WPPC Session To Cover Regional Food Systems

Locally grown, regional food systems come under the microscope at WPPC.

Georgia Pecan Commission To Sponsor NYC Fitness Event

The Georgia Pecan Commission is partnering with FITNESS magazine for the ninth-annual FITNESS Mind, Body, Spirit Games, Saturday, Sept. 11, in New York City’s Central Park.

NOAA Reopens Gulf Waters Off Florida Panhandle

September 2, 2010 NOAA

NOAA will reopen 5,130 square miles of area it had previously closed to commercial and recreational fishing in the Gulf of Mexico in response to the BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Up To 90% Of Oysters Dead In DMR’s Reef Sample

September 2, 2010 Nicole Dow, Sun Herald

Officials from the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources took oyster fishermen out on the reefs off the Pass Christian Harbor.

Gov. Jindal Says BP Should Pay For Seafood Testing

September 2, 2010 Naomi King, Daily Comet

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announced the completion of nine detailed transition plans for 11 coastal parishes recovering from the BP oil spill.