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FRESNO, Calif., April 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ It s National Raisin Day and the California Raisin Marketing Board has announced partnerships with small businesses across the country who are bringing delicious baked goods featuring California Raisins to consumers. Raisin sales are growing as consumers look for more natural sweet snacks. To celebrate this sun-dried superfruit, each small business partner will be offering California Raisin cookies and other tasty treats at discounted prices today, for a limited time while supplies last. The spirit of small business is one we deeply admire, and we know our industry is thriving because of the support of small business owners like the ones we are partnering with today, said Tim Kenny, Vice President of Marketing at the California Raisin Marketing Board. On behalf of more than 2,000 family farmers who produce California Raisins, we are thrilled to celebrate National Raisin Day with the people w
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Good day and welcome to the Sprout, where it’s National Bubble Tea Day and National Raisin Day and, in case you were wondering, we here at the Sprout strongly believe raisins belong in butter tarts. And we’re not afraid to say it.
Here’s today’s agriculture news.
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The union representing striking dock workers at the Port of Montreal says it will challenge the validity of the federal government’s back-to-work legislation.
Michel Murray, a spokesperson for chapter 375 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, called the legislation which passed the House of Commons early Thursday morning and is scheduled to be addressed in the Senate on Friday unconstitutional, the CBC reports. The union has also reportedly filed complaints with the International Labour Organization.
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Things ‘are kind of settling down’ after challenging 2020 season.
Thank goodness for April.
In addition to religious events, there are other special observances like Earth Day, April Fool’s Day, and, on April 30th, National Raisin Day, a day set aside to honor what has been referred to as Nature’s jellybeans.
Raisins can be up to 72% sugar by weight, but unlike candy jellybeans, raisins have some nutritional value as a sweet snack, boasting cancer-fighting antioxidants that contain no cholesterol and provide a good source of fiber.
More than half the world’s raisins are grown on 150,000 acres over 2,000 family farms in California (850 of which grow specifically for Sun-Maid on 50,000 acres in one geographic cluster) making Selma, just outside of Fresno, the Golden State’s raisin capital with an annual production of some 350,000 tons.