Welcome to the National Cherry Growers & Industries Foundation
Results of the 2009 Taste of Home Cherry Recipe Contest |
The October/November promotion generated excitement with our readers for National Cherry Growers and maraschino cherries with a custom created page inviting our readers to do what they love best share a recipe! A $500 cash award generated approximately 1,000 recipe entries reader recipes that National Cherry Growers owns for their marketing use. Click here for the Recap Summary (PDF 731kb file). Grand Prize Winner for "Kid Friendly" Category Grand Prize Winner for "Dessert" Category Grand Prize Winner for "Appetizer/Snack/Beverage" Category |
Results of the 2009 Maraschino Cherry & Finest Call Cocktail Contest |
Using two required ingredients, Finest Call and maraschino cherries, three winning recipients have been selected for their outstanding cocktails. Click here for their recipes. |
The National Cherry Growers & Industries Foundation (NCGIF) is a nonprofit corporation formed in 1948 for the purpose of having a unified effort from the processed cherry industry to lobby against excessive cherry imports. It then evolved that assessments were used for promotion of maraschino, canned and frozen cherries.
The foundation collects contributions from the states of Oregon, Washington, California, Michigan and Utah growers and processors. The Marketing Director, Cheryl Kroupa, looks for partnership opportunities with other commodities, hotel and restaurant chains and liquor companies to use cherries in advertising, holiday interest and menu promotions.
It is governed by a 15-20 member board of growers, briners and processors representing the five states listed above. The foundation compiles and distributes to members a yearly statistical publication of information regarding cherry production, utilization and sales, both import and export. In recent years the foundation took over collecting information from the industry regarding cherries going into brine at the end of the season by state from the Northwest Cherry Briners Association. This report is also distributed to members and other interested parties.
New Recipe Ideas From Carol Kicinski of Simply...Gluten-Free! |
For more delicious Simply... Gluten-Free recipes and health information, click on www.simplygluten-free.com. Don’t they look delicious?
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We are very proud to have Carol Kicinski as our Gluten-free Recipe Developer. Her dedication to scrumptiously delicious and yet easy to prepare gluten-free foods coupled with her leadership in gluten-free awareness, education, and lifestyle development has all helped to launch her into the limelight as America's first Gluten Free (only) TV Chef. We hope you enjoy her wonderful culinary delights!
