Ready Pac Launches Contest Urging Consumers To Make Healthy Choices This Fall

September 27, 2013 Ready Pac Foods

Ready Pac Foods is leveraging their tech-savvy consumer base to promote usage of its Bistro® Bowl Salad line this fall. A consumer social media promotion launches this week which encourages consumers to sustain their wellbeing initiatives by eating wholesome foods and vegetables provided in Bistro bowls rather than falling subject to traditionally heavy and often indulgent Fall foods.

Farmed Salmon Is Becoming A Viable Alternative To Wild-Caught

September 26, 2013 Tamar Haspel, Washington Post

Come dinnertime, wild salmon is an excellent choice. Many of the Pacific fisheries are well managed, and the fish itself is healthful and delicious. The problem is that there isn’t very much of it. Worldwide, our annual wild salmon harvest comes to about 2 billion pounds, which sounds like a lot until you divide it by 7 billion earthlings and come up with one serving per person per year.

Raising Tastier Sea Urchins For Foodies & The Environment

September 26, 2013 Maggie Martin, NPR

Sea urchins are considered a culinary delicacy in many parts of the world, including Japan and the United States. The market for this "foie gras of the sea" is growing rapidly — so fast that supply can't keep up with demand.

Alabama Seafood Marketing Commission Spreads Word About Alabama's Seafood

In Alabama, we are fortunate to have access to shrimp, oysters, fish and blue crabs that can be transformed into any number of mouth-watering delicacies. While Alabama’s seafood production is massive, until recent years the marketing effort hadn’t been on par with other Gulf states.

San Luis Sausage Adds New Mango-Based Chicken Sausages To Gourmet Line

September 26, 2013 San Luis Sausage

San Luis Sausage introduces two new mango varieties of all-natural, preservative- and gluten-free chicken sausage to its gourmet line. Available through wholesale in October, Mango Jalapeño Chicken and Mango Chicken Breakfast Sausages are blended with the unique flavor of juicy mangoes and spices that will liven up any meal.