Month: June 2011

Huge Turnout & Fun Evening At 2nd Annual Icelandic Seafood Fest 8K Run

June 7, 2011 Icelandic® USA

On Saturday, June 4, 2011, Icelandic® USA hosted its 2nd annual Icelandic Seafood Fest 8K Run at their company campus in Oakland Industrial Park, Newport News, VA. This family friendly, Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix event, featured a One Mile Fun Run, an 8K Race, plus a delicious and healthy seafood dinner sponsored by Bonefish Grill™, Michelob Ultra and Redhook Shock Top beer provided by M. Price Distributing Co. and Bass Ale provided by Tri-Cities Beverage. …

Best Aquaculture Practices Program Adds Thai Union Group As 4-Star Company

June 7, 2011 Global Aquaculture Alliance

Best Aquaculture Practices, the leading global certification system for farmed seafood, has gained Thai Union Group as its largest “four-star” aquaculture operation. Thai Union, whose widely recognized retail brands include Chicken of the Sea, Sealect and John West, is a leading producer and exporter of frozen and canned seafood. …

2011 Maryland Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey

June 7, 2011 Maryland Department of Natural Resources

The winter dredge survey is the only bay-wide fishery independent effort to estimate the number of blue crabs living in the Chesapeake Bay. The winter dredge survey produces information that is essential for the management of the species, such as an estimate of the number of crabs over-wintering in the bay and the number of young crabs entering the population each year. …

Hearst Ranch Grass-Fed Beef Available At Whole Foods Market

June 7, 2011 Whole Foods Market

Pioneering a new culinary movement, Whole Foods Market introduces seasonal Hearst Ranch Grass-fed Beef. This seasonal beef program is the result of a ground-breaking partnership between Whole Foods Market Southern Pacific Region and Hearst Ranch Beef, which is produced by Hearst Corporation on its two Central California ranches: the 82,000 acre San Simeon Ranch, which surrounds the world-famous Hearst Castle, and the 73,000 acre Jack Ranch located sixty miles inland. …

Duck Producer Maple Leaf Farms To Move Its Headquarters

June 7, 2011 Grant Troutman, The News Sentinel

Maple Leaf Farms, which raises millions of ducks a year for meat processing, will be moving its headquarters in October. The company purchased the former Leesburg Elementary School and will renovate it. As Maple Leaf continues to expand, its current headquarters, and home to two of its food-processing plants, located between Leesburg and Milford, will not be enough to satisfy the company's current and future office needs, said Janelle Deatsman, communications manager. …