Organic Valley & National Cooperative Grocers Association Join Forces To Improve School Lunch

Organic Valley, the nation’s oldest organic farmer-owned cooperative, and National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA), a business services cooperative serving 120 consumer-owned food co-ops nationwide, today announced they are joining forces to improve school lunch.

Leprino Foods' Innovation Honored By Grow-California

Leprino Foods Co., the world's largest producer of mozzarella cheese, is a growing concern that pioneered a quick-freezing process for cheese that revolutionized the use of cheese in the food industry and has been widely adopted. Leprino was among more than two dozen businesses named the Top 25 California Ag Innovators for 2011, by Grow-California, a Sacramento business development and consulting group.

IDFA Members Join PRO Dairy Coalition

As part of its overall dairy policy reform efforts, IDFA established the Policy Reform for Opportunity in Dairy (PRO Dairy) Coalition to bring together food industry members and like-minded groups that are opposed to government-mandated milk supply controls.

Eastern Fisheries Dives Into Scallop Farming Operations

July 11, 2011 Eastern Fisheries Inc.

Eastern Fisheries Inc., the world’s largest scallop company, has finalized agreements to operate a scallop farm off the coast of Zhuanghe, China. Eastern will begin cultivating bay scallops in June with plans to expand their operations for the production of larger sea scallops. Eastern’s wholly owned subsidiary in China, Dalian Far Eastern Shores, will oversee the day-to-day management.

Amendment To Protect Bahamian Sharks Signed Into Law

An increase in the global demand for shark meat has prompted government officials to regulate the multi-million-dollar industry for the first time in Bahamian history.