Localfoodpro.com – Free Listing for Loca...
Are you looking for a way to source food products and ingredients locally? Possibly, you need a way to promote your products to a local market? Either way, Local Food Pro can help you. Sourcing food products and ingredients locally has become a popular initiative among restaurants, consumers, school systems and the USDA. There is a strong movement to purchase locally and help local economies buy giving preference to buying locally produced goods and services. The mission of Local Food Pro is to accumulate as many links to food manufacturers, distributors and farmers...
SNOWPOCALYPSE 2011 – Stay safe!
We are in the midst of Snowpocalypse 2011 across much of the United States. The county we are in, as well as neighboring counties, are currently under a State of Emergency. The past few days leading up to the big storm were pretty frantic in the stores and at the gas stations. We bought ham and pepperoni. Pepperoni for the homemade pizzas we like to make and ham for the navy bean and ham soup I will be making today with Cook’s Delight Ham Base. I’ll post the recipe later (after I finish tweaking it). Luckily, we didn’t lose power in our area,...
Integrative Flavors’ Healthy Initi...
Lunch time on Monday’s has become an exciting time at Integrative Flavors. At 11:30 am on Mondays, our lobby area in the offices transforms into a place for wellness. Yoga mats line the area and the yoga/stretching begins. We have now successfully completed Lunch Time Yoga/Stretching for two weeks in a row! Troy Ford, Troybuilt Fitness, comes to the plant to instruct the class. So far, we have had 75% employee participation and are hopeful that more will join in as they see the benefit. All employees are welcome and encouraged to...
Third Party Certifications–What Do...
Recently we received a list of suggested Third Party Certifications for food products from a customer. When I read this list, I thought of how much money all the certifications would cost and how much that would affect the cost of the final product to the consumer. It has been our experience that each certification costs thousands of dollars annually to obtain. I wondered about what Third Party Certifications consumers really want — what certifications would make them feel good about buying a product for their personal use. Below is a list of the suggested...
