Month: March 2012

USDA AMS Webinar Series For The Fruit & Vegetable Industry

March 16, 2012 USDA Agricultural Marketing Service

The Agricultural Marketing Service Fruit and Vegetable Program invites you to take part in a series of free, interactive webinars on our many programs and services. At each webinar, you'll hear a presentation from a USDA expert on a specific topic, be introduced to our staff, and take part in an interactive question and answer session. These informative webinars are designed for fruit and vegetable growers, packers, shippers, processors, wholesalers and retailers of all sizes. …

Rene Produce Expands Operations To Include Organic English Cucumbers

March 16, 2012 Rene Produce L.L.C.

Rene Produce, L.L.C. announced that it has expanded its produce operations to include Organic English Cucumbers, effective immediately. The Primus Labs certified English cucumbers are grown in a greenhouse environment in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. …

Kerry Bill Aimed At Fishing Research

March 15, 2012 Richard Gaines, Gloucester Times

Legislation to restore import duties on seafood to fisheries research — money that, over the years has been diverted into NOAA operations — has been filed by U.S. Sens. John Kerry of Massachusetts and Olympia Snowe of Maine.
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Scotland Targets Seafood Growth In The U.S.

March 15, 2012 Scottish Development International

Fresh Scottish salmon exports experienced a 36 percent increase to the United States in 2011, the country's largest ever year-over-year increase, further securing the U.S.' position as Scotland's number one export market since overtaking France in 2010. …

NFI Crab Council Signs MOU With Sustainable Fisheries Partnership

March 15, 2012 National Fisheries Institute

The National Fisheries Institute Crab Council and the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) have been working together on crab sustainability projects for nearly three years and today the groups signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that further solidifies that working relationship. …