Wonderful Pistachios
Today (Feb. 26) is National Pistachio Day and Los Angeles-based Wonderful Pistachios is celebrating by releasing new flavors to its line-up: BBQ and Sea Salt and Vinegar No Shells, according to a news release.
The duo is anticipated to hit retail shelves nationwide in the U.S. and Canada in mid-April.
Wonderful Pistachios is encouraging Instagram followers to like the promotion: “The first 226 people on 2-26 to direct message (DM) @WonderfulPistachios on Instagram will get a complimentary package of each of the new flavors at home before they even hit store shelves,” according to a news release.
To order or for more information, visit WonderfulPistachios.com.
Bee Sweet Citrus
Fowler, Calif.-based Bee Sweet Citrus is offering minneola tangelos, which are expected to be in season until the end of April, according to a news release.
“Unlike traditional mandarin varieties, minneola tangelos are perfect for those who enjoy a slight hint of tangy flavor,” Bee Sweet Citrus vice president of farming Keith Watkins said in the release release.
To learn more about Bee Sweet’s minneola tangelos or its diverse seasonal line, please contact a sales representative at 559-834-4200 or visit www.beesweetcitrus.com.
Choptank Transport
Preston, Md.-based Choptank Transport helped Texas residents ravaged by storms.
Dallas sales representative Coleman Stafford, who previously had worked with Houston-based Brother’s Produce, got a call from Brother’s asking for help to transport bottled water to thousands of people left without power after winter storms devastated Texas.
“They needed four trucks on Friday and three more on Saturday. The freight was to be picked up in San Antonio and delivered to a distribution center in Houston,” Stafford said. In Houston, the water was picked up by the Astros Foundation (spearheaded by Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman) for a Saturday relief event at the Astros Youth Academy.
The weather over the weekend reached single digits and below zero, accompanied with rolling power blackouts. “It is not easy conducting business when you don’t have access to reliable Internet services,” said Stafford, “but with the help of our regional offices I was able to secure trucks for all seven loads pretty quickly.”
The American Mushroom Institute
Avondale, Penn.-based The American Mushroom Institute has joined the Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance.
“The Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance consists of national organizations representing farmers, ranchers, forest owners, agribusinesses, manufacturers, the food and innovation sector, state governments, sportsmen, and environmental advocates. These groups have broken through historical barriers to develop and promote shared, feasible climate policy priorities across the entire agriculture, food and forestry value chains,” according to a news release.
Nikki Fried & FDACS
Florida ag commissioner Nikki Fried and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services launched a bilingual vaccine education campaign to encourage COVID-19 vaccine education across the ag community, according to a news release.
“The education campaign, created in partnership with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS), includes a safety video featuring Commissioner Fried and the Centro Campesino Farmworker Center, printable materials, and events available in both English and Spanish,” the news release stated. Download the FDACS Farmworker Vaccine Education Campaign 2021 toolkit.
