Beef Checkoff Kicks Off Another American GrillMaster Experience BBQ Tour

Once again, in partnership with The American GrillMaster Experience, the Beef Checkoff Program is kicking off a summer-long grilling tour in 2012. The American GrillMaster Experience is a beef barbecue demonstration and educational tour – including beef grilling demonstrations, product samples, recipes and other checkoff-funded resources – designed to educate and inform consumers about grilling techniques.

Kampachi Farms Harvest Shows Promise Of Eco-Friendly Aquaculture

March 5, 2012 Kampachi Farms

Marine biologists at Kampachi Farms announced the successful final harvest from the "Velella" Research Project, which raised fish for the first time in U.S. Federal waters. This harvest completes the grow-out cycle of sashimi-grade kampachi fish from an unanchored drifter pen that has been riding eddies in the open ocean, 3 to 75 miles offshore of the Big Island of Hawaii, since last summer.

Planning Revived For Lobster Processing Plant In St. George, Maine

St. George selectmen earlier this week voted unanimously to approve a letter of intent to apply for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for Sea Hag Seafood, the company that wants to redevelop the former Great Eastern Mussel Farm into a lobster processing plant.

Stavis Seafoods Continues To Grow With Two New Strategic Hires

March 5, 2012 Stavis Seafoods

Stavis Seafoods, a leading international importer, exporter and distributor of fresh and frozen seafood, today announced the hiring of warehousing veteran John Murphy as its new VP of Operations and quality control expert Mark Queenan as its new Quality Assurance Director. Both are new positions at Stavis as the company expands its ability to reach new customers, deliver superior quality seafood and develop world class QA, processing and distribution capabilities. Murphy and Queenan will be integral parts of the company’s commitment to growth and developing new business channels.

There's A Turkish Delight In My Hamantaschen

The Jewish holiday of Purim, which starts Wednesday at sundown, commemorates the rescuing of ancient Persia’s Jews around 400 B.C. from the evil Haman, who was king Ahasuerus’s prime minister and wanted them extinguished. Jews celebrate the deliverance to this day by wearing costumes, sending food to the poor and having a feast.
Because revenge is a dish best served sweet, Jews from around the diaspora make pastries that resemble or symbolize Haman’s features and clothes — as if, by eating them, they could get rid of this villain once again.