Demand For Farm-Raised Organic Fare Sparks New Retail Businesses

On a recent Saturday at Smorgasburg, the waterfront food market that has become an epicenter of Brooklyn's artisanal food movement, Scott Bridi, 36, was demonstrating his creativity at $5 a pop in front of a small crowd. His medium: a slider-size rye bun delicately stacked with spice-encrusted pastrami, which, as the founder of the five-employee, 2-year-old charcuterie firm Brooklyn Cured, Mr. Bridi prepared himself.

Playing Chicken On Food Safety

One-third of a second. That's how long a federal inspector will have to examine slaughtered chickens for contaminants and disease under new rules proposed by the federal government. The proposal would speed up production lines as much as 25 percent. It also would pull most federal inspectors off the lines and replace them with plant workers.

HaiCo Acquires Seapak Seafood Processing Company In Massett, BC

Kevin Ainsworth, CEO of Haida Enterprise Corporation (HaiCo) announced the acquisition of Seapak QCI Processing Limited of Massett throKevin Ainsworth, CEO of Haida Enterprise Corporation (HaiCo) announced the acquisition of Seapak QCI Processing Limited of Massett through Haida Seapak Limited Partnership (HSLP).ugh Haida Seapak Limited Partnership (HSLP).

Canadian Îles-De-La-Madeleine Lobster Fishery Enters MSC Full Assessment

August 9, 2012 Marine Stewardship Counci

The Îles-de-la-Madeleine lobster (Homarus americanus) baited trap fishery in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the east coast of Canada has entered into full assessment in the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) certification program. The assessment by Global Trust will evaluate the fishery against the MSC principles and criteria for sustainable fishing and, if successful, lobster from the fishery will be eligible to bear the MSC ecolabel.

Snowe Seeks State Dept. Intervention In Lobster Dispute

U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, is asking U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to look into the lobster war waging between Maine lobstermen and their counterparts in Canada.