Protests Over Maine Lobster Expand In Canada

Canadian lobstermen set up blockades at factories, and six to eight plants in Atlantic Canada stopped processing operations Tuesday amid intensifying protests demanding that the plants not accept low-priced Maine lobster.

Smithfield Foods Shares Drop On Downgrade

"When hog producers ultimately cut production to cover grain costs, fresh pork and packaged meat segment margins will likely suffer as even higher retail prices will be necessary to cover higher live hog costs," analyst Vincent Andrews wrote in a research note.

Who Are Socially Conscious Consumers & How Do We Talk To Them?

It is widely accepted that today’s consumers want to know where their food comes from. More specifically, there currently is an emphasis on ethically produced food and what consumers are demanding is transparency on the part of food producers to demonstrate ethical production.

Superior Farms Supplying Lamb For Outside Lands Festival

August 8, 2012 Superior Farms

Foodies and music lovers are in for a treat this weekend as Superior Farms joins forces with Chef John Fink of The Whole Beast for a lamb pavilion at Outside Lands, a three-day music festival in San Francisco, Calif. on Aug. 10 – 12, 2012. Superior Farms, North America’s largest lamb company, is providing the locally-grown product for the event.

Fides Strengthens Managing Board

August 8, 2012 Fides

As of 1 August 2012 Ringo Veenman (38) and Peter van Duin (47) started as respectively commercial and operations directors at Fides, the breeding and propagation company from De Lier (Netherlands), which is part of Agribio Group.