Making Local Work: Alaska Seafood Company

Alaska Seafood Company of Juneau opened for business in 1986. We started with the idea that a quality smoked salmon product could look just as good as it tastes, featuring full fillet cuts of delicious smoked sockeye, silver and pacific salmon in a shelf-stable environment that would remain fresh and moist without refrigeration.

Sustainable Tilapia Farm Comes To Baltimore

There are some new fish in Baltimore, and they don’t come from the Chesapeake Bay. On October 5th, the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future launched an aquaponics farm in the city. By raising about 400 tilapia and harvesting hundreds of pounds of organic vegetables, the organization hopes to sell these goods at local markets and inspire local entrepreneurs to copy their model.

Record High US Pork Stocks Signal Trouble For Consumers In 2013

October 25, 2012 Theopolis Waters, Reuters

Pork stocks in U.S. warehouses in September soared to a record high for that month, a government report showed on Monday, a sign that the rush to market hogs this summer due to high feed costs may mean fewer hogs and less pork next year.

Hofmann Sausage Company To Donate Over 1,500 Hot Dogs To Feed The Hungry

Hofmann Sausage Company (Hofmann Hot Dogs) will donate 1584 hot dogs to the Tarrant County Food Bank next week. Later this week, 22 cases of Hofmann Beef Franks will arrive at the food bank to help provide food to the people it serves.

Canada's Meat Processing Industry Welcomes Food Safety Controls At XL Lakeside

October 25, 2012 Canadian Meat Council

The Board of Directors of the Canadian Meat Council welcomes confirmation that the review of meat hygiene, handling and sanitation procedures at XL Lakeside in Brooks, Alberta has been completed and that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has verified food safety controls are being implemented effectively and consistently. The announcement was made earlier today by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. As indicated by XL Foods and JBS USA on October 17, the XL Lakeside facility will be managed by JBS when it resumes operations.