Month: March 2013

Sealed Air Introduces Oven Ease Ovenable Packaging For Seafood

March 28, 2013 Sealed Air

Consumers searching for opportunities to simplify cooking and cleanup and uncertain about home preparation of seafood items have a convenient new option from the Oven Ease® ovenable family of Sealed Air’s Cryovac® brand food packaging products. Introduced at the International Boston Seafood Show, Cryovac® OvenEase® packaging for frozen seafood enables consumers to purchase high quality seafood items at their preferred retailer, store the items in their home freezer and cook from raw in the oven inside the same material in which it was packaged. …

Pork Producers Reaffirm Industry Support For Producer Choice On Sow Housing

March 28, 2013 The National Pork Board

At the National Pork Industry Forum, pork producers approved a resolution reaffirming the industry's position that producers should be able to select a sow housing system, including gestation stalls or individual maternity pens, which best promotes employee safety and animal care while ensuring a reliable supply of pork for consumers. …

Are Beef Quality Grades & Eating Satisfaction Declining? No.

March 28, 2013 Facts About Beef/The Beef Checkoff

Myth: Beef quality grades and eating satisfaction are on the decline. The Facts: The entire beef community is committed to raising the highest-quality beef possible and consistently providing people with a good beef eating experience. Let’s discuss beef quality.

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Looking Down The Road: Megatrends & Beef Industry Shifts

March 28, 2013 Rick McCarty, Beef Issues Quarterly

The beef industry has undergone significant change in the past few years. On the production side, severe drought has caused structural changes in the industry. Herd size has dramatically diminished, input costs are high and some cattlemen are exiting the business instead of taking on herd rebuilding. Looking ahead, there are further significant changes in the marketing landscape that the industry must successfully adapt to in order to keep beef as the premier center of the plate protein. …

Slow Flower Farming

March 28, 2013 Helen Yoest, Christian Science Monitor

When a Dutch family immigrated to North Carolina just before World War II, they started a bulb and cut flower farm, Terra Ceia, that still endures today, practicing the joys of slow flower growing. …