2016年9月27日星期二

Fresh Vegetables

CarrieAnn Arias, vice president of marketing for Dole Fresh Vegetables and Berries, relies on data-driven marketing and an awareness of consumer and retailer needs to support product innovation and increase sales.

Arias, 41, who joined the Monterey, Calif.-based shipper in 2005, has made her biggest impact through Dole’s shopper marketing program, launched about five years ago.

“We were really the first in the produce industry to have a shopper marketing team,” Arias said.

While coupon-based or account specific marketing still happens, the focus now is on an individual attention to consumers made possible, first and foremost, by loyalty card data.

Four years of drought in California have caused few price changes for U.S. consumers, but the drought has affected the supply of fresh vegetables that Canadian importers have relied on, said Charlebois.

"California does supply a lot of organic products into Canada," he said.

It's the major source of imported lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower and carrots, among other crops.

While not as big of a price driver as the exchange rate, it still is forcing grocers to look elsewhere — at higher prices, he said.

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Stormwater Rehab in New York: Coordinated Effort Saves Taxpayers

The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) and St. Lawrence County Department of Highways worked together utilizing a shared service agreement to streamline the completion of two culvert preservation projects, ensuring motorist safety while saving taxpayers 6,800.

Ernest Olin, the resident engineer for NYSDOT Region 7, and Andrew Willard, the senior civil engineer for St. Lawrence County Department of Highways, worked in tandem to complete two large diameter corrugated steel culvert preservation projects. Both entities had large, failing arched culverts that needed repair. Willard had heard about InfraSteel from Precision Pipe and Products, and had mentioned InfraSteel to Olin. They knew that InfraSteel could match the plate arch shape of the existing structures, providing a smooth wall ID that would not decrease the hydraulic capacity.

Also, because InfraSteel has added copper to the steel for corrosion resistance, and it has out-performed other products in abrasion resistance testing, Olin and Willard were assured a life expectancy of 50 to 100 years.
The state's project was under Route 12 in the town of Hammond, N.Y. The existing structure was a corrugated plate arch that was installed in the 1960s; it had a 131-in. span and an 81-in. rise with a deteriorated invert that was completely rusted through.

The state's failing culvert was under 2 ft of cover. NYSD

The New York State Department of Transportation and St. Lawrence County, New York worked together on a pair of culvert preservation projects using Infrasteel.

OT structural engineers had ruled out the option of paving the invert because of concerns regarding the structural integrity of that type of repair. InfraSteel's strength and thickness, coupled with the grouting of the annular space, offered improved structural integrity.

Basing their decision on existing round pipe options, NYSDOT hydraulic engineers deemed sliplining the structure not an option because round pipe would decrease the hydraulic capacity of the existing structure, which was not acceptable.

Since the Manning's coefficient of InfraSteel's smooth wall carbon steel is .012 in., which is better than corrugated metal, and because InfraSteel matches the exact shape of the host pipe, maximizing the area of flow, there was no loss of hydraulic capacity. Round liners do not typically provide enough hydraulic capacity to maintain existing capacity in large arched and elliptical structures.

The only other option that the state had for a solution was for the project to become a Job Order Contract Candidate. This would require cutting the road and replacing the existing structure. This method would have taken significantly longer to complete and had an estimated cost of 0,000.

Subsequently, Olin and Willard made a plan to create a shared service agreement that would preserve both of the existing structures and save taxpayers money. They agreed to share both manpower and equipment in order to get the job done. Also by working in tandem, the two failing structures were going to be repaired quickly and economically without the interruption of emergency vehicles and other traffic.

Detailed measurements of the host structures were taken in order to ensure that the shape of the InfraSteel liners matched the host structures. In order for the InfraSteel liner to be manufactured with matching radii of the host structure, the field measurements of the host pipe provided to the manufacturing plant are of critical importance. Precision Pipe has developed a detailed method of measuring and gathering information about the host pipe, which is provided to the manufacturing plant engineers so that they can convert that information into a matching liner. The liner is sized with exact rise and span measurements that allow it to be sliplined into place. Fish baffles and weirs are an option but were not required for these two sites. The plant engineers provided drawings back to the project engineers who signed off on them so that production could begin. The orders were placed with Precision Pipe and Products and the liner sections for the Hammond site were delivered within a few weeks.

