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March 2011

March 2011

Freshness & Safety: F&S Produce focuses on food safety and qualty with SQF Level 3 certification.

Let's Move! Salad Bars: Donated salad bars chip away at goal of 6,000 in three years.

New Markets for European Fresh-Cuts: Italian processor moves beyond sliced and diced.

Promoting Produce: Can produce ads get the desired results?

USDA Updates Dietary Guidelines: Recommendations include greater fruit, vegetable consumption.

From Farm to Fork: Distributors find some returns from traceability investment.

United Fresh 2011: The Big Easy hosts one of produce industry's largets shows.

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Freshness & Safety

Freshness & Safety

Rosenhayn, N.J.-based F&S Produce Co. Inc celebrates 30 years in the fresh produce industry this year, and company founder and chief executive officer Sam Pipitone Jr. has added to his management team to continue to grow and expand nationally. Pipitone hired Lou Cooperhouse, previously the director of the Rutgers Food Innovation Center and senior management consultant to a number of multi national corporations, as the president and chief operating officer in November, and Sam Pipitone III joined the company as the vice president of operations in May 2009 after graduating from Penn State University. Pipitone is teaching his son the business, and with Cooperhouse overseeing organizational and corporate development, he's able to look to some of the bigger issues to continue to grow market opportunities. "It's a new phase for me in my life," Pipitone said. "Over the years I've been focused on growing my business, and we're still doing that, but now I have other people to help me as we continue to look forward." F&S Produce has experienced double-digit growth in recent years - a result of strategic partnerships, new products and the vertically-integrated organization of the company. The company is well-known on…  » Read more

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Freshness & Safety

Freshness & Safety

Rosenhayn, N.J.-based F&S Produce Co. Inc celebrates 30 years in the fresh produce industry this year, and company founder and chief executive officer Sam Pipitone Jr. has added to his management team to continue to grow and expand nationally. Pipitone hired Lou Cooperhouse, previously the director of the Rutgers Food Innovation Center and senior management consultant to a number of multi national corporations, as the president and chief operating officer in November, and Sam Pipitone III joined the company as the vice president of operations in May 2009 after graduating from Penn State University. Pipitone is teaching his son the business, and with Cooperhouse overseeing organizational and corporate development, he's able to look to some of the bigger issues to continue to grow market opportunities. "It's a new phase for me in my life," Pipitone said. "Over the years I've been focused on growing my…  » Read more

Let’s Move! Salad Bars

The produce industry, led by its member associations, has proactively worked to get fresh produce salad bars into American school lunchrooms. The initiative has received additional support from the current administration, with First Lady Michelle Obama calling for more fresh fruits and vegetables in schools and changes in school nutritional guidelines by USDA. Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign, with the goal of increasing physical activity and consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables in children, celebrated its one year anniversary last month. The United Fresh Produce Association, which supports the goals of the program, congratulated the first lady on the successes so far. "With Let's Move! the First Lady has raised our nation's awareness about the value of a healthy, nutritious lifestyle for America's children. The Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools initiative, announced by Mrs. Obama in November, brings additional focus to the importance of…  » Read more

USDA Updates Dietary Guidelines

On Jan. 31, USDA and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the federal government's nutritional guidance that seeks to promote health, reduce the risk of chronic diseases and reduce the prevalence of overweight and obese U.S. citizens. "The 2010 Dietary Guidelines are being released at a time when the majority of adults and one in three children is overweight or obese, and this is a crisis that we can no longer ignore," said USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack. "The bottom line is that most Americans need to trim our waistlines to reduce the risk of developing diet-related chronic disease. Improving our eating habits is not only good for every individual and family, but also for our country." The new guidelines encourage Americans to consume more healthful foods like vegetables, fruits, whole grains, fat-free and low-fat dairy products…  » Read more
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