American Culinary group awards Mills Family Farms
from The Californian, AG Tuesday , July 27, 2004

  The American Culinary Federation awarded Salinas-based Mills Family Farms Wholeaves® product line with its highest award for flavor, taste and overall appearance in the Whole Leaf Product Category for romaine, romaine hearts, green leaf, red leaf, green cascade mix® and celery.
  The American Culinary Federation was established in 1929 to promote the professional image of American chefs and American cuisine worldwide through educational programming, international culinary competitions and regional and national conferences and competitions.
  Mills Family Farms Wholeaves® ready-to-use, individual lettuce leaves provide the natural, processed-free and preservative-free freshness of whole-head leaf lettuce combined with the ease and no-waste convenience of value-added salad greens.
  Mills Family Farms is a vertically integrated grower and shipper. For almost half a century, it has supplied the foodservice industry, retailers, wholesalers and brokers nationwide with quality lettuce and a wide variety of Western vegetables.
  Mills Family Farms ships more than 10 million cartons annually from 12,000 acres of the richest farmland year-round.
  For more information about Mills Family Farms Wholeaves® or Mills Family Farms, visit the website at www.MillsFamilyFarms.com