Mushroom News back issues from March 2008:
Spring forward.(editor's note)(Editorial)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Jay Shannon suggests a yearly training evaluation on mushroom farms in Develop Your Team--Have a Winning Season. In today's business environment, lenders are interested in the reliability of key managers, the strategic aims for the business and a succession plan for owners and mangers. To ...
Develop your team--have a winning season.(business issues)
Mar 01, 2008; ... As you're reading this, baseball spring training is getting underway in warm, sunny places like Florida and Arizona. Baseball's owners and managers are carefully evaluating their talent, rookies and veterans alike, to see who has what it takes in their respective positions to assure the ...
Communications are essential to making successful benefit plan changes.(business issues)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Communications are critical to successful benefit plan modification and change, according to a recent survey by Towers Perrin, a human resources consulting firm. Without effective messaging that helps employees understand not only the nature of the changes, but also what their response to ...
Stirring the pot.(financial issues)(on mushroom growing)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Did you ever go to a chili cook-off? There are hundreds of contenders all making the same thing with the same basic ingredients, yet every concoction looks and tastes different. Some recipes are winners and some are just not that good! What separates the grand prizewinner from the losers ...
Do food labels make a difference?... Sometimes.(business issues)(Reprint)
Mar 01, 2008; ... There is a lot to know about the food we eat. The ingredients in a jar of spaghetti sauce, a box of cereal, or a cup of coffee could come from around the corner or around the world; they could be processed by children or by high-tech machines; they could be grown on huge corporate farms or ...
Backing up isn't hard to do.(personal computing)
Mar 01, 2008; ... The mantra to prevent loss of important data created with a computer is "backup, backup, backup." Even if some of the worst disasters strike, whether a natural disaster such as a fire, a machine disaster such as a hard disk crash, or a human disaster such as accidentally deleted files, if ...
17th ISMS Congress set for May: Harvesting a Vision.(ISMS Conference)
Mar 01, 2008 ... The 17th International Congress of the International Society for Mushroom Science (ISMS) will be held May 20-24, 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa. The organizing committee has put together a program of interest to scientists, growers, researchers, suppliers, marketers, educators and ...
Food Safety Training Kit now available.(ami update)
Mar 01, 2008; ... AMI recently unveiled the Mushroom Industry Food Safety Training Kit (FSTK). The kit was created to establish a uniform food safety training program for the benefit of the mushroom industry and the consuming public. The information contained in the kit provides mushroom growers, packers ...
Sinden Committee requests candidates to apply.(ami update)
Mar 01, 2008 ... The Dr. James W. Sinden Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce the availability of its scholarship award. The Committee awards one or more scholarships to a graduate student(s) conducting dissertation research involving edible mushrooms and/or other edible fungi at an accredited ...
Mushroom Council partners with Weight Watchers.(mushroom council update)
Mar 01, 2008 ... The Mushroom Council will partner with Weight Watchers, the world's leading weight management partner, as the official Pick of the Season sponsor from July through September 2008. The Council's Pick of the Season program is designed to support the Treasure Health, Treasure Mushrooms ...
Upcoming events.(Brief article)(Calendar)
Mar 01, 2008 ... 2008 May 4-7 United Fresh Show Las Vegas. NV * www.unitedfreshshows.com May 20-24 17th Intern. Congress of the Science & Cultivation of Edible FungiCape Town, South Africa * www.mushroominfo.co.za Sept. 29-Oct ...
Phillips Mushroom Farm recognized.(mushroom NEWS flash)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Phillips Mushroom Farm of Kennett Square, PA was recognized as the PA Preferred Member Company of the year in January at the 2008 PA Farm Show in Harrisburg. "The PA Preferred program was developed to help Pennsylvanians identify and purchase locally-grown and processed foods and goods, ...
In memoriam: Jack Kooker.(mushroom NEWS flash)(John ''Jack'' Kooker, Jr.)(Obituary)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... John "Jack" Kooker, Jr., AMI executive director from 1981 to 1983, passed away on Jan. 4, 2008 in San Francisco, CA. He was born April 15, 1929 in Reading, PA. He graduated from Mount Penn High School and received his Bachelor of Science from The Pennsylvania State University in 1951. Jack ...
Co-Chairs needed for 20th NAMC.(mushroom NEWS flash)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Mushrooms Canada will host the 20th North American Mushroom Conference (NAMC) in Niagra Falls, Canada, May 3-6,2009. The organizing committee is looking for ...
Mushroom import report compiled from Department of Commerce Trade Data Services Washington, D.C.--reporting month November 2007.(mushroom NEWS flash)(Table)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... <Pre> Mushroom Import Report Compiled from Department of Commerce Trade Data Services Washington, D.C.--Reporting Month November 2007 Nov 2007 2007 YTDNov 2006 2006 YTD KILOGRAMS KILOGRAMS KILOGRAMS KILOGRAMS Fresh, ...