Serving a Farmers Market fresh meal, AL Brown High School took the 6th Cabarrus Chef Challenge title, repeating their win from last December. In one hour, the team of six prepared and served a panel of five judges a play on surf and turf with grilled salmon topped with mango chipotle salsa, roasted potatoes and […]
Kannapolis, NC- AL Brown High School overcame a stiff challenge from Hickory Ridge High School this morning to advance to the final round of the Cabarrus Chef Challenge. The finale will be held at 6 pm Wednesday, May 2 at restaurant Forty Six, 101 West Avenue in downtown Kannapolis. Both teams were praised by a […]
Eighty seven percent of people in the US do not eat the USDA recommended four to five cups of fruits and vegetables per day. What if there was a way to help solve that problem by getting more of the natural goodness of produce into more of the foods people do eat? The NC State […]
Astronauts, protein bars and the development of natural ingredients may not seem to have a connection. In the laboratory of Mary Ann Lila, PhD, director of the NC State University Plants for Human Health Institute (PHHI) at the NC Research Campus, they are all part of one project. Lila and her research team completed a […]
Read the original article from the Herald-Tribune. Q: Is there a nutritional difference between wild blueberries and farm-raised ones? A: The plump farm-raised blueberries known as “high bush” blueberries and their diminutive cousins, wild blueberries, are all loaded with nutrients. “We as scientists don’t see a big difference from a health perspective,” said the researcher […]
Originally published in The Packer. Dole Food’s Get Up and Grow! Together nationwide summer tour of supermarkets and special events will start May 26, designated National Eat More Fruits & Vegetables Day by the company. Three separate caravans will start from New York City, Dallas and New Orleans on a tour expected to cover 40,000 […]
Watch Aubrey Mast, nutrition extension associate with NCSU Plants for Human Health Institute, demonstrate how to make spiced carrot salad on WCNC Charlotte Today. Ingredients 8-12 carrots, grated 1 large red bell pepper, thinly sliced 1 mango, thinly sliced into matchsticks ½ cup raisins 3 scallions, thinly sliced Dressing ingredients 1/4 cup cashews, soaked for at least 6 […]
Watch Chef Mark Allison, director of Culinary Nutrition for the Dole Nutrition Institute, demonstrate how to make asian soup on WCNC Charlotte Today. Serves 4 Ingredients 1pkt rice noodles 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 green onions, washed and thinly sliced ½ shiitake mushrooms, thinly sliced ½ cup mange tout, chopped ½ cup asparagus, chopped 1 […]
Read the original article in EuroFruit. My Energy positions the company as a partner in the promotion of an all-round healthy lifestyle Dole Europe is extending the My Energy campaign that it started in 2015, as it once again focuses its marketing drive on topics relating to an all-round healthy lifestyle for consumers. This year, […]
Read the original article in The Packer. Dole Food Co. has launched a version of its Get Up and Grow! Together initiative that asks consumers to recruit friends, family or co-workers to take team pledges for a healthy lifestyle. Individual and team participants in the initiative’s Healthy Living Challenge can enter a pair of summer […]
As written for Cabarrus Magazine. Teachers plant seeds of knowledge, nurture them and watch them grow and mature. By the end of March 2016, every Kannapolis City School will have a sustainable garden on campus where the seeds of knowledge are, quite literally, seeds, planted in the soil, nurtured to maturity and harvested through experiential […]
Read the original article at Dole Nutrition News. Most people know the word “antioxidant” but new research from the Dole Nutrition Institute has uncovered that we may not know exactly how they work. DNI scientists investigated antioxidant capacity of fruits and vegetables and how different components of plants may influence health, revealing significant and somewhat […]
Read the original article in The Packer. Are Americans ready to add another holiday to the calendar? Dole Food Co. is betting they are. The company is in New Orleans in late May for two events launching produce consumption promotions — its National Eat More Fruits & Vegetables Day and its Get Up and Grow! […]
Concentrating Immunoprotective Phytoactive Compounds from Fruits and Vegetables into Shelf-stable Protein-rich Ingredients. Plant Foods Hum Nutr. 2014 Oct 29, Yousef GG1, Grace MH, Medina JL, Neff S, Guzman I, Brown AF, Raskin I, Lila MA. 1Department of Food Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, Plants for Human Health Institute, North Carolina Research Campus, North Carolina State University, 600 Laureate Way, Kannapolis, NC, 28081, USA. Abstract Co-delivery of edible proteins with […]