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Volume XLII - 27 May 2009
THIS MONTH'S SPONSOR:
Bringing Farmers' Markets to Your Computer Screen, OnlyatFarmersMarkets.com promotes the richness of farmers' markets by serving as a clearinghouse for customers and growers nationwide.
The site will contain unique content featuring exemplary markets, timely tips, market trends, health and nutritional facts, recipes, farming methods and a social networking blog where opinions can be shared.
Dear Colleague:
Welcome to Volume XLII of our online Magazine.
Let the summer begin!! Stephen and I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.
Our readers found Volume 41 of great interest, particularly the press release featuring Only at Farmers’ Markets website and information. They are also the sponsor of Volume XLII, our second newsletter in May. (We have added Roman Numerals for clarity.)
We remind our readers that the third article from Kathrine Gregory dealing with Kitchen Incubators will appear in the Volume XLIII of the June newsletter.
The summer Fancy Food Show is a month away and Stephen has scheduled appointments with specialty food producers interested in establishing consulting contracts.
If you will be at the Fancy Food Show and would like to learn about our consulting structure, please contact us to schedule an appointment.
PatPat
Pat Hall
Editor
SPONSOR AN ISSUE -
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HISTORY - The idea come to founder David Kerdoon in 2001 when travelling through Asia, but it took an additional 4 years to bring the idea to fruition.
FOOD PRODUCT DESIGN LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE: In the current issue -
"Digging Into Our Fatty Acid Dilemma"
"Hispanic Cheeses for Product Development"
FoodProductDesign.comcurrently receives approximately 130,000 page views monthly (web traffic verified by Omniture Site Catalyst). Site features include: daily news postings, a Buyer’s Guide, new ingredients, Webinar series and eBook series, blogs written by industry experts, extensive article archives, RSS feeds, digital edition, weekly e-newsletter, SupplySide East and West trade show and conference updates, and much more.
HOW POPULAR IS YOUR WEBSITE?
Check here to find out. In addition to link popularity, the site also checks your search engine saturation and keyword verification [don't you just love that kind of talk?].
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Our Discussion Forum has 246 members! You too can participate - Just go to www.SpecialtyFoodResource.com and click on "Your Free Blog."
Does Organic Food Have a Future? In light of the depressed economy and ongoing recession, the March issue of Specialty FoodMagazine March 2009 issue published an organic food forecast. Specialty Food Magazine Conrtibuting Editor Nicole Potenza Denis provides an answer.
A recent study on Food Safety by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that only 5 of 40 products they purchased could be could be traced with certainty. Would your food products pass this test? Download the White Paper.
Think Globally!
Go to your free resource section at www.SpecialtyFoodResource.comand (over 266,000 visitors to date) click on "Export Assistance." There you will find information about the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA). The organizaton has regional affiliates. They have money to help with export marketing!!!
