Challenge Raises More Than 20,000 Pounds of Peanut Butter for the Hungry

Dan Economy, Education, Florida, Peanuts

Spread the cheer and the protein! Some families will get more healthy food to eat, now that Florida Panhandle residents donated a record of more than 20,000 pounds of peanut butter for this year’s UF/IFAS Extension Peanut Butter Challenge, organizers said. Combine nearly 9,000 pounds in donations to UF/IFAS Extension county offices with 11,340 pounds from the Florida Peanut Producers …

November is Peanut Butter Lovers Month

Dan Peanuts

November is Peanut Butter Lovers Month, and according to Tyron Spearman, you can go to the Southern Peanut Growers website, (www.peanutbutterlovers.com) to find out what cities are considered the “Best Cities for Peanut Butter Lovers.” Southern Peanut Growers’ inaugural list has sweet surprises in store Crunchy or creamy, by the spoonful or the sandwich, peanut butter is the sticky staple loved by people nationwide. …

Celebrating National Sandwich Day

Dan This Land of Ours

Continuing with celebrating our favorite foods this week, today is no exception. Cathy Isom has us honoring one of America’s most popular lunchtime foods. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Friday, November 3rd is National Sandwich Day. Ever wonder where the name originated from this popular lunchtime food? This ultimate convenience food was named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. …

Agri View: New Uses for Peanut Butter

Dan Agri View, Peanuts

Everett Griner talks about how a group of individuals has a new use for peanut butter. Everett also has other little know peanut butter facts in today’s Agri View.     Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2024Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Capital Area Food Bank Receives Peanut Butter Donation

Dan Industry News Release, Peanuts

The U.S. peanut industry donated more than 30,000 jars of peanut butter to Capital Area Food Bank in Washington, D.C. on National Ag Day, March 21, 2017. The Capital Area Food Bank is the largest organization in the Washington metro area working to solve hunger and its companion problems: chronic undernutrition, heart disease, and obesity. The donation was made possible …

Little known Peanut Facts

Dan Agri View, Peanuts

Everett Griner talks about little known facts about peanuts in today’s Agri View. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2024Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024