AgriMarine Announces First Salmon Harvest From Canadian Demonstration Site

March 28, 2012 AgriMarine Holdings Inc.

AgriMarine Holdings Inc., the leader in floating closed containment technology and production for sustainable aquaculture, is pleased to report the first commercial harvest at its Canadian demonstration site at Middle Bay on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Crab Prices To Drop This Season, Canadian Processors Warn

March 28, 2012 Staff Reporter, CBC News

The Association of Seafood Producers in Canada says the price of crab is likely to drop this year, as the group prepares to enter negotiations with the fisheries union.

California Pear Growers Overwhelmingly Vote To Continue Marketing Order

California pear farmers demonstrated strong support for the state marketing order program representing pears in a recent grower referendum conducted by the California Department of Food and Agriculture. With 95.24 percent of the voters representing 97.35 percent of the volume in favor of continuation, the California Pear Advisory Board will remain in operation for at least another five years.

Apples Work Magic On Bad Cholesterol

According to Bahram H. Arjmandi, Ph.D., director for the Center for Advancing Exercise and Nutrition Research on Aging at Florida State University, apple pectin — the white stuff under the skin — binds to cholesterol in the gut and ferries it out of the body. This is well-known, but what surprised Arjmandi is how much cholesterol a couple of apples per day can remove from the body.

Strawberry Growers Expect N.C. Crop To Ripen Early

North Carolina strawberry growers expect their 2012 crop to ripen early and be abundant at most of the 200 farms statewide.