Procacci Brothers Enters E-Commerce Market

Procacci Brothers Sales Corp. announced the launch of their new online store at http://store.procaccibrothers.com.  On the new e-commerce site, consumers have access to a wide range of fruit and gift baskets, Italian Chestnuts, and more products to come in 2013.

This December, Help Santa Choose Carrots Instead

December 13, 2012 Bolthouse Farms

Each Christmas Eve, tradition holds that children leave out a plate of milk and cookies for Santa. During the night Santa Claus might visit in excess of 125 million homes. (Estimates vary.) Should he eat merely a single cookie in each visit, at an average of 100 calories per cookie, Bolthouse Farms analysts estimate that Santa may consume as many as 12.5 billion empty calories in a single night. This season, Bolthouse Farms is encouraging Santa Claus to make a smarter food choice.

Ocean Mist Farms Wins Joe Nucci Award For Product Innovation

December 13, 2012 Ocean Mist Farms

Ocean Mist Farms was awarded the Joe Nucci Award for Product Innovation by Produce Business magazine at the New York Produce Show and Conference in New York City earlier today. In its second year, the award recognizes the best innovation that will lead to expanded consumption of fruits and vegetables.

First Honduras Tilapia Plant Earns BAP Certification

December 12, 2012 Global Aquaculture Alliance

The Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) program welcomes Aquafinca Saint Peter Fish SA as its first certified tilapia processing plant in Honduras. The U.S. market is the primary destination of the operation’s tilapia.

AquaBounty Still Hoping To Serve DNA-Altered Salmon On US Plates

December 12, 2012 Jim Avila, ABC News

ABC News was given exclusive access to see the facilities up close and an opportunity to taste this mysterious fish that FDA scientists say "is as safe as food from conventional Atlantic salmon," although have yet to officially approve it for public sale.