Hoosier Ex-Classmates Try Hand At Indiana Shrimp Farming

When childhood friends Brent Ables, Steve Webb and Jon Hoover got together after their 20-year Hauser High School reunion in 2005, they talked about going into business one day. They decided to raise shrimp. Inside a nondescript building in the middle of a quiet Hope farm field are 16 large tanks, six currently filled with thousands of Pacific white shrimp destined for restaurant and dinner tables.

Meijer Announces Seafood Sustainability Initiative

April 26, 2012 Meijer

Meijer, the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based retailer, has announced the launch of a comprehensive seafood sustainability initiative, which will ensure all Meijer seafood suppliers follow specific sustainability guidelines for both farmed and wild-caught seafood. The announcement was made today by Hank Meijer, co-chairman and chief executive officer.

LA Star Seafood Co, Inc. Recalls Dry & Smoked Vobla Fish

April 26, 2012 FDA

LA Star Seafood Co. Inc., Los Angeles, CA is recalling Vobla Dry and Vobla Smoked because they have the potential to be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium which can cause life-threatening illness or death. Consumers are warned not to use the product even if it does not look or smell spoiled.

Burger King To Use Eggs From Cage-Free Hens

April 26, 2012 Chris Isidore, CNN Money

The nation's No. 2 fast food chain announced an agreement Wednesday with the Humane Society of the United States to switch to eggs from hens not kept in cages, and to only use pork products from pigs also not kept and bred in small cages.

Vanguard Health Chicago To Drop Sugar-Sweetened Drinks

In recent years, hospitals have been cleaning up their food choices, adding healthier fare for patients, visitors and employees. Now, Vanguard Health Chicago, which operates four hospitals in Cook County, is taking the next step, one that few others have taken: a phasing out of all “sugar-loaded beverages,” including soda and sports and energy drinks, starting now.