Recycling unlined paper sacks in the food service industry is getting easier and more strategic. Recently, the Paper Shipping Sack Manufacturer's Association (PSSMA) and the American Forest and Paper Association launched a new effort to recover even more paper shipping sacks for recycling. Further, the...
In large part, we pay a lot of attention to the food we put into our bodies. We try to "eat healthy," at least some of the time. Yet most don't consider another big factor in the food we consume: what goes around the food...
As the FDA has already mandated changes to the nutrition facts label set for U.S. food products, its efforts to "up the health factor" and make healthy shopping easier for consumers continue. Keeping with this initiative, the FDA is now setting out to redefine what...
In May of 2016 the FDA announced upcoming changes to the Nutrition Facts label for packaged foods. To be reflected in the new label requirements is "new scientific information, including the link between diet and chronic diseases such as obesity and heart disease." (source: FDA.gov)...
It's hard to beat the smell of freshly-baked cookies when walking in from the cold. And cold it is these days, with snow in the forecast for the valley floor! Well, look no further. Bob's Red Mill has just posted a very tasty item on...
Recycling. That single word brings up a fair level of confusion for many. Indeed, recycling can be quite a tricky subject to navigate with so many different rules affecting a wide variety of materials. Is this item recyclable? Well, I think it is, but do...