Thursday, March 28, 2024

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Food & Agriculture

THE R.I. DEPARTMENT of Education will provide 13 school systems a food truck each as part of the department’s new $1.6 million Menu for Success Student Food Truck Initiative. R.I. Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green, fifth from right, presents check in support of initiative to students and district leadership at the Warwick Area Career and Technical Center. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

13 school systems to receive food trucks via RIDE’s new ‘Menu...

PROVIDENCE – Thirteen local school systems will receive food trucks as part of the R.I. Department of Education’s new $1.6 million Menu for Success...

R.I. unemployment rate rises to 3.6% in November

CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.6% in November, up two-tenths of a percentage point from October, the R.I. Department of...

Johnson & Wales University launches beverage center

PROVIDENCE – Johnson & Wales University on Nov. 17 launched its new Center for Beverage Education & Innovation, which university officials hope will play...
Jessica Norris Granatiero

To Savor: Finding perfect marriages

The holiday season is often one when we treat others and ourselves to special items – travel, food, dinners out and, of course, meaningful...
Noemi Csepregi

‘Wonky’ food program could save R.I. landfill

The rapid filling of the Central Landfill has been an important concern in Rhode Island for years and several steps have been taken to...
READY WITH A REMEDY: Herbalist Mary Blue has carved out a niche in the health sector, building a business that offers herb-
derived tinctures, baths, syrups and teas, as well as classes on how to make them.
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ELIZABETH GRAHAM

She’s built a business from ‘power in herbs’

Herbalist and community educator Mary Blue, owner and founder of Farmacy Herbs LLC, was barely out of high school when she realized she had...
Bruce Newbury

Dining Out: A gilded holiday brunch

There’s nothing like seeing the spectacular Gilded Age houses of Newport in all their festive holiday finery, glittering with gold and sparkling with silver. Throughout...
LOCAL IMPACT: Gilbane Inc. has utilized G.O. Services, a subsidiary of Gilbane Building Co., to include local workers on projects and drive economic development. Pictured, from left, working on the Newton Pavilion renovation project in Boston are G.O. Foreman Dan Pattavina, Gilbane Project Safety Manager Mike Morganelli, G.O. laborers Mike Jackson and Darius Hines, Gilbane project engineers Nicole Wormuth and Erica Wentz, and G.O. Vice President and Business Unit Leader Kahlil Olmstead. 
COURTESY GILBANE INC.

Gilbane Inc. changes the landscape on job sites and the community

PBN 2022 Diversity Equity & Inclusion Awards Architecture/Construction/Design: Gilbane Inc. Most of the meetings at Providence construction company Gilbane Inc. begin with what Chairman and...
UNITED NATURAL Foods Inc. earned a $66 million profit in the company’s fiscal first quarter that ended Oct. 29. 

United Natural Foods reports $66M profit in FY 2023 Q1

PROVIDENCE – United Natural Foods Inc. says it earned a $66 million profit in the quarter that ended Oct. 29, or $1.07 per diluted...

Five Questions With: Andrew Schiff

Andrew Schiff is the CEO of the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. The food bank recently released its annual Status Report on Hunger in...
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