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Virginia Dare Website Wins Gold Hermes Creative Award

The Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP) sifts through upwards of 6,500 submissions to choose the year’s Hermes Creative Award winners. It’s an honor to win a Gold Hermes from AMCP, one of the oldest third-party evaluators of creative work.  For over a century, our team at Virginia Dare has had the privilege ofContinue reading “Virginia Dare Website Wins Gold Hermes Creative Award”

Virginia Dare President Earns FEMA Lifetime Achievement Award 

How long does it take to win a lifetime achievement award? About 40 years, at least for Howard Smith Jr., our president. While Howard has worked tirelessly at Virginia Dare, he’s also uplifted the industry at large through his work with the Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association (FEMA) and the International Organization of the FlavorContinue reading “Virginia Dare President Earns FEMA Lifetime Achievement Award “

Leave With Complete Flavor Profile After One Visit to Our Expanded HQ

Our new headquarters in Carteret, New Jersey, focuses on in-person collaboration and streamlined product development: “You can fly in without knowing what you want. We’ll sit and discuss goals, then make samples. Changes are made on the spot, down the hall. It’s possible to walk out with a finished product after a full day justContinue reading “Leave With Complete Flavor Profile After One Visit to Our Expanded HQ”

FoodNavigator-USA Article: Strengthening vanilla’s supply chain through its farmers

Quality vanilla goes beyond taste. Virginia Dare’s Madagascar-based team creates systems for socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable vanilla. FoodNavigator-USA talked with our VP of International Operations Henry Todd about how we’re implementing systems that support farmers and the value chain. Highlighted initiatives: