Nikki Rodoni To Chair United’s Sustainability Advisory Board
Nikki Rodoni, director of sustainability for Oxnard, Calif.-based Gills Onions, will chair the Advisory Board for the United Fresh Foundations Center Global Produce Sustainability. …
Month: September 2011
Steward Bags Owners Launch Fundraising Initiative To Combat Global Plastic Bag Problem
An average of 100,000 plastic bags are handed out every minute, totaling billions of plastic bags consumed worldwide each year. Most single use plastic bags are employed for 20 minutes then thrown in the trash. Reusable cotton produce bags, such as Steward Bags, can be washed, used for numerous years, and composted. Owners of Steward Bags are proud to make their reusable produce bags available to school and community “green fundraising”. …
Big Island Fish Farm Says Experiment Going Well
The operator of a Big Island experiment that has the potential to increase the volume of fish raised in farms said Monday that initial tests were going well. The test is being run by Kampachi Farms, which is run by the same people who pioneered farming Kona Kampachi in Hawaii waters over the past decade as Kona Blue Water Farms. …
Tuna Packer Hopes Success Is In The Bag
In the former Oregon Ranch Meats plant, at 723 S. Second St., Coos Bay, Mike Babcock has built not only a canning line but a pouch packaging line. He thinks it's the world's first such packing line to specialize in albacore tuna that has been cooked just once, unlike the twice-cooked tuna typically found in cans. He's marketing his once-cooked albacore under the Sea Fare Pacific label. …
Maine Clawing Back To Lobster Dominance
Lobster is as connected to this state’s image as its rocky coastline and thick forests. But for years, fishermen and others here say, Canada has been engaged in a kind of identity theft – much of the lobster caught in Maine waters is shipped north of the border to be chopped, frozen or cooked, and packaged. The meat is then resold as a product of Canada across the United States and the world. That means millions of pounds of Maine lobster lose their local branding. …