes to selecting a product   Pinhal Farm   With 42% of its land preserved in the midst of Eucalyptus and other native trees, Pinhal Farm has won the prestigious title of Brazil’s most sustainable farm with O'Coffee in second place. Pinhal, which is a favorite among specialty coffee connoisseurs in the UK, Germany, Finland, Australia, Saudi Arabia and China, secured the award thanks to its unique use of technology and sustainable crop management through the preservation of flora and fauna, and reduction in fertilizers and pesticides. Both farms...

HBCU Athletes on Pizza Empire Helping Underserved Communities   As featured on the New York Times, Good Morning America, USA Today and Forbes, the famed Black-owned gourmet pizza chain, Slim + Husky’s have now expanded to deliver nationally to take America by storm with their hip-hop-inspired pizzas. We would love to arrange an interview with you and the remarkable friends/partners that dish out innovative pizza creations to underserved communities. The three best friends share the mission to empower communities while using pizza as their vehicle to engage, offering quality food, employment opportunities, and community events as the company expands across the nation....

Dominique Creen becomes the Honorary President of the Bocuse d'Or 2023. The whole jury unveiled  The Bocuse d'Or has chosen the three-starred chef Dominique Crenn as the Honorary President of its next edition on 22nd and 23rd January 2023, during Sirha Lyon. Dominique Crenn, who is originally from Brittany, began her culinary apprenticeship in 1988 in San Francisco at Jeremiah Tower and Mark Franz's restaurant Stars. She then became the first woman executive chef in Indonesia when she worked at the Intercontinental Hotel in Jakarta. In 2009, upon her return to San Francisco, she was awarded her first star while...

SNAX-Sational Brands’ COOKIE POP and CANDY POP Launches “The Popcorn Challenge” Initiative Benefitting  Ryan Seacrest Foundation, With Live Social Media Kick Off By Lance Bass Ahead Of #GivingTuesday For Annual #SnackGiving Initiative   SNAX-Sational Brands Entire Premiere Portfolio of Popular Cookie Pop and Candy Pop  Popcorn Flavors including OREO®, TWIX®, CHIPS AHOY!®, Butterfinger®, Sour Patch Kids®, Nutter Butter®, Snickers® and M&Ms Minis® to participate in the Inaugural Popcorn Challenge,  along with Special Edition Holiday Popcorn Flavors Cookie Pop Iced Gingerbread and Candy Pop Peppermint Hot Chocolate      For Immediate Release: (Orlando, FL - November 15, 2022) -- Cookie Pop and...

Finding more sustainable ways to cultivate rice crops A team of researchers based in Europe used the Canadian Light Source to understand how to make fertilizer nutrients more available to rice plants. Rice farmers depend on phosphorous fertilizers to maximize their yields of this major staple food, which helps nourish more than half of the world’s population. However, there is a finite supply of the nutrient available to be mined. Using the ultrabright light of the Canadian Light Source at the University of Saskatchewan, German researchers examined soil samples from paddies in China in the hopes of learning how silicon...