SEATTLE—Agrilicious has launched the first-of-its-kind national go-to source for all things local food. The website helps one find, select and celebrate the benefits of locally sourced food. Agrilicious is also about expanding the family-farmer connection, bringing together individuals, farmers, restaurants, grocery delivery, meal kit services, distributors, educators and food industry experts and advocates to share ideas, connect, and make a difference.Celebrating the best of food, farms and family, Agrilicious is not just for the foodies, locavores and farmers, it is for all those working with farmers to help get local food to the community. Most of all it is...

CONCORD, N.C.—America’s largest custom coffee roaster, S&D Coffee & Tea, has released its first Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Report detailing the company’s core commitments, current initiatives, and forthcoming goals. The benchmark report was released to coincide with the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) Symposium and Exposition held last month in Seattle.“S&D has, from its inception, placed a high value on efficiency, accountability, and positive partnerships,” says Vice President of Sustainability and Strategic Initiatives Tracy Ging. “We have now spelled out a specific, three-year strategy of intentional efforts to increase our contributions to sustainability, and we’re looking forward to...

CAPE ELIZABETH, MAINE—The Inn by the Sea’s Sea Glass Chef Mitchell Kaldrovich learned most of what he thinks is important from his grandmother, helping her cook family dinners when a boy in his native Argentina. “Nothing went to waste,” says Kaldrovich. “You bake bread today, tomorrow you make bread pudding. My grandmother respected local farmers and fishermen too much to waste the food they produced.”Early lessons feed the chef’s enthusiasm for the Root to Stalk movement. A long time advocate for farm to fork, trawl to table and fresh seasonal menus, the chef sees the culinary sense of using...

TRAVELERS REST, S.C.—T&S Brass announces its new Pre-Rinse Swivel Product #018200-40. The only product of its kind, the pre-rinse swivel fits between the spray handle and the hose of a pre-rinse spray unit (PRSU) and is available both as a separate component for retrofit installations, or factory installed on select T&S pre-rinse units and spray assemblies. The T&S pre-rinse swivel fits and functions on all T&S and Equip pre-rinse units, and on those of many other manufacturers’ models.“We asked ourselves how we could improve the pre-rinse spray unit, a product invented by T&S almost seventy years ago that is...

NEW ORLEANS—The LSU AgCenter and the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate LSU AgCenter’s organic fertility research project, located on property near the Convention Center. Dr. Rogers Leonard, Associate Vice Chancellor and Program Leader for Plant and Soil Sciences, LSU AgCenter, and Dr. Bobby Fletcher, Jr., Assistant Director, LSU AgCenter, Convention Center officials, plus representatives from the local urban farming community were on hand for the event.For the next two years, research on Bella Rosa tomatoes will be conducted on the one-quarter acre plot to evaluate the effectiveness and economics of organic...

ORLANDO, FLA.—Sweden’s Bluewater water purification brand launched its SuperiorOsmosis water cleaners to the residential and professional market in North America. Bluewater’s SuperiorOsmosis water purification technology is designed to generate clean water 24 hours a day as and when required, using little energy and slashing the water wastage commonly associated with traditional reverse osmosis systems.“Bluewater’s SuperiorOsmosis addresses consumer fears about the quality of their tap water by efficiently cleaning it of toxins, chlorine, bacteria and viruses, salt, heavy metals, nitrates and fluoride, hard water, arsenic, and poor taste and smell,” said Niclas Wullt, Bluewater chief executive.Speaking at the Bluewater launch...

YAO NOI, THAILAND—In support of Six Senses core values of sustainability and respect for the environment, Six Senses Yao Noi has launched an organic chicken farm. In January the resort purchased 200 young laying hens and as of April 2014 the farm now provides guests with fresh eggs daily. By June, it is estimated that the chickens will supply the resort with all their eggs.Jim Driskell, senior chef de cuisine at The Dining Room, the resort’s organic European cuisine restaurant, in conjunction with Khun Pim, the resort’s full time sustainability and recycling expert, developed the organic chicken farm from...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—As part of its efforts to support sustainability practices in the foodservice industry, the National Restaurant Association announced it has joined Share the Gulf, a coalition of chefs, restaurateurs, restaurant associations, seafood suppliers, fishermen, consumers and environmentalists working to protect their access to fish in the Gulf States.“The fresh, local seafood of the Gulf States is essential to the growth of the region’s economy and its varied foodservice businesses,” said Scott DeFife, Executive Vice President of Policy and Government Affairs for the National Restaurant Assn. “We are committed to helping ensure this seafood is not only fished sustainably...

VERNON HILLS, ILL.—Ali Group North America announced that it has reorganized its refrigeration segment in North America by creating a new “Refrigeration Division.” The new Division will support and promote Ali Group North America’s two refrigeration brands, Beverage-Air and Victory Refrigeration, while also allowing both brands to maintain their respective identities.Announcing this new Division, Filippo Berti, Ali Group North America CEO said: “In order to better serve and support our customers, we have decided to create our new Refrigeration Division, dedicated to delivering a complete range of refrigeration solutions for the foodservice industry. The newly formed sector will promote...

RIPON, WIS.—IPSO now provides on-premises laundry (OPL) managers with the IT200, a 200-pound tumble dryer, to complement the 140-, 165- and 175-pound washer-extractors. On-premises laundry employees can now improve throughput with the extra capacity and have the added benefit of the intuitive OPTimum technology.“We are proud to introduce the new industrial-strength 200-pound tumble dryer to the IPSO OPL line,” says Kathryn Q. Rowen, North American Sales Manager for IPSO. “We strive to constantly innovate and update product lines so that our OPL managers have the equipment they need to achieve peak efficiency and minimize expenses.” The IT200 tumble dryer...