Dole Food Company Acquires SunnyRidge Farm

October 12, 2011 Dole Food Company

Dole Food Company, Inc. today announced that it has acquired all of the capital stock of the parent of SunnyRidge Farm, Inc., one of the top fresh blueberry companies in the United States. SunnyRidge also sources and sells blackberries, strawberries and raspberries.

First Successes For New Online Fruit Trade

October 12, 2011 Tacler

There is a new place on the internet where national and international fruit traders do business. This website has taken an approach to online trading which is unique in the world: rather than regarding an online sale as a transaction, tacler approaches it as a mutual agreement reached via communication. Instead of facilitating transactions the way Ebay does, tacler primarily offers trade communication.

Local Foodies Fuel Northwest Albacore Sales

Despite a slow start to the summer fishing season, demand for albacore tuna was up in the Northwest. Whole Foods hosted some marketing events – including truck sales where customers could buy a whole fish and have it filleted for them on site – and the fish were flying out the (truck) door.

Louisiana Posts Seafood Safety-Testing Results Online

Louisiana officials seeking to erase the stereotype of tainted shrimp, crab and fish dirtied by the Gulf oil spill unveiled a new website Friday that contains test results they say prove to restaurants and consumers that the state’s seafood is safe to eat.

Redfish Harvest Made Economically Viable Under Exemption

October 11, 2011 Ocean Choice International

Ocean Choice International (OCI) continues to utilize the exemption for the export of frozen-at-sea redfish, first granted to them in 2008 on the basis that it is uneconomic to process redfish to fillet form on shore. The economics of the situation remain unchanged today.