Year: 2012

Michigan Floral Association Announces 2012 Great Lakes Floral Expo

January 5, 2012 The Michigan Floral Association

It’s a Sell-O-Bration at the Michigan Floral Association’s 2012 Great Lakes Floral Expo, March 2-4, at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids, MI. Every year at the Expo; MFA offers attendees invaluable Business and Hands-On Sessions and awe-inducing Main Stage Shows. The Retail Shop Dinner Tour always sells out, and the floor is always crowded at the Designer of the Year Run-Off. The latest and greatest products line the aisles on the Tradeshow Floor, and your floral friends toast the industry’s finest and induct the newest class of Certified Florist at the President’s Reception and Recognition Banquet. …

United Supermarkets In Texas Obtains MSC’s Chain Of Custody Certification

January 5, 2012 Staff Reporter, Marine Stewardship Council

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) announced today that United Supermarkets of Lubbock, Texas is the first Lone Star State regional grocery chain to obtain MSC’s Chain of Custody certification, allowing them to use the blue MSC ecolabel with fresh seafood that is certified as sustainable and can be traced back to the MSC certified fishery of its origin. …

High Demand For Oregon Crab Meat Will Drive Up Its Cost

January 5, 2012 Jessie Higgins, The World

Under the terms of this year's negotiated deal between processors and fishermen, the crabbers who belong to the associations must sell their crab to the processors at the agreed-upon price from Dec. 15 until Thursday. Usually, the opening price is set for a short period, then the market takes over. The deal would have been great had crab been as plentiful this year as in the past two years. They weren't. …

N.J. Report Sees Great Potential In Aquaculture

January 5, 2012 Jacqueline L. Urgo, Philadelphia Inquirer

The farming of oysters and clams at the New Jersey Shore, helped by new technologies, has struck deep enough roots for experts and state officials to turn their focus to growing and marketing shellfish aquaculture, including a push to open more coastal waters to the industry. …

MO Dept. Of Agriculture Halts Meat Processing At Kleoppel Meats d.b.a Alma Meats

January 5, 2012 Missouri Department of Agriculture

The Missouri Department of Agriculture's Meat and Poultry Inspection Program has temporarily halted all cooked-meat processing for retail and wholesale at Kleoppel Meats d.b.a Alma Meats in Alma, Mo. due to violations identified during an inspection today, Jan. 4, 2012. Members of the Missouri Department of Agriculture's Meat and Poultry Inspection Program uncovered records indicating that the business operated by Terry Kleoppel sold meat to consumers that had been improperly handled and was not inspected. …