An unusually cold December and record dry season were the perfect recipe for "one of the better years," for the golden beauties, said Louise King, president of the Tropical Fruit Growers of South Florida. "It's absolutely wonderful for mangoes. They look like jewels hanging from the trees." …
The 29th annual News Jersey Peach Festival starts on Thursday July 28, 2011 at the Gloucester County 4-H Fairgrounds on Rte 47 in Mullica Hill. The festival will begin with the placement of the commercial peach pack competition from the state’s top peach growers. Many peach products and peach cider drinks will again be sold, along with that special New Jersey peach ice cream that has long been a favorite of attendees. Jersey Fresh peaches and other peach products will be sold throughout the 4-day festival. …
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) has received a report of a laboratory-confirmed case of Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection in a male in his 70s who ate raw clams earlier this month. HEALTH is not certain where the clams were harvested. The man was treated and is recovering. …
The federal Fisheries Department says a lobster fishery off eastern Cape Breton won't be extended to make up for days lost to bad weather and high seas. …
What do you do with a bony, ugly, jumpy, fat, fugitive fish that's taken over the Mississippi and Illinois rivers and threatens the ecology of the Great Lakes? …
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