InfraSteel is generally manufactured in 8- to 10-ft lengths to facilitate handling and shipping; however, longer lengths are available. Also, the standard .500-in. wall thickness was chosen for these sites, although InfraSteel can be manufactured various wall thicknesses up 1-in. thick.

The combined state and county crew began work preparing the host structure for slip-lining by laying down a simple rail system to facilitate the sliplining process. Two welders from the county worked with two NYSDOT bridge crew welders to weld the InfraSteel joints together. The liner is shipped with cross bracing, which is left in place until the installation and grouting are complete. The bottom section of the InfraSteel liner has an inverted bevel, allowing welding to be done from within the pipe so that welders do not have to get under the liner. The top and sides are welded on the outside. Ventilation was provided to the working space within the pipe. The welding time per joint was approximately two hours.

A 200 series track hoe excavator did the heavy lifting and pushed the liner inside of the host pipe. Even with short working hours during the construction period, the welding and sliplining were completed within a few days.

Grouting was done from within the structure through grout ports. The 2-in. grout ports were cut into the liner at top center, and wherever else deemed needed, which allowed grout to be pumped into the annular space from within the structure. It was also determined that the shoulder of the road could be extended by utilizing additional InfraSteel liner. When the dressing up of the site was complete, the entire installation took only two weeks. The total cost of the sliplining installation was ,000, providing a savings of 5,000.

St. Lawrence County's project was under CR 47 and was built similarly; however, there was 15 ft of cover. The existing CMP structure, which was installed in the 1960s, was skewed under the road. Also, there were utilities that would have to have been relocated if the road had been cut. Most importantly, open cutting the road would have required six weeks of road closure, detouring traffic 24 miles to Route 3, costing valuable time to emergency vehicles and the motoring public. An arched pipe liner totaling 104 ft of 97-in. x 61-in. was chosen by the Highway Department to be sliplined into the existing 103-in. x 71-in. culvert. The estimated cost to remove and replace the existing structure was 7,000.

Because St. Lawrence County's welders had worked with the NYSDOT crew, a good working relationship had been established. Although it is generally recommend to stop the flow of water, by bypass pumping or other means, the St. Lawrence County crew operated with significant water flow, drying up the weld areas of the joints that were welded inside of the existing culvert. The crew welded the pipe together and sliplined it into place in 10 working days. The grouting and clean up took only two days. The actual material and construction cost using InfraSteel was ,000. Subsequently, there was a direct savings of labor and material of 2,000 and there was the additional cost-savings of the detour to the traveling public of 9,800.

The construction methods used for these two projects saved the taxpayers of New York State and St. Lawrence County more than 6,800, demonstrating how to maximize maintenance dollars through teamwork and cooperation.


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2016年9月21日星期三

Differences between Purple garlic and White garlic

Chinese garlic has a large, flat, regular and white head with purple strias. It contains 10-12 straight cloves covered by a skin with a pinkish colour. It has a mild spicy flavour.

