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GOURMET NEWS APRIL 2018 www.gourmetnews.com FROM THE EDITOR 4 WWW.GOURMETNEWS.COM PUBLISHER Kimberly Oser SENIOR ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Jules Denton-Card jules_d@oser.com EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Lorrie Baumann lorrie_b@oser.com SENIOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR Robin Mather robin_m@oser.com ASSOCIATE EDITORS Jeanie Catron jeanie_c@oser.com Micah Cheek micah_c@oser.com ART DIRECTOR Yasmine Brown GRAPHIC DESIGNER Jonathan Schieffer CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGERS Caitlyn McGrath Susan Stein CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Tara Neal tara_n@oser.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Jamie Green jamie_g@oser.com PUBLISHING OFFICE 1877 N. Kolb Road P.O. Box 1056 Tucson, AZ 85715 520.721.1300 Fax 520.721.6300 SUBSCRIBER SERVICES Gourmet News P.O. Box 30520 Tucson, AZ 85751 520.721.1300 G OURMET N EWS ® OSER COMMUNICATIONS GROUP FOUNDER Lee M. Oser MEMBER OF: Periodicals postage paid at Tucson, AZ, and additional mailing office. Gourmet News (ISSN 1052-4630) is published monthly by Oser Communications Group, 1877 North Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ 85715; 520.721.1300. Publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited material or prices quoted in newspaper. Contributors are responsible for proper release of pro- prietary classified information. ©2018 by Oser Communications Group. All rights re- served. Reproduction, in whole or in part, without writ- ten permission of the publisher, is expressly prohibited. Back issues, when available, cost $7 each within the past 12 months, $12 each prior to the past 12 months. Back orders must be paid in advance either by check or charged to American Express, Visa, or Master Card. Gourmet News is distributed without charge in North America to qualified professionals in the retail and dis- tribution channels of the specialty foods and hardgoods trade; paid subscriptions cost $65 annually to the U.S. and Canada. All foreign subscriptions cost $150 annu- ally to cover air delivery. All payments must be made in U.S. funds and drawn on a U.S. bank. For subscriber services, including subscription information, call 520.721.1300. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Gourmet News, 1877 North Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ 85715. Greetings! Like most of you, I imagine, I've been reflect- ing recently on the mean- ing of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, and what it says about us that our children have now decided that they need to take matters into their own hands to demand change. I'm glad to see that they're capable and articu- late and caring and powerful. Now that the children in this new generation are learn- ing to use their voice to direct change, they're likely to start taking a look around them at all the other ways we've failed to live up to their expectations. We need to be ready with some answers for their con- cerns. Fortunately, many of us are already working hard on the problem of how we're going to make a better world for those young people to grow up in. One of the pleasures of this job is the opportunity to tell the stories of the many of us who are using their businesses as a tool for doing good in the world as well as to generate the profits that are the lifeblood that allows them to continue doing good. In times like these, when there is so much troubling news in the world, it's use- ful and consoling to be able to focus some- times on the real good that's also happening. That's why in this month's issue of Gourmet News, you can read about Northern Wind, which is a Fair Trade-cer- tified provider of scallops that's generating funds to help in New England's fishing communities, and in Kitchenware News, you can read about Le Souk Céramique, which is bringing Fair Trade to Tunisian pottery artisans. These stories reflect our ongoing commitment to celebrating the good we see in the world. We're glad that our readers are letting us know that you enjoy this kind of meaning- ful reporting, and we hope that we're also giving you some of the answers that you need, so that you have some answers for the kinds of questions that your customers are asking. We certainly don't have the an- swers for every problem in the world – I don't have a clue about what's really going to solve the problem of violence in our schools, for instance. But though thoughts and prayers aren't enough, I believe that it can only help to be thinking and talking about how we're going to make the world a better place for those kids and others like them to grow up in. GN — Lorrie Baumann Editorial Director FROM THE EDITOR

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