Journalist Events

Germany

Thirty-five journalists and food bloggers attended American Pistachio Grower’s June 6 journalist event with Chef Kevin von Holt and APG nutrition expert Dr. Wiebke Elsner, in Hamburg, Germany. Topic of discussion: Food-Trend Healthy Hedonist, which included the discussion about the pleasurable effect of eating American-grown pistachios.

Italy

In Italy, American Pistachio Growers made desk-side visits to the editorial offices of leading health and fitness publications to share the good news about two recent studies. One study showed that by adding two ounces of pistachios into a daily snacking routine may help reduce damage to DNA. A second study showed that pistachios contain a high amount of melatonin, relative to other foods.