Garlic, garlic, hanging on the wall, which of you is the best of all? The first step to a perfect meal is selecting the ideal bulb from the more than 400 species and varieties of garlic. Allium sativum is the most common type of garlic; it is the one you'll typically find in the grocery store and is often called "culinary" garlic. Fortunately, this is the species that also offers the most healing properties.
You might occasionally find Allium ursinum in specialty or farmer's markets. Allium ursinum is a type of wild garlic native to Northern Europe that does not possess the same healing properties as Allium sativum. You might also come across Allium vineale, a garlic with very small cloves that is commonly called "crow garlic." This variety is nothing more than a weed.
Allium sativum has two subvarieties: softneck and hardneck. The two types have similar healing properties because they belong to the same species, but they differ in flavor, clove size, shelf life, and use.
Softneck Garlic
Softneck garlic is the type you'll most likely see in the produce section of your grocery store. Its name comes from the multilayered parchment that covers the entire bulb, continues up the neck of the bulb, and forms a soft, pliable stalk suitable for braiding. Its papery skin, or sheath, is a beautiful creamy white color.
">Softneck garlic typically has several layers of cloves surrounding the central portion of the garlic bulb. The outermost layer's cloves are the stoutest; the cloves of the internal layers become smaller closer to the center of the bulb. Of the several types of softneck garlic, two are most abundant:
Silverskin garlic. This easy-to-grow variety has a strong flavor and stores well when dried -- it will last nearly a year under the right conditions. The Creole group of silverskin garlics has a rose-tinted parchment.
Artichoke garlic. Artichoke garlic has a milder flavor and may have fewer and larger cloves than silverskin. You can store it as long as eight months. Artichoke garlic may occasionally have purple spots or streaks on its skin, but don't confuse it with purple stripe garlic, a hardneck variety that has quite a bit of purple coloring.
Hardneck Garlic
Unlike softneck garlic, hardneck varieties do not have a flexible stalk. When you buy this type of garlic, it will typically have an extremely firm stalk protruding an inch or two from the top of the bulb.
Hardneck garlic sends up scapes from its central woody stalk when it is growing. A scape is a thin green extension of the stalk that forms a 360-degree curl with a small bulbil, or swelling, several inches from its end. Inside the bulbil are more than 100 tiny cloves that are genetically identical to the parent bulb beneath.
Many people call these "flowers," but they are not really blooms. If left on the plant, the scape will eventually die and fall over, and the tiny cloves will spill onto the ground. However, most never make it that far.
Cutting off the scapes keeps the plant's energy from forming the bulbil and therefore encourages larger bulbs. But don't throw out the scapes. They can be a delicious ingredient in your cooking.
There are three main types of hardneck garlic:
Rocambole. This variety has a rich, full-bodied taste. It peels easily and typically has just one set of cloves around the woody stalk. It keeps for up to six months.
Porcelain. Porcelain garlic is similar to rocambole in flavor and typically contains about four large cloves wrapped in a very smooth, white, papery sheath. People often mistake porcelain garlic for elephant garlic because its cloves are so large. Porcelain garlic stores well for about eight months.
Purple stripe. This hardneck variety is famous for making the best baked garlic. There are several types of purple stripe, all with distinctive bright purple streaks on their papery sheaths. Purple stripe garlic keeps for about six months.
Another member of the Allium clan, elephant garlic (Allium ampeloprasum), may look like a good buy because it is so large, but its flavor is very bland. Elephant garlic tastes more like a leek; in fact, its garlic flavor is slight and its healing properties are inferior to those of other garlic varieties. Use elephant garlic more like a vegetable than a flavorful herb.

What is the difference between White Garlic and Purple Garlic?

White garlic is widely available, whereas, purple garlic is less prevalent. Softneck garlic is always white in color, much easier to grow and are hardier compared to hardneck garlic. These white species are more conducive to travel and shipping. White garlic tends to have a very powerful flavor and scent. Often, white garlic has more cloves than purple garlic. Hardneck garlic has a milder taste and odor. Purple Garlic cannot be stored for long periods like white garlic. However, hardneck garlic retains their sweet aroma even after cooking. Generally, purple garlic has fewer cloves than white garlic.
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Report seems to counter Halifax Water on ‘daylighting' Sawmill River 

