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Volunteers to plant 100 fruit trees on May 4 SAN ANTONIO, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm, will team up with The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation (FTPF) and local residents to plant about 100 fruit trees in two accessible orchards in a housing development operated by the San Antonio Housing Authority (SAHA). On May 4 at 10:00 a.m., volunteers and local residents will come together to plant trees at a site in the Springview community at 722...

FAIRFIELD, N.J., Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Rickland Orchards Brand, creator of the first to market Greek Yogurt Granola Bar, has announced their latest sales platform of the wildly successful Rickland Orchards Greek Yogurt Bars. On Wednesday, February 6, Rickland Orchards is scheduled to appear on QVC(®) to offer consumers the opportunity to purchase a special pack size of Rickland Orchards Greek Yogurt Bars. The package will include 18 bars total: six Blueberry Acai, six...

HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Agriculture Secretary George Greig today said the more than decade-long effort to eradicate the Plum Pox Virus has been a success after three years of required monitoring shows the disease has not reappeared. "The department has been committed to eradicating the disease and minimizing its impact on growers' livelihoods and the state's economy," Greig said. "This latest survey officially closes the books on the 14 years of Plum...

Fox Run At Orchard Park showcases the beautiful photographs taken by residents of the pastoral Newton Farm near Chestnut Ridge Park. Fox Run friends and residents gathered in excitement to view an exhibit of stunning the photography debuting at the Gyda Higgins Art Gallery at Fox Run. Orchard Park, NY (PRWEB) January 04, 2013 Fox Run At Park, a distinctive New York continuing Orchard care retirement community, announced that they displayed a stunning photography exhibit this past year at...

WARWICK, N.Y., Oct. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The cool weather means colors are reaching their peak along with apple-picking in the NY Metro area with many favorite varieties fully ripened for picking. Even though the NY Apple Association anticipates New York's apple production to be lighter than normal, there are plenty of apples for picking throughout the Hudson Valley. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121018/NY96057 ) "These next few weeks are peak for fall colors and...

Visitors to the recently redesigned website may also sign up for a free eBook that explains how to grow apples. Douglass, TX (PRWEB) October 08, 2012 Legg Creek Farm, a nursery that provides high quality fruit trees, nut trees, and other types of food-bearing plants to home gardeners and orchard growers across the United States, has just launched a completely re-designed website. The new, more user-friendly site now makes it even easier for customers to learn more about the fruit tree...

HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Efforts to keep fruit healthy in the orchards around the southcentral region will be the topic of the next lecture in the South Mountain Speakers Series on Saturday, Sept. 8, at the Penn State University Fruit Research and Extension Center at 290 University Drive, Biglerville, Adams County. The brown marmorated stink bug has caused considerable crop losses for fruit growers at the same time populations of native pollinators...

ATHENS, Greece, Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Paragon Shipping Inc. (NYSE: PRGN) ("Paragon Shipping" or the "Company"), a global shipping transportation company specializing in drybulk cargoes, announced today that it will release its results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2012, before the market opens in New York on Thursday, August 23, 2012. Paragon's management team will host a conference call to discuss the Company's financial results the same day at 9:00...

OAKLAND, Calif., June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Edy's Fruit Bars* brand has selected Washington D.C.-area based organization ECO City Farms as one of the three organizations hand-picked to receive a fruit orchard as a part of its Communities Take Root program. The ceremonial fruit orchard planting will be held on June 23, 2012 at ECO City Farms, located at 4913 Crittenden Street, Edmonston, MD 20781. The planting is open to the public and will feature food, live music and...

SPARTA, Mich., April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of its 100,000th Facebook fan milestone and growing social media presence, Old Orchard Brands will give away a truckload of free juice to its loyal Facebook followers. All Old Orchard Facebook fans can enter for the chance to win one of 8,640 free product coupons, redeemable for any 64-oz bottle of Old Orchard Brands juice. In addition, the leading juice manufacturer will provide a second truckload of juice to the...