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Save the Date: Whole Day for Whole Grain Will be March 26, 2025

As you begin thinking about how you'll want to mark the holiday in March, we invite you to visit our Whole Day for Whole Grain page for graphics, sample posts, and whole grain games, activities, resources, and more.

LEARN HOW MANUFACTURERS CAN PARTICIPATE

Whole Day for Whole Grain will be here before we know it! Will you be one of our participating members on March 26, 2025? We're asking our members to sign up to contribute product for our popular Matchmaking program. To participate:

1) Fill out the matchmaking form.

2) We send the list of participating companies to our large network of supermarket RDs, universities, etc. (you designate which audiences you want to work with).

3) The RDs/schools/etc. contact you directly if they are interested in sampling your products.

The deadline for submissions is Monday, December 16th.

Join Us in Germany at the Whole Grain Summit!

The 8th Whole Grain Summit is coming in 2025 and if you only attend one whole grain event next year, this should be it! The Summit brings together participants from all over the world in a highly collaborative, interactive program that seeks to solve problems and create change, transforming science into real-world application. Participants from every sector along the grain value chain are encouraged to join.

Registration and hotel accommodation will be opening within the next week so that you can secure your spot in Detmold Germany, March 31 -April 2. Be sure to register by December 15th to guarantee access to the hotel block and the early bird registration rate!

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Invitation: Whole Grains Industry Survey

We received the following invitation from our friends at the University of New South Wales who are conducting a study about perceptions of whole grain foods and their categorization within food classification systems (including Nova) by food industry professionals.

The study is looking to recruit

individuals currently employed in the food industry with grain products as part of their portfolio. Participants will be asked to complete an online interview that will take approximately 30-45 minutes.

Anyone interested can email elissa.price@unsw.edu.au.

Growth in International Stamp Use

In our blog this month, we reported on international growth in the Whole Grain Stamp Program! We first introduced the Stamp in Latin America in 2009, and today there are more than 1800 products registered for Stamp use in this region. In 2010, the Stamp was introduced to the Asian market. Today there are about 600 Asian products registered for Stamp use. We look forward to continued expansion in these regions!

Any members interested in adding the Stamp to Whole Grain products in new regions can get in touch with Vik at vik@oldwayspt.org!

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Social Media Resource of the Month

Does modern wheat have more gluten than ancient varieties? Kelly LeBlanc, MLA, RD, LDN, the VP of Nutrition Programming for the Oldways' Whole Grains Council digs in to bust the myth in our Social Media Resource of the month!

We invite you to repost this video on social media. When you do, tag @wholegrains_council and @oldways_pt, and we'll engage with your post!

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