For Valentine’s Day, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists received and inspected more than 1 billion cut flower shipments since Jan. 1, for pests and diseases that could harm U.S. agricultural and floral industries. 

Brace yourselves, citrus fans, the second annual National Sunkist Citrus Day is coming up on March 1, and the longest-standing fresh citrus cooperative is celebrating every bite with a culinary challenge and multi-variety display contest.  

Keenan Farms has launched a new website featuring fresh graphics, a user-friendly interface and updated resources for consumers, customers, growers and nutritionists.

The new site showcases the company’s familiar sunshine-yellow branding while providing a rich history of the Keenan family story, beginning with founder Charlie Keenan’s foray into the world of pistachios back in 1972.

California Walnuts is kicking off a nationwide communications effort to help draw awareness to cardiovascular disease during American Heart Month. An integrated approach that spans retail registered dietitian partnerships, digital ads, consumer communications, health professional outreach and influencer partnerships, among other tactics, will be featured to encourage consumers to choose walnuts throughout February and beyond.

Recently, the National Produce Prescription Collaborative hosted a fly-in that coincided with the first comprehensive Food is Medicine Summit hosted by the Department of Health and Human Services in late January and early February. IFPA serves on the steering committee of the collaborative.

Scaling produce prescriptions and embedding them as a covered benefit in the federal health system is part of IFPA’s strategic efforts to grow consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables and improve community health across the U.S.  

Last week Lidl opened a new store in Prince George’s County, MD. The new location is part of Lidl’s growing store network in the Washington metropolitan area.