Month: August 2012

U.S. Swordfish Fishery Enters Assessment For MSC Certification

August 30, 2012 Marine Stewardship Council

Sustainable Swordfish LLC, a group involved with about two-thirds of the U.S. east coast swordfish landings, has entered the SSLLC US North Atlantic swordfish (Xiphias gladius) longline fishery into independent, third-party assessment against the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) principles and criteria for sustainable and well-managed fisheries. If successful, swordfish harvested from the area by members of this group will be eligible to display the MSC ecolabel. …

Funds For Fuel Up To Play 60 Awarded To Wisconsin Schools

August 30, 2012 The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board

Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board has selected 21 Wisconsin Schools to receive a total of $18,500 to kick-off back to school Fuel Up to Play 60 initiatives. Fuel Up to Play 60 is a nation-wide program that encourages students to eat healthy by including low-fat and fat-free dairy, fruits, vegetables and whole grains and achieve at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day. …

Schreiber Foods Closing Plant In Ravenna, NB

August 30, 2012 Staff Reporter, Associated Press

The closure of dairy packaging operation owned by a Wisconsin company will cost nearly 70 people their jobs in the central Nebraska town of Ravenna. …

Bandon, OR Officials Break Ground For New Creamery

August 30, 2012 Staff Reporter, Associated Press

Photographers had no trouble catching Bandon dignitaries smiling as they posed with golden shovels at Face Rock Creamery’s groundbreaking ceremony Monday afternoon. Besides cheddar, jack, and those squeaky cheese curds that the old Bandon Cheese Factory manufactured, Face Rock plans to offer butter and some more exotic styles of cheese. …

Barry Callebaut Pays CHF 2.8 Million In Premiums To Cote d'Ivoire Cooperatives

August 30, 2012 Barry Callebaut

Barry Callebaut, the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality cocoa and chocolate products, paid premiums totaling CHF 2.8 million (EUR 2.4 million/USD 2.9 million) to 45 cocoa cooperatives and more than 12,000 farmers in Côte d'Ivoire for Rainforest Alliance Certified™ cocoa. …