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From: "Friedlander, Liz (Agriculture)" <Liz_Friedlander@agriculture.senate.gov>
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 20:56:32 -0500
Subject: Lincoln Hails Senate Passage of Tough Wall Street Reforms

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 20, 2010

Contact: Courtney Rowe or Liz Friedlander, 202-224-2035

 

Lincoln Hails Senate Passage of Tough Wall Street Reforms

 

Washington – U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee today made the following statement after the U.S. Senate, on a bipartisan 59-39 vote, passed The Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010. The legislation includes the strong reforms authored by Lincoln.

 

"This historic legislation is about more than just changing the way Wall Street does business. It's about helping families save for college, protecting retirees, ensuring small businesses can get loans and creating new jobs on Main Street.

 

"As Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, I was proud to craft the bill's strong derivatives title. My legislation brings a $600 trillion market into the light of day and ends the days of Wall Street's backroom deals. These strong reforms will rein in the greedy behavior that nearly destroyed our economy, hurting Arkansas small businesses and costing millions of Americans their jobs.

 

"I will continue to stand up to Wall Street lobbyists and special interest groups to advocate for these reforms as we work to get this bill signed into law."

 

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Fresh Produce Warehouse offers wide spectrum of produce

http://www.voice-tribune.com/index.cfm?action=app.showDetail&pageid=208&item=1943

Fresh Produce Warehouse offers wide spectrum of produce

“We have the largest selection of fresh fruits and vegetables in Kentucky,” said co-owner Gerald Llewellyn. “Our items are shipped in fresh from all over. We have new items each week.”

Fresh Produce Warehouse sells produce, fresh cut flowers and related items. They also have Kentucky Proud products and items from locally-owned John Conti Coffee Co.

The idea for a produce-only store came from a concept that was already in place and successful up North.

“Bluegrass Produce (the company that owns Fresh Produce Warehouse) started about a year-and-a-half ago,” Llewellyn said. “We got the idea for the store from a concept in Michigan that was already working very well. We took our investors up there and they were very excited.”

The 22,500-square-foot store opened in late April. Its produce comes from all over the country and its flowers come from an Amish community in Eastern Kentucky.

Fresh Produce Warehouse has all the produce staples – apples, oranges, lettuce and tomatoes – but it also has exotic fruit, such as starfruit, papayas and cactus leaves. It also has several varieties of each product and a handful of organic items.

Handy guides posted within each section detail a variety’s taste, texture and its uses (like for baking or snacks). Some items even have sample trays for customers to test before they buy.

Because the store ships in produce from all over, it frequently has seasonal produce before other stores. It currently has a selection of peaches, plums, nectarines, apricots and cherries – items that are not usually available in Louisville on a large scale until June or July.

The store also takes requests.

“If a customer comes to me and asks for something, I will make sure we get it,” said co-owner Don Blackburn. “We let the demand be our guide.”

The store is quickly becoming popular with not only locals, but with restaurateurs as well.

“We get a lot of restaurants that buy produce here,” Blackburn said. “Mostly mom-and-pop and ethnic restaurants.”

Price is another draw. Fresh Produce Warehouse works with several vendors to make sure it gets the best product at the best price – savings the store passes to customers.

“We want to give our customers retail quality products at wholesale prices,” Blackburn said.

Fresh Produce Warehouse is located at 4044 Taylorsville Road.

Fighting cancer: Diet, scant exercise problems

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64I73220100520


Fighting cancer: Diet, scant exercise problems


(Reuters) - The United States does not produce or import anywhere near enough fruits and vegetables to provide Americans the right kind of diet to prevent cancer, government researchers said on Wednesday.

And Americans also overestimate how much they exercise, another barrier to fighting two of the biggest known cancer risks, researchers at the National Cancer Institute said.

"If everyone wanted to eat healthily, there would not be enough," Susan Krebs-Smith of the cancer institute told reporters.

Many studies have shown that people who keep a healthy weight, exercise regularly and eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables have a lower risk not only of cancer, but heart disease, diabetes and even Alzheimer's.

The administration of President Barack Obama is looking at ways to help Americans eat a healthier diet and exercise more to reduce obesity.