An engineering report on replacing an aging Dartmouth culvert appears to challenge claims by Halifax Water and the municipality that unearthing the buried Sawmill River is too costly and complicated.
The CBCL Ltd. report, obtained by The Chronicle Herald under a freedom of information request, examines options for replacing a half-kilometre long storm sewer that runs from Sullivans Pond to Dartmouth Cove.
The 2.7-metre corrugated steel pipe was installed in the 1970s to bury the Sawmill River, the watershed of four Dartmouth lakes, after torrential rains caused the river to breach its banks and flood a large swath of the city.
With the rusting underground tunnel in need of replacement, calls for “daylighting” the river — uncovering the underground river — have grown louder.
The 361-page CBCL report delves into multiple options for replacing the pipe and settles on both a box culvert and an open channel.
This is recommended as the “lower-cost, least-risk and most technically viable solution,” the report said, adding that it also has “a lower project life-cycle cost and the shortest construction schedule.”
The old steel pipe would be replaced with a roughly four metre-by-four metre box culvert — significantly larger than the existing steel pipe to accommodate increasing storm surges and sea-level rise — and include a fish passage from the harbour to Irishtown Road.
From there, the Sawmill River would once again become an open “daylighted” channel to Sullivans Pond, with needed bridges along the way.
The total project would come with a price tag just under million.
Although the 0,000 CBCL report was finalized in July, Halifax Water has had a draft copy of the CBCL findings since last April.
Yet the utility has repeatedly dismissed daylighting Sawmill River as too costly and fraught with challenges.
“The most cost-effective solution for conveying the stormwater remains that oversized culvert,” Halifax Water engineer Jamie Hannam said in March.
Hannam admitted that “open streams do have some benefit to fish passage,” but he said the utility was working on other “engineered solutions” to provide fish passage within the culvert.
Halifax Water spokeswoman James Campbell clarified Friday that the utility has always been on board with an open channel.
“I think there seems to be some confusion with daylighting,” Campbell said. “There is a distinction between a naturalized daylighted channel and an engineered open channel.
“What we're proposing is an engineered open channel, which is also what CBCL is recommending.”
Indeed, the consultant's report delves into the various degrees of daylighting.
“Creating an open channel to convey a previously buried watercourse is commonly referred to as ‘daylighting,'” the report said. “Daylighted streams have varying characteristics that depend on the site and can range from a fully naturalized waterway that allows for a wide range of restored ecosystem functions to a pipe or box culvert with its top removed.”
Campbell said the problem with fully restoring Sawmill River is that it would require a 34-metre span for trees and proper sloping. Halifax Water only has a 15-metre easement.
“It would basically be a three-sided concrete structure with an open top that may or may not have some sort of fence or grated structure over the top for safety reasons,” Campbell said.
He said the utility's mandate is to provide water, waste-water and stormwater service at the best cost to ratepayers and that anything above and beyond that — such as bankrolling the creation of a naturalized daylighted river — wouldn't get a stamp of approval from the regulator.
Efforts by The Chronicle Herald to obtain internal emails and documents from Halifax Water related to the CBCL report and replacing the storm sewer hit a roadblock.
In response to a freedom of information request, Carl Yates, the utility's general manager, said compiling the large volume of records would cost about ,550 — an hour for 44 hours of work, plus {cbq:ncontent}.20 each for 1,000 photocopies.
Proponents say restoring Sawmill River to its natural state would offer local residents an urban oasis in a rapidly growing area of Dartmouth, improving quality of life and creating recreational opportunities.
Although an engineered open channel would fall short of these ambitions, it would still give fish a better chance of surviving the trip from the ocean to the lakes.
Unlike in the 1970s, when the underground pipe was first installed, Fisheries and Oceans Canada requires passage for migratory fish that go between salt water and fresh water. In Sawmill River, that once included Atlantic salmon, gaspereau, American eel and sea-run trout.
The CBCL report said the option of a mix between a box culvert with fish passage and an open channel “was the most favoured” by Fisheries and Oceans.
Jocelyne Rankin, Ecology Action Centre's water co-ordinator and an advocate for daylighting Sawmill River, said the CBCL report is extremely detailed and thorough.
She said it covered off many questions related to unearthing Sawmill River, including costs, design, engineering, geology, fish passage, archeology and history.
“Halifax Water has been quite dismissive of daylighting … but this report provides a very different take on it,” Rankin said.
Last November, she laid out the benefits of daylighting to Harbour East-Marine Drive community council.
Rankin said uncovering Sawmill River dovetails with the municipality's policy on daylighting watercourses and fits with the planning strategy for the area that calls for restoring the natural water stream around Irishtown Road and Ochterloney Street.
After her presentation, the community council requested a staff report to examine daylighting options for Sawmill River.
But the municipal staff report, released in May, shot down the option of daylighting based on property, technology and construction challenges. In fact, the report cast doubt on whether any fish passage would work at all.
Unsatisfied with the report, councillors asked staff to prepare another report that more seriously considers daylighting and its costs.
Rankin said the municipality would need to get involved if a fully naturalized open river will ever see the light of day in Dartmouth.